Summary
My research focuses on improving participation, independence, and well-being for adults living with aphasia after stroke. I study challenges that extend beyond language impairment, including everyday numeracy and psychosocial adjustment. My work develops aphasia-friendly assessments and evidence-based interventions that support participation in both research and clinical care. This includes group-based functional math rehabilitation and adapted patient- reported outcome measures for posttraumatic growth in aphasia. Overall, my goal is to conduct person-centered, collaborative research and translate findings into practical tools that help clinicians support meaningful life participation for people with aphasia.
Education
- B.A., Communication Disorders, San Francisco State University
- M.S., Speech Pathology & Audiology, University of Nevada, Reno
- Ph.D., Speech Pathology, University of Nevada, Reno
Recent Publications
- Brancamp, T., Cavanaugh, R., Wallace, S. E., Harmon, T. G., Biel, M., Evans, W., Hambridge, T., & Caputo, M. (2026). Measuring and understanding the experience of posttraumatic growth in aphasia [Manuscript submitted for publication; revision in progress].
- Nunn, K., Brancamp, T., Evans, W. S., Hambridge, T., Harmon, T. G., Wallace, S. E., Biel, M., & Hula, W. D. (2025). The Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale: Initial validity evidence in aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00404
- Roos, B., Szabo, G., Brancamp, T., Hoover, E., Sandberg, C., & Sather, T. W. (2025). The effects of in-depth exposure to the lived experience of aphasia on student learning. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.61403/2689-6443.1363 TLCSD Editor’s Award, 2026.
- Harmon, T. G., Williams, C., Brancamp, T., Hambridge, T., Wallace, S. E., Evans, W., Biel, M., Cavanaugh, R., & Caputo, M. (2025). “I’m never gonna go back so I’ve gotta do it forward”: Exploring posttraumatic growth in aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
- Brancamp, T. (2023). Posttraumatic growth in people living with aphasia: An experience in stakeholder-engaged research. Topics in Language Disorders, 43(1), 5–18.
Recent National and International Presentations
- Brancamp, T., Brancamp, D., Newton, C., & Ichikowitz, K. (2026, November). Improving functional numeracy in adults with aphasia: A pilot study of the Aphasia + Math intervention [Technical research presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention.
- Brancamp, T., Newton, C., & Brancamp, D. (2026, July). Examining the feasibility and acceptability of Aphasia + Math: An online group intervention for acalculia in adults with aphasia [Poster presentation]. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Athens, Greece.
- Newton, C., Brancamp, T., & Brancamp, D. (2026, July). Investigating the effectiveness of Aphasia + Math, an online intervention for remediation of acalculia in adults with aphasia [Oral presentation]. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Athens, Greece.
- Brancamp, T. (2025, October). Resources: Getting what you need [Session moderator] and Resources—Aphasia camps [Session moderator and presenter]. National Aphasia Association Speaking Out Conference.
- Brancamp, T., Brancamp, D., & Newton, C. (2025, April). Rehabilitation of everyday mathematics in people with aphasia [Roundtable presentation]. Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Nunn, K., Brancamp, T., Evans, W. S., Hambridge, T., Harmon, T., Wallace, S. E., Biel, M., & Hula, W. (2024, November). The Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale: Initial validity evidence in aphasia [Presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA.
- Brancamp, T., Newton, C., & Brancamp, D. (2024, June). Speech-language pathologists’ perspectives on rehabilitation of numerical processing and calculation in aphasia [Oral presentation]. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Brisbane, Australia.