Biography
Jason Bohland is a speech scientist, neuroscientist and engineer who directs the Speech Neural Systems Lab, part of the Brain and Auditory Sciences Research Initiative. His research team uses brain imaging, behavioral and computational methods to understand how our brains plan and produce speech. The overall goal is to build an increasingly detailed and mechanistic understanding of how speech is represented in the brains of typically developing speakers and individuals with speech disorders.
Bohland’s journey to this field was non-traditional, with formal training in engineering and computational neuroscience. His interest in speech and communication developed during his graduate studies, after falling in love with the complexity of the human brain. Bohland is enthusiastic about teaching and mentoring students, and especially about nurturing scientific curiosity and developing the skills necessary to understand and conduct research.
Prior to joining the CSD department in 2019, Bohland was faculty at Boston University and served as the Associate Director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center. He holds secondary affiliations with the Department of Bioengineering and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
- Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University
Awards
- University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Leadership Academy, 2024
- Whitney R. Powers Award for Teaching Excellence, Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, 2015
Research Interests
- Neuroscience
- Speech planning
- Speech production
- Speech perception
- Neuroimaging
- Stuttering
Publications
- Malloy JR, Nistal DA, Heyne M, Tardif MC, Bohland JW (2022). Delayed auditory feedback elicits specific patterns of serial order errors in a paced syllable sequence production task. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(5): 1800-1821.
- Bohland JW, Bullock D, Guenther FH (2010). Neural representations and mechanisms for the performance of simple speech sequences. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(7), 1504-1529.
- Bohland JW, Wu C, Barbas H, Bokil H, Bota M, Breiter HC, Cline HT, Doyle JC, Freed PJ, Greenspan RJ, Haber SN, Hawrylycz M, Herrera DG, Hilgetag CC, Huang ZJ, Jones A, Jones EG, Karten HJ, Kleinfeld D, Kötter R, Lester HA, Lin JM, Mensh BD, Mikula S, Panksepp J, Price JL, Safdieh J, Saper CB, Schiff ND, Schmahmann JD, Stillman BW, Svoboda K, Swanson LW, Toga AW, Van Essen DC, Watson JD, Mitra PP (2009). A proposal for a coordinated effort for the determination of brainwide neuroanatomical connectivity in model organisms at a mesoscopic scale. PLoS Computational Biology, 5(3), e1000334.