Samantha McDaniel

Dr. Samantha McDaniel is a speech-language pathologist and researcher who works as an Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, GA. She has clinical experience with patients ranging from neonates to centenarians and has a passion for clinical work and research in acquired neurogenic communication disorders. She earned her undergraduate degree from Calvin University and M.S. in speech-language pathology from Rush University. In 2021, after 16 years of clinical work, Dr. McDaniel's love for supervising and teaching graduate students led her to earn her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences along with a graduate certificate in aging studies from Western Michigan University. Her current research agenda concerns the difference in cognitive screening outcomes between young and older adults; Dr. McDaniel aims to translate her research findings into improved practice standards across multiple disciplines.