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B.S., University of Guelph (Canada)
M.A., Hofstra University
Ph.D., City University of New York
Fellowship, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 07/24
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile 08/17
Faculty Recognition Award (post-tenure review), St. John’s University, NY 08/15
Annual Awards of Excellence: Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Multicultural Affairs, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 11/13
Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, NY 07/11
Faculty Outstanding Achievement Medal, St. John’s University, NY 05/11
Certificate of Recognition, Hispanic Caucus, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 11/10
Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, NY 07/10
Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, NY 07/08
Academic service-learning award, St. John’s University, NY 07/06
Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, NY 09/03
Advancing Aphasia Care Through Equity
José G. Centeno, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, FASHA, conducts research and teaches in subject areas at the intersection of brain health, post-stroke communication rehabilitation (aphasia), multilingualism, ethnogeriatrics, and health equity.
Areas of Expertise
Bilingualism theory
Brain health in ethnically and socially diverse older populations
Community engaged research
Intersectional socio-ecological relationships in post-stroke aphasia services in ethnically and socially diverse post-stroke services
Post-stroke aphasia in bilingual individuals with a focus on Spanish-English speakers
Current Projects
Identifying Needs, Barriers, and Facilitators in the Care and Rehabilitative Services for Hispanic Adults with Post-stroke Aphasia: Perspectives from Caregivers.
Community-engaged Brain Health Promotion in Ethnically and Socially Diverse Older Populations
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Identifying Needs, Barriers, and Facilitators in the Care and Rehabilitative Services for Hispanic Adults with Post-stroke Aphasia: Perspectives from Caregivers. |
Advancing Health Equity and Social Justice Pilot Grant, Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences, NJ. |
11/2020-06/2023 |
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Non-constrained and constrained verb tense production by bilingual Spanish-English speakers with agrammatism |
St. John’s University, NY |
06/2017-05/2018 |
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Spoken Morphosyntactic Features in Bilingual Spanish-English Individuals with Specific Language Impairment or Agrammatism: The Case of Verbs. |
St. John’s University, NY |
05/2013-08/2013 |
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Assessing Speech-Language Pathology Services in CLD Adults in Neurorehabilitation, Survey Study |
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
08/2010-08/2011 |
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Providing post-stroke communication rehabilitation services to minority speakers in the United States: The case of Hispanic individuals – Phase II |
St. John’s University, NY |
05/2007-08/2007 |
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Providing post-stroke communication rehabilitation services to minority speakers in the United States: The case of Hispanic individuals – Phase I |
St. John’s University, NY |
11/2005-11/2006 |
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| Title | Authors | Where and When |
| Identifying barriers, needs, and facilitators in the quality of life and care of Latinx adults with post-stroke aphasia in the United States: Preliminary insights from their caregivers | Centeno, J. G., Rothpletz-Puglia, P., Higby, E., Sandberg, C., & Gravier, M. | Manuscript in preparation |
| A call for transformative intersectional LPAA intervention for equity and social justice in ethnosocially diverse post-stroke aphasia services | Centeno, J. G. | Seminars in Speech and Language, 45(01), 071-083. 2024 |
| Intersectionality in aphasia services for ethnosocially diverse adult populations. | Centeno, J. G., & Laures-Gore, J. | Seminars in Speech and Language, 45(01), 001-004. 2024 |
| Focusing our attention on socially-responsive professional education to serve ethnogeriatric populations with neurogenic communication disorders in the United States. | Centeno, J. G., Obler, L. K., Collins, L., Wallace, G., Fleming, V., & Guendouzi, J. | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32, 1782-1792. 2023 (open access) |
| Toward an intersectional neurocognitive approach to management of post-stroke aphasia in multilingual ethnoracially diverse geriatric populations | Centeno, J. G., & Higby, E. | In M. Goral & A. Lerman (Eds.), Advances in the neurolinguistic study of multilingual and monolingual adults: In honor of Professor Loraine K. Obler (p. 141-155). Routledge. 2023 |
| Neurolinguistic and neurocognitive considerations of language organization and processing in multilingual individuals. | Centeno, J.G. | In J. Guendouzi, F. Loncke, & M. J. Williams (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of psycholinguistic and cognitive processes 2nd ed (pp. 477-489). Routledge.2023 |
| Managing post-stroke aphasia in underserved or unserved multiethnic-multilingual populations. | Centeno, J. G., & Davidson, B. | In S. Levey & P. Enderby (Eds.), Addressing communication disorders in unserved and underserved populations (pp. 65-72). J&R Press. 2022 |
| Aphasia management in ethnoracially diverse multilingual populations. | Centeno, J. G., Ghazi-Saidi, L., & Ansaldo, A. I. | In I. Papathanasiou & P. Coppens (Eds.), Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders – 3rd ed. (pp. 379-402). Jones and Bartlett Learning. 2022 |
| Implications of United States service evidence for growing multiethnic adult neurorehabilitation caseloads worldwide | Centeno, J.G., & Harris, J. L. | Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 45(2), 77-97. 2021 (open access) |
| Aphasia management in growing multiethnic populations. | Centeno, J. G., Kiran, S., & Armstrong, E. | Aphasiology, 34 (11), 1314-1318. 2020 (open access) |
| Epilogue: Harnessing the experimental and clinical resources to address service imperatives in multiethnic aphasia caseloads. | Centeno, J. G., Kiran, S., & Armstrong, E. | Aphasiology, 34 (11), 1451-1455. 2020 |
| Customizing treatment for bilingual speakers with aphasia. | Centeno, J. G., & Ansaldo, A. I. | The ASHA Leader, 21, 52-56, 2016 (Open Access) |
| Assessing services with communicatively-impaired bilingual adults in culturally and linguistically diverse neurorehabilitation programs. | Centeno, J. G. | Journal of Communication Disorders, 58, 58-73, 2015 |
| Morphosyntactic features in the spoken language of Spanish-English bilinguals with aphasia | Centeno, J. G. | In Gitterman, M., Goral, M., & Obler, L. K. (Eds.), Aspects of multilingual aphasia (pp. 207-223). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. 2012 |
| A preliminary comparison of verb tense production in Spanish speakers with expressive restrictions | Centeno, J.G., & Anderson, R. T. | Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 25, 864-880, 2011 |
| Frequency effects on verb inflection use by Spanish-speaking agrammatic individuals: Theoretical and clinical implications. | Centeno, J. G., & Cairns, H. S. | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12, 35-46, 2010 |
| The relevance of bilingualism questionnaires in the personalized treatment of bilinguals with aphasia. | Centeno, J. G. | Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 17, 65-73, 2010 |
| Applying cognitive neuropsychological principles to the rehabilitation of Spanish readers with acquired dyslexia | Cuetos, F., & Centeno, J. G. | Seminars in Speech and Language, 30(3), 187-198, 2010 |
| Issues and principles in service delivery to communicatively-impaired minority bilingual adults in neurorehabilitation. | Centeno, J. G. | Seminars in Speech and Language, 30 (3), 139-153, 2009 |
| Serving bilingual patients with aphasia: Challenges, foundations, and procedures | Centeno, J. G. | Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría, y Audiología, 29, 30-36, 2009 |
| Serving linguistically and culturally diverse adults with communication disorders: Multidisciplinary perspectives and evidence – A clinical forum | Centeno, J.G., & Kohnert, K. (Eds.) | Seminars in Speech and Language, 30(3). 2009 |
| Multidisciplinary evidence to treat bilingual individuals with aphasia | Centeno, J. G. | Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 15, 66-72, 2008 |
| Canonical features in the inflectional morphology of Spanish-speaking individuals with agrammatic speech | Centeno, J. G. | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9(2), 162-172, 2007 |
| Communication disorders in Spanish speakers: Theoretical, research, and clinical aspects | Centeno, J. G., Anderson, R. T., & Obler, L. K. (Eds.) | Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. 2007 |
| Considerations for an ethnopsycholinguistic framework for aphasia intervention | Centeno, J. G. | In A. Ardila & E. Ramos (Eds.), Speech and language disorders in bilingual adults (pp. 195-212). New York: Nova Science. 2007 |
| Ethnographic and sociolinguistic aspects of communication: Research-praxis relationships | Centeno, J.G., Anderson, R.T., Restrepo, M.A., Jacobson, P.F., Guendouzi, J., Müller, N., Ansaldo, A.I., & Marcotte, K | The ASHA Leader, 12(9), 12-15, 2007 (Open Access) |
| Sociocultural, societal, and psychological aspects of bilingualism | Brozgold, A., & Centeno, J. G. | In J.G. Centeno, R.T. Anderson. & L.K. Obler (Eds.). Communication disorders in Spanish speakers: Theoretical, research, and clinical aspects (p. 67-81). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. 2007 |
| Working with bilingual individuals with aphasia: The case of a Spanish-English bilingual client | Centeno, J. G. | Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 12, 2-7, 2005 |
| Principles of bilingualism | Centeno, J. G., & Obler, L. K. | In M. Pontón & J. L. Carrión (Eds.), Neuropsychology and the Hispanic patient: A clinical handbook (pp. 75-86). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2001 |
| Agrammatic verb errors in Spanish speakers and their normal discourse correlates | Centeno, J. G., & Obler. L. K. | Journal of Neurolinguistics, 14, 349-363, 2001 |
| The phonology- morphosyntax interface: Affixed words in agrammatism | Obler, L. K., Harris, K., Meth, M., Centeno, J. G., & Mathews, P. | Brain and Language, 68, 233-240, 1999 |