Honored Women

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WIA Luncheon Honorees

ASA Female Medal Recipients

Gold Medal

  • 2007 – Katherine S. Harris – For pioneering research and leadership in speech production and dedicated service to the Society.
  • 2008 – Patricia K. Kuhl – For contributions to understanding how children acquire spoken language and for leadership in the Society.
  • 2020 – Judy R. Dubno – For contributions to understanding age-related hearing loss and for leadership in the acoustics community.

Honorary Fellow

  • 2020 – Carleen M. Hutchins

R. Bruce Lindsay Award

  • 1987 – Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac – For outstanding contributions to developing an improved understanding of the dynamic response of electret transducers and noise propagation in urban environments.
  • 1995 – Beverly A. Wright – For contributions to the understanding of auditory processing of complex sound.
  • 2001 – Purnima Ratilal – For contributions to the theory of wave propagation and scattering through a waveguide, and to the acoustic remote sensing of marine life.
  • 2003 – Dani Byrd – For research in motor control and timing in speech production.
  • 2005 – Lily M. Wang – For contributions to room and musical acoustics.
  • 2009 – Kelly Benoit-Bird – For contributions in marine ecological acoustics.
  • 2013 – Eleanor P. J. Stride – For contributions to biomedical application of bubbles.
  • 2016 – Megan S. Ballard – For contributions to underwater acoustic propagation modeling and inversion techniques in acoustical oceanography.
  • 2022 – Meaghan O’Reilly – For contributions to biomedical ultrasound applications in the central nervous system.
  • 2023 – Julianna C. Simon – For contributions to the understanding of ultrasound-induced mechanical bioeffects and their clinical applications.
  • 2025 – Andrea Arguelles

Silver Medal in Engineering Acoustics

  • 2001 – Ilene J. Busch Vishniac – For development of novel electret microphones and of micro-electro-mechanical sensors and positioners.

Silver Medal in Musical Acoustics

  • 1981 – Carleen M. Hutchins – For outstanding contributions and leadership in the development of a new violin family of musical instruments, and for leadership in the acoustical research on bowed string musical instruments.

Silver Medal in Physical Acoustics

Silver Medal in Psychological and Physiological Acoustics

  • 2021 – Ruth Y. Litovsky – For contributions to understanding binaural hearing

Silver Medal in Speech Communication

  • 1997 – Patricia K. Kuhl – For contributions to the understanding of innate and learned aspects of speech perception and production.
  • 2005 – Katherine S. Harris – For research and leadership in speech production.
  • 2008 – Winifred Strange – For contributions to understanding speech perception.
  • 2014 – Sheila E. Blumstein – For contributions to understanding how acoustic signals are transformed into linguistic representations.
  • 2020 – Anne Cutler – For contributions to understanding speech recognition by native and non-native listeners, and leadership in speech science.
  • 2021 – Joanne L. Miller – For contributions to the understanding of phonetic and lexical processing in speech perception.

Interdisciplinary Silver Medal – Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal

  • 2019 – Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham – Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal in Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, Speech Communication, and Architectural Acoustics – For contributions to understanding the perceptual, cognitive, and neural bases of speech perception in complex acoustic environments
  • 2023 – Vera A. Khokhlova – Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal in Biomedical Acoustics and Physical Acoustics – For contributions to the application of nonlinear acoustics to medical ultrasound.

Distinguished Service Citation

  • 1973 – Betty H. Goodfriend
  • 1997 – Alice H. Suter
  • 1999 – Elaine Moran
  • 2000 – F. Avril Brenig
  • 2016 – Susan B. Blaeser

A. B. Wood Medal and Prize of the Institute of Acoustics

  • 1990 – Ann P. Dowling
  • 2008 – Judith Bell

ASA Female Officers

Presidents

  • Patricia K. Kuhl: 1999-2000
  • Katherine S. Harris: 2000-01
  • Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac: 2003-04
  • Mardi C. Hastings: 2011-12
  • Judy R. Dubno: 2014-15
  • Christy K. Holland: 2015-16
  • Marcia J. Isakson: 2017-18
  • Lily M. Wang: 2018-19
  • Diane Kewley-Port: 2020-21

Vice Presidents

  • Edith L.R. Corliss: 1979-80
  • Katherine S. Harris: 1990-91
  • Patricia K. Kuhl: 1996-97
  • Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac: 1997-98
  • Janet M. Weisenberger: 2001-02
  • Donna L. Neff: 2005-06
  • Diane Kewley-Port: 2009-10
  • Judy R. Dubno: 2010-11
  • Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp: 2011-12
  • Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham: 2014-15
  • Lily M. Wang: 2015-16
  • Peggy B. Nelsen: 2019-20
  • Andone C. Lavery: 2025 -26

ASA Women Fellows 

(Current Fellows)

1982 Sheila E Blumstein – Speech Communication
1982 Suzanne McDaniel – Underwater Acoustics
1987 Alice H Suter – Noise
1987 Ilene J Busch Vishniac – Engineering Acoustics
1990 Laura A Wilber – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1990 Patricia K Kuhl – Speech Communication
1991 Fredericka Bell Berti – Speech Communication
1991 Judy R Dubno – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1992 Joanne L Miller Speech Communication
1993 Diane Kewley Port – Speech Communication
1993 Juliette W Ioup – Signal Processing in Acoustics
1993 Mary Esther Beckman – Speech Communication
1993 Maureen L Stone – Speech Communication
1994 Alexandra I Tolstoy – Acoustical Oceanography
1994 Mary Ann Cheatham – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1995 Carol A Fowler – Speech Communication
1995 Dana S Hougland – Architectural Acoustics
1996 Diana Deutsch – Musical Acoustics
1996 Donna L Neff – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1996 Elaine Moran – Animal Bioacoustics
1996 Mardi C Hastings – Animal Bioacoustics
1996 Patrice S Beddor – Speech Communication
1996 Sonoko Kuwano – Noise
1997 Astrid Schmidt Nielsen – Speech Communication
1997 Marjorie R Leek – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1999 Ann E Bowles – Animal Bioacoustics
1999 Judith C Brown – Animal Bioacoustics
1999 Nancy S Timmerman – Noise
2000 Christy K Holland – Biomedical Acoustics
2000 Cynthia F Moss – Animal Bioacoustics
2000 Virginia M Richards – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2001 Andrea M Simmons – Animal Bioacoustics
2001 Darlene R Ketten – Animal Bioacoustics
2001 Lynne A Werner – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2001 Rachel E Keen – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2001 Shira Lynn Broschatv Underwater Acoustics
2002 Amy M Donahue – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2002 Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp – Noise
2002 Colette MvMcKay – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2002 Laurel H Carney – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2002 Zoi HelenivMichalopoulou – Underwater Acoustics
2004 Abeer Alwan – Speech Communication
2004 Katherine W Ferrara – Biomedical Acoustics
2004 Patricia A Keating – Speech Communication
2005 Carol Y Espy Wilson – Speech Communication
2005 Catherine T Best – Speech Communication
2005 Gail R Ter Haar – Biomedical Acoustics
2005 Peggy B Nelson – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2005 Sheryl Nash Gracewski – Biomedical Acoustics
2006 Jody E Kreiman – Speech Communication
2007 Dani M Byrd – Speech Communication
2007 Lily M Wang – Architectural Acoustics
2007 Sarah Hawkins – Speech Communication
2007 Susanna B Blackwell – Animal Bioacoustics
2007 Vera A Khokhlova – Biomedical Acoustics
2008 Ann R Bradlow – Speech Communication
2008 Christine H Shadle – Speech Communication
2008 Suzanne E Boyce – Speech Communication
2009 Barbara G Shinn Cunningham – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2009 Ruth Y Litovsky – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2010 Charlotte M Reed – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2010 Emily Buss – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2010 Magdalena Wojtczak – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2010 Sandra Gordon Salant – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2010 Stefanie R Shattuck Hufnagel – Speech Communication
2011 Elizabeth A Strickland – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2011 Veerle M Keppens – Physical Acoustics
2013 Bridget M Shield – Noise
2013 Caroline Abdala – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2013 Judit Angster – Musical Acoustics
2013 Marcia J Isakson – Underwater Acoustics
2013 Natalia Sidorovskaia – Underwater Acoustics
2014 Arlene C Neuman – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2014 Bonnie Schnitta – Architectural Acoustics
2014 Jennifer Lentz – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2014 Purnima Ratilal – Underwater Acoustics
2014 Susan N Nittrouer – Speech Communication
2015 Andone C Lavery – Acoustical Oceanography
2015 Christine Erbe – Animal Bioacoustics
2015 Karen S Helfer – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2015 Micheal L Dent – Animal Bioacoustics
2015 Michele B Halvorsen – Animal Bioacoustics
2016 Jennifer L Miksis Olds – Animal Bioacoustics
2017 Deniz Baskent – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2017 Kelly J Benoit Bird – Acoustical Oceanography
2017 Monita Chatterjee – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2017 Patricia Davies – Noise
2017 Tessa C Bent – Speech Communication
2018 Catherine Rogers – Speech Communication
2018 Colleen Reichmuth – Animal Bioacoustics
2018 Eleanor P Stride – Biomedical Acoustics
2018 Lori J Leibold – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2018 Megan S Ballard – Underwater Acoustics
2018 Rajka Smiljanic – Speech Communication
2019 Chen Fen Huang – Acoustical Oceanography
2019 Cynthia G Clopper – Speech Communication
2019 Linda Polka – Speech Communication
2019 Virginia Best – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2020 Bozena Kostek – Musical Acoustics
2020 Ewa Jacewicz – Speech Communication
2020 Joan A Sereno – Speech Communication
2020 Pamela E Souza – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2021 Rochelle S Newman – Speech Communication
2022 Lina Reiss – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2022 Sarah Verhulst – Engineering Acoustics
2022 Subha Maruvada – Biomedical Acoustics
2022 Tracianne B Neilsen – Underwater Acoustics
2022 Yue Wang – Speech Communication
2023 Amanda M Lauer – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2023 Ana M Jaramillo – Architectural Acoustics
2023 Jungmee Lee – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2023 Simone Baumann Pickering – Animal Bioacoustics
2024 Amanda D Hanford – Computational Acoustics
2024 Christina Naify – Structural Acoustics and Vibration
2024 Hong Chen – Biomedical Acoustics
2024 Joanne M Solet – Architectural Acoustics
2024 Kathleen E Wage – Underwater Acoustics
2024 Michelle E Swearingen – Computational Acoustics
2024 Robin S Glosemeyer Petrone – Architectural Acoustics
2025 Kathleen J Vigness Raposa – Animal Bioacoustics

(Past Fellows)

1958 Edith L. R. Corliss – Speech Communication
1966 Elizabeth Guild – Noise
1967 Katherine S. Harris – Speech Communication
1970 Lois L. Elliott – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1970 Carleen M. Hutchins – Musical Acoustics
1973 Ilse Lehiste – Speech Communication
1974 Pearl G. Weissler – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1978 Catherine Smith – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1979 Halcyon E. Morris – Underwater Acoustics
1981 J. Barrie Franklin – Underwater Acoustics
1981 Anita Lawrence – Architectural Acoustics
1981 June E. Shoup – Speech Communication
1982 Betty H. Goodfriend – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1984 Vasundara V Varadan – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1986 Barbara A. Bohne – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1987 Alice H. Suter – Noise
1988 Jacqueline Naze Tjotta – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1989 Julia D. Royster – Noise
1990 Anna K. Nabelek – Speech Communication
1990 Sally G. Revoile – Speech Communication
1990 Noriko Umeda – Speech Communication
1990 Evegenia A. Zabolotskaya – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1991 Rhona P. Hellman – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1992 Mary Florentine – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1992 Susan K. Numrich – Underwater Acoustics
1993 Janet M. Weisenberger – Biomedical Acoustics
1994 Diana F. McCammon – Underwater Acoustics
1994 Dianne J. Van Tasell – Speech Communication
1995 Glenis Long – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1995 Barbara J. Sotirin – Signal Processing in Acoustics
1996 Avril Brenig – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1996 Catherine P. Browman – Underwater Acoustics
1996 Earleen F. Elkins – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1997 Brenda Lonsbury-Martin – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1998 Arlene E. Carney – Speech Communication
1998 Sheryl Coombs – Animal Bioacoustics
1999 Lynne E. Bernstein – Speech Communication
2000 Shira Broschat – Biomedical Acoustics
2001 Emily Tobey – Speech Communication
2001 Mei Q Wu – Noise
2002 Beverly A. Wright – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2005 Sheryl Gracewski – Biomedical Acoustics
2006 Claire Prada – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2006 Hedwig Gockel – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
2007 Elizabeth A. Cohen – Architectural Acoustics
2008 Ann K Syrdal – Speech Communication
2008 Lisa M. Zurk – Underwater Acoustics
2009 Diane Dalecki – Biomedical Acoustics
2010 Clark Ann Cathy – Underwater Acoustics
2015 Valerie L. Hazan – Speech Communication
2016 Elisa E Konofagou – Biomedical Acoustics
2020 Kathryn H Arehart – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics

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