Jamila Minga | Scholars@Duke

Jamila Minga
Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Jamila Minga, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor and speech-language pathologist with primary research interests are adult neurogenic communication disorders following stroke and stroke rehabilitation outcomes. Specifically, she is interested in investigating the impact of right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) on pragmatic communication performance and the development of population sensitive measures for determination of rehabilitation needs. It is her long-term research goal to contribute to the increased recognition and distinction of the functional impact of stroke based on hemisphere of lesion by developing a comprehensive expertise in language production deficits and representative diagnostic markers as a precursor for engineering assessments and treatment protocols to enhance functional integration of persons with brain damage into their respective communities. This goal stems from her clinical experience providing adult neurogenic rehabilitation services in acute, subacute, and skilled rehabilitation settings. Other research interests include cultural language analysis, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and health disparities.

Current Research Interests

Stroke
Pragmatic Language Use Impairments
Question Use
Stroke Outcomes
Diagnostic Markers of Communication Disorders
Development of Diagnostic Measures

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2021
Assistant Professor in Neurology, Neurology, Clinical Science Departments 2021
Member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences 2021

Contact Information

40 Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
Duke South Yellow Zone 4000, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
jamila.minga@duke.edu (919) 681-2279

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Greensboro 2014
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Neurology, Neurology, Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Neurology 2021 - 2022
- Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Science Departments 2018 - 2021
- Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2020 - 2021
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University. 2015 - 2021
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 11, 2023 Duke Today
  
  A Person’s Race Influences Question Asking as Much as Their Stroke History
Awards & Honors
- Whitehead Scholar Award. Duke University School of Medicine. 2022
- Chancellor's Research Award. Chancellor Johnson O. Akinleye. August 2019
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Understanding language production after right hemisphere stroke using lesion symptom mapping. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
- Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Language use after Right Hemisphere Brain Damage awarded by Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health; Office of Women's Health Research, National Institutes of Health 2018
- RHDBank awarded by National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
External Relationships
- Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
- American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Florida International University (RCMI)
- NIH
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Minga, J., Sheppard, S. M., Johnson, M., Hewetson, R., Cornwell, P., & Blake, M. L. (2023). Apragmatism: The renewal of a label for communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage. Int J Lang Commun Disord, 58(2), 651–666. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12807
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  - Fannin, D. K., Elleby, J., Tackett, M., & Minga, J. (2023). Intersectionality of Race and Question-Asking in Women After Right Hemisphere Brain Damage. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 66(1), 314–324. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00327
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  - Ukaegbe, O. C., Holt, B. E., Keator, L. M., Brownell, H., Blake, M. L., & Lundgren, K. (2022). Aprosodia Following Focal Brain Damage: What's Right and What's Left? Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 31(5S), 2313–2328. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00302
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  - Minga, J., Stockbridge, M. D., Durfee, A., & Johnson, M. (2022). Clinical Guidelines for Eliciting Discourse Using the RHDBank Protocol. Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 31(5), 1949–1962. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00097
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  - Stockbridge, M. D., Sheppard, S. M., Keator, L. M., Murray, L. L., Lehman Blake, M., & Right Hemisphere Disorders working group, Evidence-Based Clinical Research Committee, Academy of Neurological Communication Disorders and Sciences, . (2022). Aprosodia Subsequent to Right Hemisphere Brain Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 28(7), 709–735. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721000825
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  - Stockbridge, M. D., Sheppard, S. M., Keator, L. M., Murray, L. L., Lehman Blake, M., & Right Hemisphere Disorders working group, Evidence-Based Clinical Research Committee, Academy of Neurological Communication Disorders and Sciences, . (2022). Aprosodia Subsequent to Right Hemisphere Brain Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 28(7), 709–735. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721000825
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  - Minga, J., Fromm, D., Jacks, A., Stockbridge, M. D., Nelthropp, J., & MacWhinney, B. (2022). The Effects of Right Hemisphere Brain Damage on Question-Asking in Conversation. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 65(2), 727–737. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00309
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  - Minga, J., Johnson, M., Blake, M. L., Fromm, D., & MacWhinney, B. (2021). Making Sense of Right Hemisphere Discourse Using RHDBank. Top Lang Disord, 41(1), 99–122. https://doi.org/10.1097/tld.0000000000000244
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  - Minga, J., Fromm, D., Williams-DeVane, C., & MacWhinney, B. (2020). Question Use in Adults With Right-Hemisphere Brain Damage. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 63(3), 738–748. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00063
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  - Minga, J. (2016). Discourse Production and Right Hemisphere Disorder. Perspectives of the Asha Special Interest Groups, 1(2), 96–105. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp1.sig2.96
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  - Helling, C. R., & Minga, J. (2014). Developing an Effective Framework for the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluation Process. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 23(2), 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1044/aac23.2.91
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  - Minga, J., Fromm, D., Williams-Devane, C., & MacWhinney, B. (n.d.). Question use in adults with right hemisphere brain damage. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
- Scholarly Editions
  - Minga, J., Bourgeois, J., Johnson, M., & Fromm, D. (n.d.). RHDBank Grand Rounds.
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- Conference Papers
  - Minga, J., Fannin, D., Elleby, J., & Tackett, M. (2022). The Intersection Between Race and Question-Asking in Women with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage. In Journal of Womens Health (Vol. 31, pp. A9–A9).
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  - Minga, J., Fannin, D., Elleby, J., & Tackett, M. (2022). The Intersection Between Race and Question-Asking in Women with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage. In Journal of Womens Health (Vol. 31, pp. A9–A9).
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  - Minga, J., Harris, G., Yang, Q., Hirsch, M. A., Nguyen, V. Q. C., & Bettger, J. P. (2019). Association of Right Versus Left Hemisphere Stroke on Rehabilitation Outcomes. In Journal of Womens Health (Vol. 28, pp. 1588–1589). MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
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- Theses and Dissertations
  - Minga, J. (2014). Question Use Following Right Hemisphere Brain Damage.
- Datasets
  - Minga, J., & Johnson, M. (2016). RHDBank Discourse Protocol Corpora. https://doi.org/10.21415/T5Q02B
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Academic Positions Outside Duke

In the News

Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Scholarly Editions

Conference Papers

Theses and Dissertations

Datasets