Dr. Burda obtained her BA and MA degrees from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and her PhD from Wichita State University. She has been at UNI since 2000 and teaches courses in acquired neurogenic disorders, normal aging, and accent modification. Her primary areas of research include investigating cognitive-linguistic performance in healthy middle-aged and older adults, and the understanding of accented speech by aging adults. She has presented her research regionally, nationally, and internationally. Prior to working in academe, Dr. Burda worked as a speech-language pathologist in rehabilitation hospitals and long-term care facilities in St. Paul, MN, and Wichita, KS.