14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference

Building the Future


St Catherine's College, Oxford

23–26 September 2025

Photographs from the 14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference

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Award winners

We are delighted to announce the following award winners from the 14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference

The Travers Reid Award 
Sophie Card, Michael Palin Centre, UK
“What do young people who stutter want from therapy, and does this align with the PERMA model of wellbeing?”

Dave Rowley Award
Kate Watkins, University of Oxford, UK

The Lena Rustin Award
Kay Russell, Elsevier, UK

Poster Awards

Robert Bies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
“Subjective well-being and perception of stuttering anticipation: a preliminary study of adults who stutter”

Enjoli Richardson, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
“Who gets to speak?: expanding race and gender visibility in stuttering research”

Christine Tournier, SLT, France
“Assessing avoidance in cluttering: using consensus to build a questionnaire for French and English speakers who clutter”

The 14th Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference (formerly the Oxford Dysfluency Conference) will be held under the theme ‘Building the Future’ and will take place at St Catherine’s College Oxford from 23–26 September 2025.

The conference brings together researchers and clinicians, providing a showcase and forum for discussion and collegial debate about the most current and innovative research and clinical practices.

Throughout the history of the conference, the primary aim has been to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. The conference seeks to promote research that informs therapy, with interventions that are supported by sound theory and evidence, which serves to inform future research.

Conference Topics

  • Conceptualizing stuttering
  • Genetics and Neurophysiology
  • More than speech
  • Cluttering and acquired stuttering
  • Advancing clinical practice through research
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Speakers

Kurt Eggers, Belgium
Rodney GabelUSA
Elaine Kelman UK
Nan Bernstein Ratner USA
Bridget WalshUSA


Conference Committee

Conference Chairs

Committee

Nan Bernstein Ratner, USA
Ali Berquez, UK
Soo-Eun Chang, USA
Dahye Choi, USA
Amy Connery, Ireland
Susanne Cook, USA
Chanchal Chaudhary, India
Ho Ming Chow, USA
Derek Daniels, USA
Sarah Delpeche, UK
Hope Gerlach Houck, USA
Elaina Kefalianos, Australia
Valerie Lim, Singapore
Katerina Ntourou, USA
Mark Onslow, Australia
Naomi Rodgers, USA
Kathleen Scaler Scott, USA
Seth Tichenor, USA
Victoria Tumanova, USA
Evan Usler, USA
Martine Vanryckeghem, USA/Belgium
Stacy Wagovich, USA
Kasia Wesierska, Poland
Scott Yaruss, USA