ProfessorCatherine Theys

Professor

School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Claustrum Structure and its Role in Cognitive and Motor Decline in Parkinson’s Disease
    16 Feb 2026
    Helliwell-Clarke, Mia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Prevalence of developmental stuttering in first year of primary school across different regions in New Zealand
    16 Feb 2026
    McIntyre, Ruby
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Longitudinal Changes in Vowel Articulation in Speakers with Parkinson's Disease
    11 Feb 2026 - 24 Jun 2026
    Whiteside, Claire
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Prevalence of stuttering in 5-year-old children in the region of Canterbury of New Zealand
    11 Feb 2026 - 24 Jun 2026
    Hoogerwerf, Sascha
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Effects of Early Intervention on Brain Connectivity in Preschool Stuttering
    3 Jan 2026
    Hoggan, Jessica
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Mechanisms and Treatment of Acquired Stuttering in Parkinson's Disease
    1 Apr 2025
    Tyson, Kate
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Uncovering the mechanisms underlying acquired neurogenic stuttering by investigating changes in basal ganglia speech networks
    1 Apr 2025
    Welford, Annalyse
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Sense of Self and Connection: Perspectives from Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury and Clinicians
    19 Feb 2025 - 2 Feb 2026
    Lilburne, James
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigation of the Psychological effects of Restart-DCM stuttering treatment on preschool children who stutter
    17 Feb 2025 - 2 Feb 2026
    Potter, Madeline
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The impact and nature of the impact of stuttering on parents of preschoolers (aged 2-6) who stutter pre and post treatment using RESTART-DCM
    17 Feb 2025 - 2 Feb 2026
    Skidmore, Sarah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Neuroplasticity in children who stutter
    1 Apr 2024
    Grout-Brown, W
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating the treatment effects of the RESTART-DCM approach for the New Zealand context: a case series
    19 Feb 2024 - 14 Feb 2025
    Cross, Annabel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Connection and Sense of Self: Perspectives from Content Creators and Content Consumers with Acquired Brain Injury and Clinicians
    19 Feb 2024
    James, Théa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Linguistic changes associated with RESTART-DCM treatment for stuttering in preschoolers
    20 Nov 2023 - 9 Feb 2024
    Cross, Annabel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring Māori experiences and concerns for communication in Multiple Sclerosis: developing a Kaupapa Māori protocol
    6 Nov 2023 - 15 Feb 2024
    Skinner, Nikita
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Co-constructing treatment schedules with people with aphasia – evaluating outcomes of treatment, perspectives and learning for people with aphasia, speech language therapy (SLT) clinicians and SLT students.
    1 Jul 2022
    Gibbons, Nicola
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Kaupapa Māori approaches to communication difficulties for people with mate wareware (dementia)
    1 Jul 2022 - 25 Sep 2025
    Eustace, Megan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Assessment and treatment of acquired functional stuttering: multiple case study design
    21 Feb 2022 - 13 Feb 2023
    Rickards, Rebecca
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Linguistic features of stutter-like dysfluencies in Parkinson’s disease
    21 Feb 2022 - 1 Feb 2023
    Holmes, Kat
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Outcomes of cognitive language group treatment on people with dementia's communicative effectiveness
    21 Feb 2022 - 1 Feb 2023
    Ung, Renee
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Stuttering disfluencies in 2 and 3-year-old New Zealand children
    21 Feb 2022 - 1 Feb 2023
    Perumbally, Angelin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The implication of dopamine and dopaminergic systems in stuttering
    21 Feb 2022 - 1 Feb 2023
    McKenzie, Hana
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Speech changes in Parkinson’s disease: a neuroimaging and behavioural approach to disentangling motor and cognitive contributions.
    1 Apr 2021 - 1 Nov 2024
    Gooch, Eloise
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Acquired stuttering as a symptom of Primary Progressive Aphasia: behavioural characteristics and treatment outcomes
    22 Feb 2021 - 14 Jan 2022
    Harrison, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Diagnosis and treatment of acquired functional stuttering: a case study
    22 Feb 2021 - 14 Jan 2022
    Grout-Brown, Wallis