WHITEWATER – Bri Peterson, a Communication Sciences and Disorders major from Blanchardville, was recognized on February 5-6 at the 2026 Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) annual convention in Pewaukee.
Peterson presented "Supporting Student Use and Evaluation of AI Image Generation."
The convention is a gathering of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and speech, language and hearing scientists in Wisconsin. Five students from UW- Whitewater’s communication sciences and disorders undergraduate and graduate programs won awards and/or presented at the convention.
Professor Lynn Gilbertson, associate professor Michael Hammer, and assistant professor Cody Busch served as mentors to the students on their presentations.