Afua Agyapong, PhD, MBA, CCC-SLP
Department Chair and Associate Professor in College of Allied Health Sciences
- Augusta GA UNITED STATES
Dr. Agyapong nurtures the next generation of speech-language pathologists through an engaging and supportive learning environment.
Education
Francis Marion University
MBA
Business Administration and Management
2025
University of North Dakota
Ph.D.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
2018
University of North Dakota
M.S.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
2012
Minot State University
BGS
General Studies
2010
University of Ghana
B.A.
Linguistics
2007
Affiliations
- Georgia Speech-Language Hearing Association Higher Education Committee
- International Issues Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Links
Media Appearances
Professor, students receive awards at annual convention
Augusta University News online
2026-04-27
Afua Agyapong, PhD, and two Speech-Language Pathology students were recognized at the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (GSHA) annual convention that was held in Athens, Georgia this year.
AU Allied Health Sciences faculty secures grant for infant development ‘baby lab’
Augusta Good News online
2025-09-21
Afua Agyapong, associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology in Augusta University’s College of Allied Health Sciences, conceived the idea of a baby lab, which was designed to give students early childhood observation opportunities that are often difficult to access.
Articles
Prosodic Perception in Aging Individuals: a Focus on Intonation
Current Psychology2020-08-01
Studies indicate that older adults have diminished ability to decode prosodic information. However, the precise nature and basis of this deficit have proved difficult to uncover. Although prosody itself is poorly understood, one of its components, intonation, has been shown to be context-dependent. The present study sought to determine whether intonation perception problems for aging individuals are related to stimulus contextual factors. In two experiments, older and younger adults were asked to identify emotional (happiness, sadness) and nonemotional meanings signaled by intonation. Stimuli used were sentences with basic (Experiment 1) and non-basic (Experiment 2) word order.