Her areas of interest include aural (re)habilitation and speech perception in noise. Currently, she is interestted in the relationship between working memory and speech perception. She received her B.A in 1996 from Louisiana State University and Masters in Deaf Education from Lamar University in 2000. She received her PhD in Communication Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2010. Dr. Sullivan has received numerous awards, honors, and grants including a F31 from the NIH /NIDCD.