Assistant Professor Dr. Brielle Stark was one of four faculty selected for the 2021 Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award. This award is presented annually by the Center of Excellence for Women & Technology. In the award, Dr. Stark was commended for being "both a role model for exemplary mentoring as well as being an effective encourager of using technology in her field." Dr. Stark runs the NEURAL Research Lab at IU, as well as co-founded and helps direct FOQUSAphasia, an initiative to improve the evidence basis for studies of discourse in aphasia.