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Carol A. Miller
Professor
Undergraduate Honors Adviser
Summary Statement

Carol studies different pathways that language development can take from childhood into adulthood, using behavioral and electrophysiological methods.

Department
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders - CSD
  • Graduate Faculty
  • Undergraduate Programs
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Education
  • Ph.D, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Phone
Office Address
404K Ford Building
498 Allen Road
University Park, PA 16802
Fax
814-865-8133
Professional Credentials

Ph.D.

Research Interests

My research interests are focused around typical and atypical language development, particularly children with developmental language disorder; cognitive processes in communication disorders, with emphasis on speed of processing and working memory in children and adults with language disorders; and bilingual language development. I use behavioral and electrophysiological methods.

Specializations

Language and Language Disabilities Across the Lifespan

Grants and Research Projects

I am contributing to several research projects:

  • Using network science to understand how adults with developmental language disorder learn patterns (co-investigator, funded by National Institutes of Health)
  • Developing a language processing assessment that is suitable for a broad range of neurodevelopmental disabilities, with community involvement (co-principal investigator, funded by Penn State Social Science Research Institute)
  • Studying specific characteristics of individuals with Down syndrome that contribute to swallowing and speech outcomes with the goal of developing interventions tailored to the needs of this population (co-investigator, funded by National Institutes of Health)
  • Creating artificial intelligence solutions to help school-based speech-language pathologists identify and serve more students with speech and language needs (affiliated faculty, funded by National Science Foundation and Institute of Education Sciences)

I am a co-PI of a training grant to promote interdisciplinary, translational research and education for doctoral students, “Linguistic diversity across the lifespan (LINDIV): transforming training to advance human-technology interaction" funded by the National Science Foundation.  
 

Additional Information

I am the Schreyer Honors advisor for CSD.  Please contact me with questions about becoming a Schreyer Scholar.  

Undergraduate students are a crucial part of my research team.  Check us out at the Child Language Development Lab.