Carol A. Miller, Ph.D.
Ph.D (Psychology), University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Associate Professor
Contact Information
404K Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-6213
Fax: 814-863-3759
Courses Taught
CSD 300, Developmental Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Language Disorders
CSD 331, Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Hearing
CSD 497H, Language Impairment
CSD 500, Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research Interests
Typical and atypical language development; children with specific language impairment; cognitive processes in communication disorders, with emphasis on speed of processing in children and adults with language disorders.
Member of the Center for Language Science
Examples of Collaborative Projects
Discriminating SLI and APD in School-aged Children (Principal Investigator). This project, funded by the National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, compares children with specific language impairment (SLI) and children with auditory processing disorder (APD) on a variety of behavioral tasks related to language, auditory processing, memory, and response time. The goal of the study is to determine which measures, if any, best distinguish between these two groups of children.
Recent Publications
Poll, G.H., Betz, S.K., & Miller, C.A. (in press). Identification of clinical markers of specific language impairment in adults. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Miller, C.A., & Poll, G.H. (2009). Response time in adults with a history of language difficulties. Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 365-379.
Leonard, L.B., Miller, C.A., & Finneran, D.A. (2009). Grammatical morpheme effects on sentence processing by school-aged adolescents with specific language impairment. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 450-478.
Finneran, D.A., Leonard, L.B., and Miller, C.A. (2009). Speech disruptions in the sentence formulation of school-age children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44(3), 271-286.
Miller, C.A., Leonard, L.B., and Finneran, D. (2008). Grammaticality judgments in adolescents with and without language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43(3), 346-360.
Miller, C.A., and Gilbert, E. (2008). Comparison of performance on two nonverbal intelligence tests by adolescents with and without language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 41, 358-371.
Leonard, L.B., Ellis Weismer, S., Miller, C.A., Francis, D.J., Tomblin, J.B., Kail, R.V. (2007). Speed of processing, working memory, and language impairment in children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 408–428.
Miller, C.A. (2007). [Review of the book A glossary of morphology]. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 21 (4), 319–320.
Miller, C.A., Leonard, L.B., Kail, R.V., Zhang, X., Tomblin, J.B., and Francis, D. (2006). Response time in 14-year-olds with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49 (4), 712–728.
Miller, C.A. (2006). Developmental relationships between language and theory of mind. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 142–154.
Miller, C.A., and Deevy, P. (2006). Structural priming in children with and without specific language impairment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 20 (5), 387–399.
Kail, R.V., and Miller, C.A. (2006). Developmental change in processing speed: Domain specificity and stability. Journal of Cognition and Development, 7 (1), 119–137.