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DR. DAVID MILLER

Assistant Professor

Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies

University of Illinois at Chicago

I'm a psycholinguist interested in all things bilingualism. I'm particularly interested in the connection between human language, cognition, and behavior. I investigate topics such as bilingualism and multilingualism, (adult) second language acquisition, and pay particular attention to the processing of language meaning.

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WHO AM I?

Personal Profile

My interest in language started when I learned Spanish as an adult. The ways in which learning a second language enabled me to communicate with new people, integrate into new cultures, and become aware of the impact of language meaning on human behavior catalyzed my academic career. With degrees in Spanish Teaching, Hispanic Linguistics, and now Clinical Language Sciences, my passion is all things language, including its acquisition, processing and broader influence on its users.

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MY EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISPANIC LINGUISTICS

August 16, 2018 - Present

I teach (will teach) various courses and programs within Hispanic Linguistics. I also lead the MultiPsych lab at UIC, which is fully equipped with an EEG/ERP system and where undergraduate and graduate students are able to carry out research on topics within psycholinguistics more generally.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

October 15, 2017 - July 31, 2018

Manager of the University of Reading Psycho- and Neurolinguistics Lab under the supervision of Professor Jason Rothman.

ASSISTANT EDITOR, JOHN BENJAMINS

October 31, 2015 - July 31, 2018

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. Liaise and collaborate with Associate Editors, including Editors-in-Chief, to maximize the productivity of publishing procedures and the journal’s impact factor. Copy-edit all incoming research. Manage communication between the journal and individual researchers, resolving any technical submission issues and procedural setbacks.

STUDENT LECTURER

July 4, 2014 - December 6, 2017

Taught various courses within the Language Sciences tract at the University of Reading within the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, including graduate and undergraduate programs.

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EDUCATION

PHD UNIVERSITY OF READING
PSYCHOLOGY AND CLINICAL LANGUAGE SCIENCES

July 2014 - December 2017

Focus on bi- and multilingualism, language acquisition, and psycholinguistic methodologies such as self-paced reading, reaction times, and event-related potentials (ERPs).

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
HISPANIC LINGUISTICS

August 2012 - June 2014

Focus on Romance Linguistics, including topics such as second language acquisition and bilingualism.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SPANISH TEACHING

August 2009 - June 2012

Emphasis on foreign language pedagogy, second language acquisition, and Spanish.

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MY SKILLS

What I Do

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

I have investigative experience designing experiments for and analyzing data from event-related potential (ERP) studies on language processing. Additionally, I have used various other tools and platforms such as MATLAB, EEGLAB, SPSS, R, Java, and HTML with functional proficiency.

TEACHING

I have a passion for teaching. My greatest mentors have always been my greatest teachers. I take pride in what I do, this includes conveying information from scientific inquiry to students who will become future researchers, and also to general audiences who stand to benefit from the work I do. My most recent media publication can be found here.