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Michelle Miller



Curriculum Vitae
MICHELLE DENISE MILLER

CURRICULUM VITAE

Office:    Psychology Department
    Department of Psychology, Box 15106
    Northern Arizona University
    Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5106
    

Email:    michelle.miller@nau.edu        


PRESENT     Associate Professor
POSITION:    Northern Arizona University Psychology Department    


EDUCATION
1997    University of California, Los Angeles
    Ph.D. in psychology (cognitive)

1990    Pomona College
    B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude

DISSERTATION
Title    Limitations on Speeded Speech Processing in Younger and
    Older Adults
Adviser    Donald G. MacKay


FELLOWSHIPS
1995    National Research Service Award Predoctoral Training Fellowship
1991-1994    National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship



RESEARCH INTERESTS
Speech comprehension and production
Language and memory
Aphasia
Functional brain imaging
Sociolinguistics
Study techniques and student performance



PUBLICATIONS

Souter, M.A., & Miller, M.D. (2007). Do animal-assisted activities effectively treat depression? A meta-analysis. Anthrozoös, 20, 167-180.

Dickson, K.L., & Miller, M.D. (2006). Effect of crib card construction and use on exam performance. Teaching of Psychology (Faculty Forum), 33, 39-40.

Dickson, K.L., Devoley, M.S., & Miller, M.D. (2006). Effect of study guide exercises on multiple-choice exam performance in introductory psychology. Teaching of Psychology (Faculty Forum), 33, 40-42.

Dickson, K.L., & Miller, M.D. (2005). Authorized crib cards do not improve exam performance. Teaching of Psychology, 32, 230-233.

Dickson, K.L, Miller, M.D., & Devoley, M. (2005). Effect of textbook study guides on student performance in introductory psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 32, 34-39.

Miller, M.D., & Johnson, J.S. (2004). Phonological and lexical-semantic short-term memory and their relationship to sentence production in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11, 395-415.

Martin, R.C., Miller, M.D., & Vu, H. (2004). Lexical-semantic retention and speech production: Further evidence from normal and brain-damaged participants for a phrasal scope of planning. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 21, 625-644.

Henley, N.M., Miller, M.D., Beazley, J.A., Nguyen, D.N., Kaminsky, D., & Sanders, R. (2002). Frequency and specificity of referents to violence in news reports of anti-gay attacks. Discourse and Society, 13, 75-104.

Martin, R.C., & Miller, M.D. (2002). Sentence comprehension deficits: Independence and interaction of syntax, semantics, and working memory. In A. Hillis (Ed.), Handbook of Adult Language Disorders : Integrating Cognitive Neuropsychology, Neurology, and Rehabilitation. New York: Psychology Press.

Miller, M.D., & MacKay, D.G. (1996). Relations between language and memory: The case of repetition deafness. Psychological Science, 7, 347-351.

MacKay, D.G., & Miller, M.D. (1996). Can cognitive aging contribute to fundamental psychological theory? Repetition deafness as a test case. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 3, 169-186.

MacKay, D.G., Abrams., L., Pedroza, M.J., & Miller, M.D. (1996). Cross-language facilitation, semantic blindness, and the relation between language and memory: A reply to Altarriba and Soltano. Memory and Cognition, 24, 712-718.

MacKay, D.G., & Miller, M.D. (1996). Neoconnectionism and information-processing stages: Do they connect? Review of The Structure of Long-Term Memory, by Wolfgang Klimesch. The American Journal of Psychology, 109, 162-171.

Henley, N.M., Miller, M.D., & Beazley, J. (1995). Syntax, semantics, and sexual violence: Agency and the passive voice. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 14, 60-84.

MacKay, D.G., Miller, M.D., & Schuster, S.P. (1994). Repetition blindness and aging: Evidence for a binding deficit involving a specific connection. Psychology and Aging, 9, 251-258.

Miller, M.D., & MacKay, D.G. (1994). Repetition deafness: Repeated words in computer compressed speech are difficult to encode and recall. Psychological Science, 5, 47-51.

MacKay, D.G., & Miller, M.D. (1994). Semantic blindness: Repeated concepts are difficult to encode and recall under time pressure. Psychological Science, 5, 52-55.


TEXTBOOK SUPPLEMENTS

Miller, M. (2003). Pre-test/post-test test bank for Psychology: The Adaptive Mind, by James Nairne. Maintained on the Nairne student companion web site by Thomson Learning.

Miller, M. (2002; updated in 2005). Multimedia Manager for Introductory Psychology. Lecture and multimedia presentations for Psychology: The Adaptive Mind, by James Nairne. Published by Thomson Learning.

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