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Director, Language Analysis Lab
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Jon Miller has conducted research on language development and disorders for more than 30 years as a faculty member in the Department of Communicative Disorders and as an investigator in the Waisman Mental Retardation Research Center. A decade of research on Down syndrome resulted in the book: Improving the Communication Skills of People with Down Syndrome, a research to practice volume. A career long focus on developing improved measurement systems has evolved computer software for the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts: SALT, widely used in research and clinical settings for language sample analysis. His current research involves documenting the development of English language narrative skills in bilingual children, K - 3rd grade, as part of a national program of research whose aim is to account for the variability in literacy development in English Language Learners whose first language is Spanish. He initiated the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders in 1980 to promote research, provide a forum for research development among scholars nationally and internationally, and promote research careers for students at all levels of training. The 2004 meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of this NIH supported conference.
| Institution | Major-Minor | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego State College | Speech Pathology-Psychology | B.A. | 1964 |
| University of Redlands | Speech Pathology-Education | M.A. | 1966 |
| University of Wisconsin | Speech-Language Pathology | Ph.D. | 1969 |
| Position | Dates |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, UW-Madison | 1969-1973 |
| Associate Professor, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, UW-Madison | 1973-1978 |
| Section Head, Dept. of Communicative Disorders Diagnostic and Treatment Unit, Waisman Center, UW-Madison | 1973-1979 |
| Section Head, Communicative Processes Research, Behavioral Research Unit, Waisman Center, UW-Madison | 1973-1979 |
| Acting Director, Waisman Center, UW-Madison | 1980-1982 |
| Coordinator, Behavioral & Social Sciences Res. Unit, Waisman Center, UW-Madison | 1986-1989 |
| Associate Director for Program Development, Waisman Center, UW-Madison | 1989-1993 |
| Chair, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, UW-Madison | 1993-1998 |
| Professor, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, UW-Madison | 1978-Present |
| 1983 | Distinguished Alumnus, College of Human Services, San Diego State University |
| 1991 | Clinical Achievement Award of Wisconsin, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| 1992 | Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| 1998 | Award of Appreciation, Council of Graduate Programs in Communication Sciences Disorders |
| 2000 | Honors, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
Miller, J. and Johnston J. Predicate Acquisition by Language Disordered Children. R01-NS2551717, NIDCD NIH, Sub-contract to J. Johnston, 7/1/88-6/30/91.
Miller, J. Early Lexical Acquisition in Children with Down Syndrome. R01HD22393, NIH-NICHD, 9/1/88-8/31/91.
Miller, J. Early Lexical Acquisition in Children with Down Syndrome, Competing Renewal of RO1-HD22393, NIH, NICHD, 9/1/91-8/31/96.
Miller, J. Language Sample Analysis II. IDEA: Wisconsin department of Public Instruction, 7/1/98-6/31/00.
Miller, J. The Wisconsin Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. Conference Grant Number R13 DC01677, NIH, NIDCD 7/1/93- 6/30/2005.
Miller, J., Biological and behavioral variation in the language of Spanish speaking children, NIH, NICHD, and IES. 10/1/01 - 9/30/05.
Stevenson, M., Roach, M., Leavitt, L., Miller, J., and Chapman, R. (1988). Early Receptive and Productive Language Skills in Preterm and Full-term 8-month-old infants. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 17, 119 133.
Miller, J. (1988). The Developmental Asynchrony of Language Development in Children with Down Syndrome. In L. Nadal (Ed.) The Psychobiology of Down Syndrome. New York: Academic Press.
Weston, A., Shriberg, L. and Miller, J. (1989). Analysis of Language-Speech Samples with SALT and PEPPER. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32, 755-766.
Miller, J. (Ed.) (1991). Research on Child Language Disorders: A Decade of Progress. Boston: College Hill Press.
Miller, J. (1992). Lexical acquisition in children with Down syndrome. In R.S. Chapman (Ed.) Child Talk: Advances in language acquisition. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc.
Miller, J. , Freiberg, C., Rolland, M-B, and Reeves, M. (1992). Implementing Computerized Language Sample Analysis in the Public School. C. Dollaghan (Ed.) Topics in Language Disorders. Aspen
Miller, J., and Leadholm, B. (1992). Language Sample Analysis Guide: The Wisconsin Guide for the Identification and Description of Language Impairment in Children. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Miller, J. (1992). The Development of Speech and Language in children with Down Syndrome. In E. McCoy and I. Lott (Eds.) Clinical Care for Persons with Down Syndrome. Academic Press.
Johnston, J., Miller, J., Curtiss, S., Tallal, P., (1993). Conversations with Language Impaired Children: Asking Questions. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 973-978.
Ellis-Weismer, S., Murray-Branch, J. and Miller, J., (1993). A Comparison of Two Methods for Promoting Productive Vocabulary in Late Talkers. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1037-1050.
Ellis-Weismer, S., Murray-Branch, J. and Miller, J., (1994). A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Language Development in Late Talkers Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, (4) 852-867.
Miller, J., and Paul, R. (1995). The Clinical Assessment of Language Comprehension. Baltimore: Paul Brookes Publishing Company.
Miller, J. and Klee, T. (1995). Quantifying language disorders in children. In P. Fletcher and B. MacWhinney (Eds.) Handbook of Child Language. Basal Blackwell, 545-572.
Miller, J., Sedey, A., Miolo, G. (1995). Validity of parent report measures of vocabulary acquisition in Children with Down Syndrome. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38, 1037-1044.
Miller, J., Leddy, M., Miolo, G., and Sedey, A. (1995). The Development of Early Language Skills in Children with Down Syndrome. In L. Nadel and D. Rosenthall (Eds.) Down Syndrome: Living and Learning in the Community. New York: Wiley-Liss. 115-121.
Miller, J. F. (1995). Individual differences in vocabulary acquisition in children with Down syndrome. In C. Epstein, T. Hassold, I. Lott, L. Nadel and D. Patterson (Eds.), Etiology and pathogenesis of Down syndrome: Proceedings of the international Down syndrome research conference. New York: Wiley-Liss. 93-103.
Miller, J., and Lyngaas, K. (1995). A case of successful collaboration: Clinician and Researcher. ASHA, June/July, 15-18.
Miller, J., (1996). The Search for a Phenotype of Disordered Language Performance. In M. Rice (Ed.) Toward a Genetics of Language. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
Miller, J., (1996). Commentary on the genetics of specific language impairment. In M. Rice (Ed.) Toward a Genetics of Language. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
Miller, J. (1996). Issues in Language Assessment. In P. Dale, K. Cole and D. Thal (Eds.) Language Assessment. Baltimore: Paul Brooks Publishing Company.
Miller, J. and Leddy, M. (1998). Down syndrome: The impact of speech production language development. In R. Paul (Ed.) The Speech-Language Connection. Paul Brooks Publishing Company.
Roach, M., Miller, J., and Leavitt, L. (1998). Directiveness and responsiveness: Mothers' interactions with their Down syndrome and non-delayed children. Developmental Psychology, 34, (1) 77-87.
Miller, J., Leddy, M. and Leavitt, L. (Eds) (1999). Improving the Communication of People with Down Syndrome. Baltimore: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Company.