Ryan T. Miller

I am a student in the Second Language Acquisition Ph.D. program in the Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. My interests revolve around second language literacy. Within L2 reading, I am interested in cognitive/psycholinguistic perspectives on lower-level processes involved in learning-to-read. My research is on the role of phonological and morphological awareness in learning to read a language that uses a different writing system / orthography than that of one's first language. I am interested in the role that metalinguistic awareness plays in lexical inferencing, and how L2 reading pedagogy can make use of metalinguistic awareness transferred from the learner's L1. I am also interested in second language reading assessment.

Within L2 writing, I am interested in the development of academic writing skills in English (EAP) from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics. In particular, I am interested in the development of writing skills both across the curriculum and within specific disciplines (WAC/WID). I am also interested in CALL implementations in the FL/SL writing classroom.

Before coming to CMU, I earned my MA in TESOL at Michigan State University, where I taught at the English Language Center, and my BA in Linguistics and German in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. In addition, I taught for a number of years at various levels in Japan, including elementary school, junior high school, at a non-profit education center, and as an adjunct lecturer at universities.

For more information, please see my Academia.Edu page.

Contact info: 
	Office: 325 FMS
		412-268-4768 (office tel)
		412-268-1328 (fax)

	Email: rtmiller, then an at mark, followed by andrew.cmu.edu

	Mailing address:
	Carnegie Mellon University
	Department of Modern Languages
	160 Baker Hall
	5000 Forbes Avenue
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213