David Miller

David Miller is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, directing the Psychology of Multilingualism research lab. His research focuses on language processing, second language acquisition, bilingualism, and the role of logic in language structure. He holds a PhD from the University of Reading, UK.

Education: PhD in Linguistics, University of Reading, UK.

Research Interests: Explores cognitive mechanisms underlying multilingualism, including semantics-pragmatics interfaces, bilingual sentence processing, and the impact of logical reasoning on language use. Recent work examines ERP correlates of L2 morphosyntax processing and the foreign language effect on prosocial behavior.

Recent Trends in Publications: Focuses on neurolinguistic methods in SLA, ERP studies of agreement processing, and bilingual cognitive dynamics. Key themes include L1 attrition, L3 acquisition typology, and heritage speaker syntax.

• Awards:
  • 2014-2017 AThEME Grant (€122,500)
  • 2016 LAVA Research Award ($600)
  • 2016 Conference on Human Sentence Processing Award

Advising & Grants: Leads multidisciplinary research teams investigating bilingualism's cognitive effects. Active in EU-funded multilingualism initiatives and international SLA conferences.

Lab Activities: Psychology of Multilingualism Lab explores neural correlates of language processing in bilingual/multilingual speakers, with projects on ERP-based language dominance measures and cross-linguistic pragmatic reasoning.