Monique T. Mills

Monique T. Mills, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She directs the Child Language Ability Lab (C-Lab), focusing on narrative assessment and dialectal code-switching between African American English (AAE) and Mainstream American English (MAE) in school-age children. Her work integrates cognitive, social, and linguistic dimensions to examine how bidialectal children utilize language resources.

• Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.A. & B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science from Ohio State University and University of Illinois

Dr. Mills's research explores narrative assessment and code-switching in bidialectal children, emphasizing educational equity. Her projects investigate AAE dialect density effects on narrative perception, eye-gaze patterns in language disorders, and social capital's role in language development. Recent publications highlight linguistic profiling in employability and speech disfluencies in bidialectal contexts.

She has received the Teaching Excellence Award (2024), NIH grants for language processing studies, and recognition as one of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists (2021). Her lab collaborates nationally to advance equitable clinical practices and community engagement.