Dr. Hall-Mills is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University and Affiliated Faculty with the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR). Her research focuses on spoken and written language development and disorders in school-age children and adolescents and school-based practices in speech-language pathology. Her work aims to improve the accuracy of assessment and the effectiveness of intervention practices for language and literacy in schools. She is also interested in the effects of educational policy on practice patterns for speech language pathologists and outcomes for children with speech-language impairment. Dr. Hall-Mills serves as Director of the SPEAR Lab (School-age Practices, Effectiveness, and Research). Dr. Hall-Mills teaches graduate courses designed to prepare future speech-language pathologists for careers working with preschool and school-age children and adolescents with communication disorders. She serves as the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Tallahassee program. She served as President of the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and provides educational and research-based talks about communication disorders for local, state, and national audiences.
Education
- BS: Florida State University, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
- MS: Florida State University, Communication Disorders
- PhD: Florida State University, Communication Science & Disorders
- CCC-SLP
Research Interests
Language/Literacy and Reading Disorders; Written Language Development and Assessment; Evidence Based Practices in Schools; School-Age Language and Literacy Development and Disorders; Emergent Language and Literacy; Educational Policy for Studies with Disabilities
Teaching Interests
Language Development & Disorders, Advanced Seminars in Language and Literacy, Intro to CSD, Applied Research in CSD
Publications & Research
Grants & Awards
Co-Investigator, Diversity in STEM fields; Student Voices, Collaboration Collision Seed Grant for Community Plus, Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, Funded $10,000. (R. Hughes, PI; 2022-2023).
Principal Investigator, Robust Expository Vocabulary Intervention, Translational Research Grant, School of Communication Science and Disorders, Florida State University, Funded $1,000 (B. Ott, Co-I; 2022-2023).
Principal Investigator, KASE for Telepractice, Collaboration Collision Seed Grant for COVID-19 Pandemic, Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, $16,423. (Co-I: D. Latham, N. Everhart, M. Gross, L. Johnson, 2020).
Training Faculty, Triple L: Leadership in Language and Literacy, Doctoral Training Grant, Office of Special Education Programs, United States Department of Education, Funded (C. Wood, PI; 2020-2025).
Principal Investigator, Improving Language and Literacy Outcomes for Children with Communication Disorders in High Need Populations: A Personnel Preparation Grant¸ U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, $1,248, 418. (2014-2019).
Co-Investigator, Bilingual Oral Language and Literacy Development, Doctoral Leadership Grant, Office of Special Education Programs, United States Department of Education, $1 million. (C. Wood, Principal Investigator; 2015-2018).
Principal Investigator, Exploring the Language of Persuasion: Analysis of Linguistic Features in High School Students’ Persuasive Discourse, Small Project Grant Program, Florida State University, Council for Research and Creativity, $3,000.
Reading Specialist, Ethiopia READ TA Project, Funded by United State Agency for International Development (USAID), $2.8 million. (F. Ramos, Y.S. Kim, & J. Milligan, Primary Investigators; 2013-2017).
Editor's Award, Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools (2014)
Editor's Award, Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders (2011)
Faculty Teaching Award, FSU College of Communication and Information (2016)
Undergraduate Teaching Award, FSU College of Communication and Information (2016)
Distance Learning Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, FSU (2015)
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