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I am the author of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (Harvard University Press, 2014) and Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World (West Virginia University Press, 2022). Currently I work as a professor of psychological sciences at Northern Arizona University, and I also provide consulting, speaking, and professional development services with a focus on using research findings to improve how people learn, solve problems, and maintain focus. My background includes research in cognitive psychology, a specialization focusing on thought processes such as memory, language, attention, and decision making, as well as behavioral neuroscience.Selected publications:Miller, M.D., Castillo, G., Medoff, N., & Hardy, A. (2021). Immersive VR for organic chemistry: Impacts on performance and grades for first-generation and continuing-generation university students. In press, Innovative Higher Education.Seymour, C.I., Erdynast, E., & Miller, M.D. (2020) Gender predicts beliefs and knowledge about attention among college students. College Teaching, DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2020.1853026 Miller, M.D., Doherty, J.J., Butler, N., & Coull, W. (2020). Changing counterproductive beliefs about attention, memory, and multitasking: Impacts of a brief, fully online module. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 710-723.Miller, M.D. (2011). What college teachers should know about memory: A perspective from cognitive psychology. College Teaching, 59, 117-122. Miller, M.D., & Rader, M.E. (2010). Two heads are better than one: Collaborative development of an online course content template. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 6, 246-255.Miller, M.D. (2009) What the science of cognition tells us about instructional technology. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 41, 71-74.Dickson, K.L., & Miller, M.D. (2005). Authorized crib cards do not improve exam performance. Teaching of Psychology, 32, 230-233.Miller, M.D., & Johnson, J.S. (2004). Phonological and lexical-semantic short-term memory and their relationship to sentence production in older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11, 395-415.Miller, M.D., & MacKay, D.G. (1996). Relations between language and memory: The case of repetition deafness. Psychological Science, 7, 347-351.Specialties: Instructional design, instructional technology, public speaking, empirical research

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