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Katharine Pace Miles
Associate Professor
Early Childhood Education/Art Education
Location: 2306b James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x3812
Fax: 718.951.4816
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I completed my doctorate in Educational Psychology: Learning, Development, and Instruction with a sub-specialization in Research on the Acquisition of Literacy with Dr. Linnea C. Ehri. In my tenure-track faculty line at Brooklyn College I oversee the graduate and undergraduate development and teaching of literacy courses in the Early Childhood department. As a former early childhood/childhood teacher and learning specialist, I conducted reading and writing assessments of and interventions with students with literacy delays and disabilities. I worked closely with teachers, families, and school psychologists to support student progress.
Education:
Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York - 2015 (Educational Psychology: Research on the Acquisition of Literacy)
M.A. , The University of Colorado - 2006 (Educational Psychology)
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University - 2003 (Elementary Education)
Areas of Expertise:
My research interest focuses on literacy assessment and instruction for young children that is both developmentally appropriate and grounded in the science of reading. Specifically, I'm interested in understanding the use of the visual-phonological pathway in emergent readers and the disconnect between the demonstrated influence of children attending to a word's grapheme-phoneme relations and the prevailing approach to teaching sight words in classrooms, which de-emphasizes these relations.
Books and Publications
Baylin, A., Miles, K.P., Gargus, S, & McFadden, K. (under review). The effect of two
kinesthetically-based phonemic awareness trainings on preschool literacy skills. Manuscript
in preparation for The Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Colenbrander, D., Miles, K.P., & Ricketts, J. (2019). To see or not to see: How does seeing
spellings support vocabulary learning? Manuscript submitted to Language, Speech, and Hearing
Services in Schools.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
Miles, K. P., & Ehri, L. C. (2019). Orthographic mapping facilitates sight word memory and
vocabulary learning. In D. A. Kilpatrick, J. M. Joshi, & R. K. Wagner (Eds.), Reading problems at school (pp. ). New York, NY: Springer (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Lauterbach, M. & Miles, K.P. (2018). Assessing reading in children with special needs: Complex
interactions between reading, the reader, and the assessment. Good Practices in Autism. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Miles, K.P., Craigo, L., & Frey, S.G. (2018). Investigating writing performance and institutional
supports among teacher candidates who transferred from community colleges. Higher Learning Research Communication, 8(2), 35-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18870/hlrc.v8i2.427
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Miles, K.P., Lauterbach, M., Murano, D., & Dembeck, G.A. (2018). Reading Rescue: A
follow-up on effectiveness of an intervention for struggling readers. Journal of Educational
Research. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2018.1514358
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Miles, K.P., McFadden, K.E., & Ehri, L. (2018). Associations between language and literacy skills
and sight word learning for native and nonnative English-speaking kindergarteners. Reading
and Writing, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.007/s11145-018-9919-5 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Miles, K.P. & Ehri, L. (2017). Learning to read words on flash cards: Effects of sentence
contexts and word class in native and nonnative English-speaking kindergartners. Early Childhood Research
Quarterly, 41(2017) 103-113.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Miles, K.P., Rubin, G. & Frey, S.G. (2017). Rethinking sight words: The interaction between students' phonics knowledge and words' spelling regularity. The Reading Teacher. https://doi-org.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu/10.1002/trtr.1658 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Miles, K.P., Ehri, L., Lauterbach, M. (2016). Mnemonic value of orthography for vocabulary learning in
monolinguals and language minority English-speaking college students. Journal of College Reading and
Learning. 46(2), 99-112.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Miles, K.P. (2015). Misconceptions about appropriate literacy instruction for young children.
International Literacy Association, website.
(Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015
Lipnevich, A. A., McCallen, L. N., Miles, K. P., & Smith, J. K. (2014). Mind the gap! Students' use of
exemplars and detailed rubrics as formative assessment. Instructional Science, 42(4), 539-559.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Research Grant Cycle 51. Analyzing High-Frequency Word Lists and Word Walls. (Awards and Honors) 2020
The Heckscher Foundation for Young Children Grant #20-00642. Brooklyn College and Reading Rescue Partnership. (Awards and Honors) 2020
PSC-CUNY 49 Reseach Award (2018-2019). "Sight Word Instruction and Teacher Knowledge of Orthographic Regularity." (Awards and Honors) 2018
PSC-CUNY 48 Reseach Award (2017-2018). "Utilizing Orthographic Regularities to Learn Sight Words." (Awards and Honors) 2017
PSC-CUNY 47 Research Award (2016-2017). "The Effect of Instruction and Support Services on Language Minority Students' Reading Growth." (Awards and Honors) 2016
PSC-CUNY 46 Research Award (2015-2016). "The Value of Orthography for Distinguishing Pronunciations in Spanish-speaking Language Minority English Learners." (Awards and Honors) 2015
Society for Research in Child Development Travel Award (2015). "The Effect of Orthographic Mapping, Context, and Word Class on Sight Word Learning for Native and Non-native English-speakers." (Awards and Honors) 2015
The Dissertation Year Fellowship (2014). "The Effect of Orthographic Mapping, Context, and Word Type on Sight Word Learning for Native and Non-native English-speakers." (Awards and Honors) 2014
Enhanced Chancellor's Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2010-2015). (Awards and Honors) 2010
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Ehri, L.C., Miles, K.P., Gonzalez, S.F., O'Leary, R., & Chambre, S. (2020, February). Theory and
research on how children learn to read words and application to instruction. Research proposal presented at the meeting of Everyone Reading, New York, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
Miles, K.P, McFadden, K., & Colenbrander, D. (2020, July). Supporting struggling readers'
orthographic mapping skills through a small group version of Reading Rescue. Research proposal accepted for presentation at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading as part of a symposium, San Diego, CA (cancelled due to COVID-19). Abstracts available online https://www.triplesr.org/node/9657/abstracts
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
Miles, K.P. (2020). Above All Else: The Essentials for Lifting Off into Reading and Spelling. EL
Education Virtual Summit What Matters Most: Moving Toward More Equitable Schools. Lecture
conducted from home office due to COVID-19.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Miles, K.P. (2020). Amira and Reading Rescue: Supporting NYC Students during COVID-19. Teach the
People series posted on Twitter. Lecture conducted from home office due to COVID-19.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Miles, K.P. (2020). How to Make Sight Word Instruction and Reading Intervention More Effective.
Glean Education: Research to Practice podcast series. Podcast conducted from home office due to
COVID-19.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Miles, K.P. (2020). Introduction to the Science of Reading. The School at Columbia. Lecture given from
home office due to COVID-19.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Miles, K.P. (2020). Reading Science and EL Education: A Strong Pair at the Right Time. Keynote
Address for EL Education Strong Start Training. Speech given from home office due to COVID-
19.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Miles, K.P. (2020). Skills Block & Remote Learning: Decision-Making to Support Orthographic
Mapping. EL Education Summer Training Institute. Lecture given from home office due to
COVID-19.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Miles, K.P., Baylin, A., Gargus, S., & McFadden, K. (2020, February). Teaching phonemic awareness
through verbo-tonal movements and games. Research proposal presented at the meeting of Everyone Reading, New York, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
Miles, K.P. & Kearns, D. (2019, July). An analysis of regularity of "sight words." Research proposal
presented at the meeting of the Scientific Studies of Reading as part of a symposium, Toronto,
Ontario. Abstracts available at https://www.triplesr.org/node/8245/abstracts.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Miles, K.P. & Kearns, D. (2019, March). An analysis of regularity of "sight words." Research proposal
presented at the meeting of Everyone Reading, New York, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Miles, K.P. (2019). How Children Learn to Read and Spell. EL Education National Professional
Development Day on the K-2 Literacy Skills Block. Lecture conducted from the Radisson Inn,
Jersey City, NJ.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Miles, K.P. (2019). Interpreting and Analyzing Research Data. NYC DOE Department of Literacy
Professional Development Day. Lecture conducted from the NYC Department of Education
Offices, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Lauterbach, M. D., Miles, K.P., Dembek, G. A., Tabone, F., & Murano, D. Developmental reading trajectories for students with special needs (July, 2018). Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Brighton, England.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
McFadden, K. E., Miles, K.P., Lauterbach, M., Song, L. & Shannon, J. D. (2018, June). Associations
between language instruction in kindergarten and English Language Learners' reading growth: Are ESL services beneficial for children's literacy skills? Poster presented at the Administration for Children and Families National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Washington, D.C.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Miles, K.P. (2018). Articulatory Gestures: Bringing Awareness to How Sounds are Made. Literacy Trust
Program Coordinator Day for Reading Rescue. Lecture conducted from Columbia
University, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Miles, K.P. (2018). Effective literacy instruction with non-native English speakers. Teachers
College PC Day. Lecture conducted from Columbia, University, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Miles, K.P., Lauterbach, M., Murano, D., & Dembeck, G. (2018, July). Reading Rescue: A follow-up
on effectiveness of an intervention for struggling readers. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Brighton, England.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Miles, K.P., Rubin, G.B., Gonzalez-Frey, S., Merringoff, T., Baylin, A., & Mailloux, K. (2018, March).
Sight Words: Comparing approaches and surveying the field. Research proposal presented at the
meeting of Everyone Reading, New York, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Higby, E., Miles, K.P., Donnelly, Dawson, K., S., Monge, A., & Nuesi, D. (2017, January). The role of
native language phonotactics in the discrimination of non-native contrastive phonemes. Poster presentation at the Linguistic Society of America conference, Austin, TX.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Lauterbach, M., Miles, K.P., & McFadden, K. (2017, July). How the language and format of instruction
impact English language learner's reading growth. Poster presentation at the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Miles, K.P. & Frey, S.G. (2017, July). Orthographic regularity of words on high frequency lists and
word walls. Research Proposal presented at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Studies
of Reading as part of a symposium, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Abstracts available at https://www.triplesr.org/node/4225/abstracts.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Miles, K.P. (2017). A critical examination of sight word lists and word walls. Reading Rescue
Conference. Lecture conducted from Columbia University, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Miles, K.P. (2017). Phonemic awareness and phonics: What, why, how? LITC-UE 1175 Language and
Literacy in the Early Years. Lecture conducted from New York University, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Miles, K.P. (2017). The importance of multisensory instruction for word learning. Reading Rescue
Conference. Lecture conducted from Columbia University, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Miles, K.P., Frey, S.G., & Rubin, G.B. (2017, March). Critically examining word lists and word walls.
Research proposal presented at the meeting of Everyone Reading, New York, NY. Abstracts not available online.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Dewart, T., McFadden, K. E., Mondesir, L., Shannon, J. D., DeBonis, D. & Miles, K.P. (2016, July). The
intersection of university-based childcare and the parents of young children from low-income homes: Can childcare benefit both parents and children? Poster presented at the Administration for Children and Families National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Washington, D.C.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
McFadden, K. E., Miles, K.P., Hewitt, S., Ntalla, H. & Shannon, J. D. (2016, July). Increasing the quality
of young children's interactions with their caregivers: University coaching for parents, teachers,
and home visitors in an Early Head Start setting. Poster presented at the Administration for Children and Families National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Washington, D.C.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Miles, K.P. (2016). Rethinking sight words. Reading Rescue Conference. Lecture conducted from
Columbia University, NY, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Miles, K.P., Higby, E., Donnelly, S., Monge, A., and Nuesi, D. (2016, November). A beneficial effect of
orthography on native Spanish speakers' ability to distinguish non-native phonemic contrasts. Poster presentation at The Psychonomic Society conference, Boston, MA.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Lauterbach, M., Miles, K.P., McFadden, K., & Song, L. (2015, July). Developmental trajectories in
reading for students with disabilities. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Society for the
Scientific Study of Reading, The Big Island, Hawaii.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Lauterbach. M. & Miles, K.P. (2015, March). Reading assessment, pre-service teachers and students with special needs; A complex and sometimes misleading interaction. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Miles, K.P. & Ehri, L.C. (2015, March). The effect of orthographic mapping, context, and word class on sight word learning for native and non-native English-speakers. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Miles, K.P. (2015, May). The effect of instruction and support services on language minority
students' reading growth in English. Research proposal presented at Brooklyn College Faculty
Day as part of a symposium, Brooklyn, NY. Abstracts not available online.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Lauterbach, M., & Miles, K.P. (2014, April). The reliability between standardized reading measures and curriculum-based reading assessments for students with special needs. Poster presentation at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Lipnevich, A.A., McCallen, L.N., Miles, K. P., & Smith, J.K. (2014, April). Promoting learning through generalized feedback: Rubrics and exemplars. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract retrieved from http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera14/index.php (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Miles, K.P., & Ehri, L.C. (2014, January). The mnemonic value of orthography in language minority students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Subway Summit on Cognition and Education Research, New York, NY. Abstracts not available online. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Donnelly, S., Miles, K.P., Maita, R., & Homer, B.D. (2013, October). Examining the bilingual advantage on interference, switch, and mix costs using observed and latent variables. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Memphis, TN.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Hayward, E.O., Pace, K., Bromley, M., & Homer, B.D. (2013, April). Flexibility & automaticity of social cognition (FASC): A developmental, multi-faceted, continuous measure of theory of mind. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Homer, B.D., Kornak, Y., Donnelly, S., Pace, K. & Hayward, E.O. (2013, October). The effects
of language, executive functions and bilingualism on young children's symbolic
understanding. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Memphis, TN.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Lauterbach, M., & Miles, K.P. (2013). Understanding the data: Standardized reading
measures, curriculum-based reading measures, and reading disabilities. Brooklyn Reading
Council. Lecture conducted from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Lauterbach, M., Ehri, L., Miles, K.P., & Kazemi, J. (2013, April). Do Beginning Readers Implicitly Learn Spelling from Reading...Only When They Must. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Miles, K.P., & Ehri, L.C. (2013, December). The mnemonic value of orthography in language
minority students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Dallas, TX. Abstract retrieved from http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/lra/lra13/index.php
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Professional Leadership
Academic Advisor, Amira: An Artificial Intelligence Reading Tutor (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Academic Advisor, Literacy Trust and Reading Rescue (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Board Member, Universal Literacy Initiative (ULIT), NYC DOE (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
