Research

Forthcoming Publications

Miklas, J.A. & Kelley, M.C. (in press). A pilot corpus acoustic analysis on the alveolar tap in Turkish.

Publications

Miklas, J.A. & Kelley, M.C. (2024). Closure duration vs. f0 perturbation as a cue to underlying stops for the American English intervocalic flap. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 54(060005), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001972

Miklas, J.A. (2023). Turkish Morphology Acquisition: A comparative study of L1 and L2 acquisition processing models. (Working Papers in Language and Linguistics No. 11). https://orgs.gmu.edu/wpill/texts/issue_11/Miklas_2023.pdf

Invited Talks

Miklas, J.A. (2025, Sep.). Virtual world eye tracking analysis: A workshop in R. Workshop for the Processing and Acquisition of Language Lab at Mason Lab Meeting (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2024, Sep.). Add SOAP: A workshop on second language learning in children and adults. Workshop for the BEACON for English Language and Literacy Annual Teacher Training (Manassas, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2025, Apr.). Working on the sentence level. Workshop for New Writing Center Consultant Training Week (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2025, Aug.). Working with multilingual writers in the writing center. Workshop for New Writing Center Consultant Training Week (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2025, Apr.). Working on the sentence level. Guest presentation in ENGL 389 – Tutoring Writing in the Disciplines (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2025, Apr.). Working with multilingual writers in the writing center. Guest presentation in ENGL 389 – Tutoring Writing in the Disciplines (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2024). Teach strategically: A workshop on child vs. adult language learning. Workshop for the BEACON for English Language and Literacy Annual Teacher Training (Manassas, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2020). Don’t forget ‘s’: A comparative study of English and Thai. Guest presentation in TESL 373 – Applied Grammar (Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA).

Miklas, J.A. (2019). The importance of linguistics in TESOL. Guest presentation in LING 301 – Introduction to Linguistics (Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA).

Presentations

Presenting author(s) indicated in bold

Miklas, J.A. & Kelley, M.C. (2025, Dec.). A pilot corpus acoustic analysis on the alveolar tap in Turkish. The 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Honolulu, HI. https://doi.org/10.13021/MARS/15228.

Miklas, J.A. & Lukyanenko, C. (2025, Nov.). L1 Arabic-L2 English speakers use subject-verb agreement cues in real-time comprehension of English. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.13021/MARS/15227.

Miklas, J.A. & Kelley, M.C. (2025, May). A pilot corpus acoustic analysis on the alveolar tap in Turkish. The 188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA. https://doi.org/10.13021/MARS/14869.

Miklas, J.A. & Kelley, M.C. (2024, May). Closure duration vs. f0 perturbation as a cue to underlying stops for the American English intervocalic flap. The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Canada. https://doi.org/10.13021/MARS/14870.

Miklas, J.A. (2024, Feb.). Perfectly Puzzling: Using a mnemonic to teach the present perfect to adult ELLs. TESL and Applied Linguistics Graduate Student conference, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Miklas, J.A. & Edalitashams, I. (2022, Oct.). Understanding Multilingual Writer’s Self-Perceptions of Identity to Inform Writing Center Practices. International Writing Centers Association conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Edalitashams, I., Miklas, J.A., Bryant, K. (2022, Apr.). Fostering Multilingual Writers’ Identity in the Writing Center: A Study of the ESL Opt-In Program. Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Miklas, J.A. & Nguyen, C.M. (2020, Sept.). Oral Language Development in an Isolating Digital World. International Virtual Conference on Language and Literature Empowering the Future of ELT, Language Center of State Polytechnic of Malang, Indonesia.

Miklas, J.A. (2020, Jan.). Don’t Forget “S”: A Comparative Study of English and Thai. Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia conference, Hampton Sydney College, Hampton Sydney, VA.

Miklas, J.A. (2018, Mar.). Definitely Distinct or Specifically Similar: A Case Study of Turkish and English. Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.