ALYSSIA M. MILLER DE RUTTÉ, PH.D.
Invited Talks and Panels
Miller De Rutté, A. (2025, April). Decolonizing world language education with technology. American Educational Research Association (AERA). Denver, CO.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Correa, M. (2025, March). Language and healthcare: Assessing chatbot- generated patient instructions in Spanish and using them as a pedagogical tool. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Denver, CO.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Ortega, P. (2024, October). Voces de nuestra comunidad: Patient experiences navigating the U.S. healthcare system as a Spanish speaker. Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) – National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. (Moderator).
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024, April). Language teaching and research in the era of AI. Graduate Students of Languages at Temple Speaker Series. Temple University. Philadelphia, PA.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024, April). The impacts of culture and language on Hispanic health. PreMedica. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024, March). Language is a lifeline. CLA Insight Speaker Series, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/insights-speaker-series-interdisciplinarity-in-action/
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023, October). Revolutionizing language learning and teaching through technology: Opportunities and challenges. Plenary Workshop at Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning. Princeton University. Princeton, NJ.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023, September). VR, AI, and Tech, Oh My! Unleashing the power of technology for Languages for Specific Purposes. Webinar for International Association for Language Learning Technology (IAALT). Virtual.
Zimotti, G. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023, June). Developing and implementing virtual reality simulations for medical Spanish as a response to emergency teaching and beyond. (Moderators: Senta Goertler and Jesse Gleason). Invited panel at Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Minneapolis, MN.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2022, November). The development of virtual reality to promote health equity in the Latinx population. Committee for Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Equity. West Virginia University. Morgantown, WV. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A., & Senogles, M. (2021, April). Successful preparation for medical school and the medical school application. MEDLIFE Guest Speaker Series. The University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. (Virtual).
Miller, A., Miller De Rutté, A., & Polizzi, J. (2021, April). Teaching Introductory Courses: HON and BAC. Center for Teaching and Learning. The University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. (Virtual).
Miller, A. & De Rutté, D. (2020, November). The influences of language and culture in medicine and an update on Peru during COVID-19. MEDLIFE General Assembly. The University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Correa, M. (2025, March). Language and healthcare: Assessing chatbot- generated patient instructions in Spanish and using them as a pedagogical tool. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Denver, CO.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Ortega, P. (2024, October). Voces de nuestra comunidad: Patient experiences navigating the U.S. healthcare system as a Spanish speaker. Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) – National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. (Moderator).
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024, April). Language teaching and research in the era of AI. Graduate Students of Languages at Temple Speaker Series. Temple University. Philadelphia, PA.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024, April). The impacts of culture and language on Hispanic health. PreMedica. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024, March). Language is a lifeline. CLA Insight Speaker Series, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/insights-speaker-series-interdisciplinarity-in-action/
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023, October). Revolutionizing language learning and teaching through technology: Opportunities and challenges. Plenary Workshop at Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning. Princeton University. Princeton, NJ.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023, September). VR, AI, and Tech, Oh My! Unleashing the power of technology for Languages for Specific Purposes. Webinar for International Association for Language Learning Technology (IAALT). Virtual.
Zimotti, G. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023, June). Developing and implementing virtual reality simulations for medical Spanish as a response to emergency teaching and beyond. (Moderators: Senta Goertler and Jesse Gleason). Invited panel at Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Minneapolis, MN.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2022, November). The development of virtual reality to promote health equity in the Latinx population. Committee for Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Equity. West Virginia University. Morgantown, WV. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A., & Senogles, M. (2021, April). Successful preparation for medical school and the medical school application. MEDLIFE Guest Speaker Series. The University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. (Virtual).
Miller, A., Miller De Rutté, A., & Polizzi, J. (2021, April). Teaching Introductory Courses: HON and BAC. Center for Teaching and Learning. The University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. (Virtual).
Miller, A. & De Rutté, D. (2020, November). The influences of language and culture in medicine and an update on Peru during COVID-19. MEDLIFE General Assembly. The University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. (Virtual).
Guest Lectures
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). Spanish for the Professions. Class: Graduate Seminar – Language Teaching Methodology at University of Wisconsin at Madison. Professor: Dr. William J. Morgan.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). The state of undergraduate medical Spanish in the U.S. Class: Graduate Seminar – Language Needs Analysis at Colorado State University. Professor: Dr. Maura Velazquez-Castillo.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Purdy, A. (2023). Language needs analysis research for the medical field. Class: Graduate Seminar – Language Needs Analysis at Colorado State University. Professor: Dr. Maura Velazquez-Castillo.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2022). The who, what, how and why of heritage language learning and teaching. Class: Theory/Methods – Foreign Language Instruction at Colorado State University. Professor: Dr. Frederique Grim.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). The state of undergraduate medical Spanish in the U.S. Class: Graduate Seminar – Language Needs Analysis at Colorado State University. Professor: Dr. Maura Velazquez-Castillo.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Purdy, A. (2023). Language needs analysis research for the medical field. Class: Graduate Seminar – Language Needs Analysis at Colorado State University. Professor: Dr. Maura Velazquez-Castillo.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2022). The who, what, how and why of heritage language learning and teaching. Class: Theory/Methods – Foreign Language Instruction at Colorado State University. Professor: Dr. Frederique Grim.
Scholarly Presentations
(in chronological order)
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). The future of medical Spanish: AI-powered approaches. Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) – National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Galarreta-Aima, D. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). Students’ voices in medical Spanish assessment at the undergraduate level. Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) – National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A., Payne, S., & Gossett, N. (2024). CSU + MeTabi: A model for making public-private partnerships work for higher ed. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Pittsburgh, PA.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). Artificial intelligence, virtual reality and technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: Opportunities, challenges, and pedagogical implications. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference.
Washington, D.C.
Galarreta-Aima, D. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). An analysis of exploring students’ views on medical Spanish education at the undergraduate level: Challenges and innovation on assessment. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C.
Knarvik, N., Miller De Rutté, A., Sarasty, E., Velazquez-Castillo, M., & Zeller, S. (2024). Evidence-based curriculum design in Spanish for Specific Purposes. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C. (Panel).
Miller De Rutté, A., Izquierdo Garcia, P., Knarvik, N., Sarasty, E., Velazquez-Castillo, M., & Zeller, S. (2024). Language needs analysis for research and curriculum design in Spanish for Specific Purposes. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C. (Panel).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Payne, S. (2024). Exploring the influence of virtual reality and artificial intelligence to improve interactions with Spanish-speakers. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Correa, M. (2024). Exploring the efficacy of ChatGPT as an auxiliary tool in second language writing instruction. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Houston, TX.
Galarreta-Aima, D. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). Exploring challenges and innovations in Medical Spanish assessment: An analysis of educators’ views on assessing students and the need for standardized evaluation tools. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Morgan, W. (2023). Development and validation of a medical Spanish Elicited Imitation Task to measure discipline-specific language proficiency. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). Chicago, IL. Presented by Alyssia Miller De Rutté on behalf of group.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Smith, M. (2023). An exploration of healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of language and cultural differences in interpreter-mediated patient care. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). Chicago, IL.
Kentengian, I., Miller De Rutté, A., Pérez, M., Ortega, P. (2023). Desarrollar profesionales informados y compasivos: El enfoque curricular de cursos de pregrado de español médico. 42 Congreso de Asociación de licenciados y doctores españoles en Estados Unidos (ALDEEU). Oviedo, Spain. Presented by Isabel Kentengian on behalf of group.
Nate, A., Miller De Rutté, A., Galarreta-Aima, D. (2023). La evaluación y el currículo en los cursos de español para la salud: retos e ideas. 42 Congreso de Asociación de licenciados y doctores españoles en Estados Unidos (ALDEEU). Oviedo, Spain. Presented by Andrea Nate on behalf of group.
Zimotti, G. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). Virtual reality simulations for medical Spanish: Comparing two different modalities. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Minneapolis, MN.
Nate, A., Galarreta-Aima, D., & Miller De Rutté, A. How do we assess proficiency and cultural competence in medical Spanish? Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC). Lexington, KY. (Virtual).
Morgan, W. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). The validation of the Elicited Imitation Task for medical Spanish proficiency. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, OR.
Miller De Rutté, A., Kentengian, I., Pérez, M., & Ortega, P. (2023). Medical Spanish curricula as a means to teach health equity in undergraduate students. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, OR.
Nate, A., Galarreta-Aima, D., & Miller De Rutté, A. (2022). Assessing proficiency and cultural competence in healthcare Spanish classes. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Boston, MA. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Purdy, A. (2022). What are the most frequently used medical Spanish terms? A corpus study. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). (Virtual.)
Kentengian, I., Miller De Rutté, A., Pérez, M., & Ortega, P. (2022). The state of undergraduate curricular offerings in medical Spanish in the U.S. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). (Virtual.)
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2022). Virtual reality and Spanish for the health professions: Combining technology and the L2 motivational self-system. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Seattle, WA.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2022). Virtual reality for courses on languages for the health professions: A demonstration. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Seattle, WA.
Miller De Rutté, A., Ortega, P., Kentengian, I., & Perez, M. (2022). The state of medical Spanish in undergraduate universities in the United States. Sixth International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER). Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2022). Using virtual reality to simulate the medical interview: Results from an empirical research study. Sixth International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER). Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A., Ortiz, A., Gajewski, K., & Manno, S. (2022). Using health sciences research to inform Languages for Specific Purposes: Health care providers’ perceptions on medical Spanish training and implementation. Sixth International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER). Chicago, IL.
Foltz, K. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2022). Moving towards intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship: Lessons from second language acquisition and language pedagogy for the communication center. The 21st Annual Excellence at the Center Conference/National Association of Communication Centers. Greensboro, NC. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Lopez, M. (2021). Do you have what it takes to level up? L2 course gamification. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). San Diego, CA. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2021). Virtual reality simulations for deployment in courses on language for specific purposes. Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE). Chicago, IL. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. (2021). Workshop – Can you escape in time? Using escape rooms as language learning tools in the classroom. Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Atlanta, GA.
Pérez-Muñoz, C. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2021). Creating a successful course on Spanish for the health professions. Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Atlanta, GA.
Brandl, A., Martinez, G., Mejía, D., Miller, A., Ortega Hernandez, M., Pino, J., Sánchez-López, L. (2020). Roundtable – Advances in teaching medical Spanish at the undergraduate level. 2nd Medical Spanish Taskforce Summit, Washington, D.C. (Virtual).
Miller, A., Barrie, A., & Rubenstein, B. (2020). How do cultural constructs affect immigrant health? International Conference on Transcultural Nursing, Rome, Italy. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
Barrie, A., White, R., Miller, A., & Rubenstein, B. (2020). Cultural beliefs in Latinx populations: Using health interviews to explore marianismo. International Conference on Public Health, London, England. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
White, R. & Miller, A. (2020). Poster – Cultural constructs and the effects on Hispanic health: Machismo and marianismo in Hispanics in Florida and the Dominican Republic. Society for Cross Cultural Research, Seattle, WA.
Miller, A. (2020). The impacts of machismo on health: A systematic review. Society for Cross Cultural Research, Seattle, WA.
Miller, A. & Barrie, A. (2019). Cultivating critical and creative thinking skills through interdisciplinary undergraduate research. Critical and Creative Thinking Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.
Miller, A. (2018). Students’ perceptions on different types of feedback in the L2 classroom. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), Austin, TX.
Miller, A., Morgan, W., & Zimotti, G. (2017). Colloquium – Bringing interdisciplinary research findings to the language classroom: Enhancing language acquisition. Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Columbus, OH.
Miller, A. (2017). The incorporation of Facebook and Twitter in beginning-level language classrooms. Southeastern Conference on Language Teaching (SECOL), Orlando, FL.
Miller, A. (2017). Achievement goal theory and SLA: What goals do students set? University of Alabama Languages Conference (UALC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Cuellar, N., Miller, A., Knappen, J. & Visina, J. (2016). Poster – Development of health care providers: The Nicaragua Clinical Experience. National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), Chicago, IL.
Miller, A. (2016). Fostering of student goals for the purposes of language acquisition. American Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Miami, FL.
Miller, A. (2016). Achievement goal theory in the L2 classroom. Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades, Madrid, Spain.
Miller, A. (2016). The effect of goals and goal setting in the Spanish language classroom. 8th Annual Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling (ESPRMC) Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Goal setting in the second language classroom and its implications for second language acquisition. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), New Orleans, LA.
Miller, A. & Morgan, W. (2016). Like or Tweet: Should social media be used in the classroom? Digitorium on Digital Humanities Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Goals in the foreign language classroom. University of Alabama Languages Conference (UALC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Motivation in the Spanish foreign language classroom and its effects on grades. Alabama World Languages Conference (AWLA), Troy, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Teleconference – Dialectically different? Acoustic analysis of vowels produced by a group of children from Seville, Spain. The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning, Honolulu, HI.
Miller, A. & Morgan, W. (2015). Poster – Like or Tweet: A comparative analysis of the use of Facebook vs. Twitter. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Diego, CA.
Thomas Coffman, J. & Miller, A. (2015). The F>H sound change in Spanish. The Academic Forum, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Miller, A. (2015). La maternidad transnacional y los efectos presentes en La misma luna por Patricia Riggen. Alabama Modern Languages Conference (AMLC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2014). Motivación en los estudiantes y el efecto en la nota final en cursos de español. IV Congreso Internacional de Lenguas Modernas: Por la Diversidad Lingüística y Cultural. San José, Costa Rica.
Miller, A. (2014). Poster – ¡O, la! A corpus study of children’s books in Spanish and their contribution to and facilitation of gender and article acquisition. Mississippi Foreign Language Conference. Louisville, MI.
Miller, A. (2014). Beatriz y Helena: la investigación de las musas de Dante Alighieri y José Asunción Silva. XI Conference on Women’s Studies – Jornadas de la Mujer. Madrid, Spain.
Miller, A. (2014). From adversity to opportunity: A critique of Italian film. Carolina Conference on Romance Literature. Chapel Hill, NC.
Miller, A. (2014). Dante Alighieri y José Asunción Silva: una investigación de la inspiración dantesca evidente en De sobremesa. Alabama Modern Languages Conference (AMLC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). The future of medical Spanish: AI-powered approaches. Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) – National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Galarreta-Aima, D. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). Students’ voices in medical Spanish assessment at the undergraduate level. Medical Organization for Latino Advancement (MOLA) – National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A., Payne, S., & Gossett, N. (2024). CSU + MeTabi: A model for making public-private partnerships work for higher ed. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Pittsburgh, PA.
Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). Artificial intelligence, virtual reality and technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: Opportunities, challenges, and pedagogical implications. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference.
Washington, D.C.
Galarreta-Aima, D. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2024). An analysis of exploring students’ views on medical Spanish education at the undergraduate level: Challenges and innovation on assessment. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C.
Knarvik, N., Miller De Rutté, A., Sarasty, E., Velazquez-Castillo, M., & Zeller, S. (2024). Evidence-based curriculum design in Spanish for Specific Purposes. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C. (Panel).
Miller De Rutté, A., Izquierdo Garcia, P., Knarvik, N., Sarasty, E., Velazquez-Castillo, M., & Zeller, S. (2024). Language needs analysis for research and curriculum design in Spanish for Specific Purposes. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C. (Panel).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Payne, S. (2024). Exploring the influence of virtual reality and artificial intelligence to improve interactions with Spanish-speakers. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Washington, D.C.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Correa, M. (2024). Exploring the efficacy of ChatGPT as an auxiliary tool in second language writing instruction. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Houston, TX.
Galarreta-Aima, D. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). Exploring challenges and innovations in Medical Spanish assessment: An analysis of educators’ views on assessing students and the need for standardized evaluation tools. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Morgan, W. (2023). Development and validation of a medical Spanish Elicited Imitation Task to measure discipline-specific language proficiency. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). Chicago, IL. Presented by Alyssia Miller De Rutté on behalf of group.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Smith, M. (2023). An exploration of healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of language and cultural differences in interpreter-mediated patient care. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). Chicago, IL.
Kentengian, I., Miller De Rutté, A., Pérez, M., Ortega, P. (2023). Desarrollar profesionales informados y compasivos: El enfoque curricular de cursos de pregrado de español médico. 42 Congreso de Asociación de licenciados y doctores españoles en Estados Unidos (ALDEEU). Oviedo, Spain. Presented by Isabel Kentengian on behalf of group.
Nate, A., Miller De Rutté, A., Galarreta-Aima, D. (2023). La evaluación y el currículo en los cursos de español para la salud: retos e ideas. 42 Congreso de Asociación de licenciados y doctores españoles en Estados Unidos (ALDEEU). Oviedo, Spain. Presented by Andrea Nate on behalf of group.
Zimotti, G. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). Virtual reality simulations for medical Spanish: Comparing two different modalities. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Minneapolis, MN.
Nate, A., Galarreta-Aima, D., & Miller De Rutté, A. How do we assess proficiency and cultural competence in medical Spanish? Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC). Lexington, KY. (Virtual).
Morgan, W. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2023). The validation of the Elicited Imitation Task for medical Spanish proficiency. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, OR.
Miller De Rutté, A., Kentengian, I., Pérez, M., & Ortega, P. (2023). Medical Spanish curricula as a means to teach health equity in undergraduate students. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, OR.
Nate, A., Galarreta-Aima, D., & Miller De Rutté, A. (2022). Assessing proficiency and cultural competence in healthcare Spanish classes. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Boston, MA. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Purdy, A. (2022). What are the most frequently used medical Spanish terms? A corpus study. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). (Virtual.)
Kentengian, I., Miller De Rutté, A., Pérez, M., & Ortega, P. (2022). The state of undergraduate curricular offerings in medical Spanish in the U.S. National Association of Medical Spanish (NAMS). (Virtual.)
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2022). Virtual reality and Spanish for the health professions: Combining technology and the L2 motivational self-system. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Seattle, WA.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2022). Virtual reality for courses on languages for the health professions: A demonstration. Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Seattle, WA.
Miller De Rutté, A., Ortega, P., Kentengian, I., & Perez, M. (2022). The state of medical Spanish in undergraduate universities in the United States. Sixth International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER). Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2022). Using virtual reality to simulate the medical interview: Results from an empirical research study. Sixth International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER). Chicago, IL.
Miller De Rutté, A., Ortiz, A., Gajewski, K., & Manno, S. (2022). Using health sciences research to inform Languages for Specific Purposes: Health care providers’ perceptions on medical Spanish training and implementation. Sixth International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER). Chicago, IL.
Foltz, K. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2022). Moving towards intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship: Lessons from second language acquisition and language pedagogy for the communication center. The 21st Annual Excellence at the Center Conference/National Association of Communication Centers. Greensboro, NC. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Lopez, M. (2021). Do you have what it takes to level up? L2 course gamification. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). San Diego, CA. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. & Manno, S. (2021). Virtual reality simulations for deployment in courses on language for specific purposes. Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE). Chicago, IL. (Virtual).
Miller De Rutté, A. (2021). Workshop – Can you escape in time? Using escape rooms as language learning tools in the classroom. Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Atlanta, GA.
Pérez-Muñoz, C. & Miller De Rutté, A. (2021). Creating a successful course on Spanish for the health professions. Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Atlanta, GA.
Brandl, A., Martinez, G., Mejía, D., Miller, A., Ortega Hernandez, M., Pino, J., Sánchez-López, L. (2020). Roundtable – Advances in teaching medical Spanish at the undergraduate level. 2nd Medical Spanish Taskforce Summit, Washington, D.C. (Virtual).
Miller, A., Barrie, A., & Rubenstein, B. (2020). How do cultural constructs affect immigrant health? International Conference on Transcultural Nursing, Rome, Italy. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
Barrie, A., White, R., Miller, A., & Rubenstein, B. (2020). Cultural beliefs in Latinx populations: Using health interviews to explore marianismo. International Conference on Public Health, London, England. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
White, R. & Miller, A. (2020). Poster – Cultural constructs and the effects on Hispanic health: Machismo and marianismo in Hispanics in Florida and the Dominican Republic. Society for Cross Cultural Research, Seattle, WA.
Miller, A. (2020). The impacts of machismo on health: A systematic review. Society for Cross Cultural Research, Seattle, WA.
Miller, A. & Barrie, A. (2019). Cultivating critical and creative thinking skills through interdisciplinary undergraduate research. Critical and Creative Thinking Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.
Miller, A. (2018). Students’ perceptions on different types of feedback in the L2 classroom. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), Austin, TX.
Miller, A., Morgan, W., & Zimotti, G. (2017). Colloquium – Bringing interdisciplinary research findings to the language classroom: Enhancing language acquisition. Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Columbus, OH.
Miller, A. (2017). The incorporation of Facebook and Twitter in beginning-level language classrooms. Southeastern Conference on Language Teaching (SECOL), Orlando, FL.
Miller, A. (2017). Achievement goal theory and SLA: What goals do students set? University of Alabama Languages Conference (UALC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Cuellar, N., Miller, A., Knappen, J. & Visina, J. (2016). Poster – Development of health care providers: The Nicaragua Clinical Experience. National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), Chicago, IL.
Miller, A. (2016). Fostering of student goals for the purposes of language acquisition. American Association for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Miami, FL.
Miller, A. (2016). Achievement goal theory in the L2 classroom. Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades, Madrid, Spain.
Miller, A. (2016). The effect of goals and goal setting in the Spanish language classroom. 8th Annual Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling (ESPRMC) Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Goal setting in the second language classroom and its implications for second language acquisition. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), New Orleans, LA.
Miller, A. & Morgan, W. (2016). Like or Tweet: Should social media be used in the classroom? Digitorium on Digital Humanities Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Goals in the foreign language classroom. University of Alabama Languages Conference (UALC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Motivation in the Spanish foreign language classroom and its effects on grades. Alabama World Languages Conference (AWLA), Troy, AL.
Miller, A. (2016). Teleconference – Dialectically different? Acoustic analysis of vowels produced by a group of children from Seville, Spain. The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning, Honolulu, HI.
Miller, A. & Morgan, W. (2015). Poster – Like or Tweet: A comparative analysis of the use of Facebook vs. Twitter. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Diego, CA.
Thomas Coffman, J. & Miller, A. (2015). The F>H sound change in Spanish. The Academic Forum, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Miller, A. (2015). La maternidad transnacional y los efectos presentes en La misma luna por Patricia Riggen. Alabama Modern Languages Conference (AMLC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Miller, A. (2014). Motivación en los estudiantes y el efecto en la nota final en cursos de español. IV Congreso Internacional de Lenguas Modernas: Por la Diversidad Lingüística y Cultural. San José, Costa Rica.
Miller, A. (2014). Poster – ¡O, la! A corpus study of children’s books in Spanish and their contribution to and facilitation of gender and article acquisition. Mississippi Foreign Language Conference. Louisville, MI.
Miller, A. (2014). Beatriz y Helena: la investigación de las musas de Dante Alighieri y José Asunción Silva. XI Conference on Women’s Studies – Jornadas de la Mujer. Madrid, Spain.
Miller, A. (2014). From adversity to opportunity: A critique of Italian film. Carolina Conference on Romance Literature. Chapel Hill, NC.
Miller, A. (2014). Dante Alighieri y José Asunción Silva: una investigación de la inspiración dantesca evidente en De sobremesa. Alabama Modern Languages Conference (AMLC), Tuscaloosa, AL.