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Ronald Bradley Gillam

Professor Raymond & Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair

Utah State University

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Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

Ronald Bradley Gillam is a Professor and the Raymond & Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair at Utah State University. He earned his PhD from Indiana University (1989) and his BS and MS from Colorado State University. His research focuses on language development and disorders in children, with recent work on bilingual oral narrative assessment, developmental language disorder identification in bilingual populations, and evidence-based language intervention. He directs the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Neuroscience and has published on dynamic assessment and narrative language intervention. His honors include the Editor’s Award from the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (2009) and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor of the Year Award (2019). He collaborates internationally with researchers in Canada, Brazil, Chile, and Slovakia.

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Utah State University

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language language development child language language disorders psycholinguistics atypical language development language assessment linguistics language comprehension cognitive science language acquisition language learning communication disorders speechlanguage pathology neurolinguistics language testing learning disabilities special education pediatrics language processing in the brain speech communication cognitive development child literacy child development bilingual education neurodevelopmental disorders fluency disorders specific language impairment child psychology language education narrative working memory applied cognitive psychology second language acquisition language impairment speech fluency disorder specific learning disorders dynamic assessment developmental language disorder narrative language language intervention reading research speech science narrative extraction language monitoring narrative representation developmental disorders social communication disorder phonological awareness second language learning foreign language acquisition clinical practice speech sound disorders early childhood literacy evidence-based interventions speech production early education bilingual children cross-language perspective executive function evidence-based practice neuropsychological functioning narrative and identity stuttering brain imaging evidence-based therapies language-based approach narrative production backward masking phonological awareness training cognitive linguistics story retelling narrative assessment intervention programs expressive elaboration narrative abilities disability pathological speech applied statistics

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Development and Validation of Nomogram-Based Prediction Models for Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Joseph Hin Yan LamMichelle N. RamosJiali WangAquiles IglesiasElizabeth D. PeñaLisa M. BedoreRonald B. Gillam

bilingual educationdevelopmental language disorderchild languagepsychoeducational assessmentlanguage testingatypical language developmentlanguage exposurelanguage developmentlanguage disorderslanguagelanguage assessmentpediatricsnomogram-based prediction modelspsycholinguistics

Factor Structure and Longitudinal Changes in Bilinguals’ Oral Narratives Production: Role of Language Exposure, Language-Domain Proficiency, and Transfer. Applied Psycholinguistics (2025)

Joseph Hin Yan LamMolly Ann LeachmanCecilia Del Carmen PerezAmy S. PrattElizabeth D. PeñaLisa M. BedoreRonald B. Gillam

second language acquisitioncross-language perspectivebilingual educationcross-language transferchild languagemultilingualismforeign language acquisitionlanguage comprehensionfactor structurelanguage acquisitionlanguage exposurelanguage developmentlanguagelanguage assessmentlinguisticspsycholinguistics

Oral Narrative Instruction in the Classroom (Oniinc). Topics in Language Disorders (2025)

Sandra GillamLauren HortonMeagan ReynoldsAdeiye Oluwaseun-SoboJennifer ToppleSamantha WaltersAnnelies LippertShelby GentryKarissa CummingsRyan SainsburyRonald Gillam

english educationlanguage pedagogylanguage teachingoral narrative instructioneducationclassroom languagepld programpld activitiesteacher educationlanguagelanguage education

Relationships Between Home and School Language Exposure and Changes in Bilingual Oral Language Performance From Kindergarten to First Grade. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Jing ZhangJoseph Hin Yan LamDanyang WangPriscilla C. S. FungRonald B. GillamLisa M. BedoreElizabeth D. Peña

second language acquisitionbilingual educationchild developmentlanguage learningearly childhood educationfirst gradechild languageforeign language acquisitionlanguage acquisitionatypical language developmentlanguage exposurelanguage developmentlanguagelanguage assessmentlinguisticsschool language exposure

Contextualized, Multicomponent Language Instruction: From Theory to Randomized Controlled Trial. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools (2024)

Sandra L. GillamRonald B. GillamBeula M. MagimairajPhilip CapinMegan Israelsen-AugensteinGreg RobertsSharon Vaughn

language interventionsbilingual educationlanguage learninglanguage pedagogylanguage teachingchild literacychild languagerandomized controlled trialslanguage statuseducationlanguage acquisitionlanguage developmentlanguage disorderslanguagelanguage assessmentlanguage education

Introduction to the Forum: Intervention With Children With Developmental Language Disorder. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2024)

James W. MontgomeryRonald B. Gillam

speech fluency disorderdevelopmental language disorderspeech communicationfluency disorderscommunication disorderslanguage interventionchild languageyoung childrenatypical language developmentlanguage developmentlanguage disorderslanguagepediatricsspeechlanguage pathologypsycholinguistics

Measuring the Effects of Cognitive Capacity on Sentence Comprehension: Evidence From Elementary School-Age Children. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Beula M. MagimairajNaveen K. NagarajRonald B. Gillam

cognitive variableslanguage learningchild languagecognitive capacitylanguage comprehensioncognitive developmentsentence comprehension measurelanguage developmentsentence comprehensionlanguagelanguage assessmentcognitive sciencecognitive factorscognitionworking memorypsycholinguistics

Validation of the Mediated Learning Observation Instrument Among Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder in Dynamic Assessment. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Joseph Hin Yan LamMaria D. ResendizLisa M. BedoreRonald B. GillamElizabeth D. Peña

learning disabilitiesspecial educationdevelopmental language disorderdynamic assessmentchild languagelearning disability assessmentpsychologylanguage testinglanguage acquisitionlanguage developmentlanguage disorderslanguagelanguage assessmentcognitive sciencedevelopmental disordersmediated learning observation

Where to Start: Use of the Bilingual Multidimensional Ability Scale (B-Mas) to Identify Developmental Language Disorder (Dld) in Bilingual Children. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2024)

Danyang WangAlexander Choi-TucciAnita Mendez-PerezRonald B. GillamLisa M. BedoreElizabeth D. Peña

bilingual educationdevelopmental language disorderchild languagepsychoeducational assessmentlanguage acquisitionatypical language developmentlanguage developmentlanguage disorderslanguagelanguage assessmentpediatricsdevelopmental disordersexpert ratersbilingual childrenpsycholinguistics

Enhancing Syntactic Knowledge in School-Age Children With Developmental Language Disorder: The Promise of Syntactic Priming. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2023)

James W. MontgomeryRonald B. GillamElena Plante

learning disabilitiessyntactic primingdevelopmental language disorderlanguage learningchild languagesyntactic structurelanguage comprehensioncognitive developmentsyntaxlanguage acquisitionsyntactic knowledgelanguage developmentlanguage disorderslanguagelinguisticsspecific learning disorderspsycholinguistics

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Ronald Bradley Gillam

Professor Raymond & Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair

Utah State University

Affiliations

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

Honors

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Utah State University

Professor Raymond & Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Development and Validation of Nomogram-Based Prediction Models for Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Joseph Hin Yan LamMichelle N. RamosJiali WangAquiles IglesiasElizabeth D. PeñaLisa M. BedoreRonald B. Gillam

Factor Structure and Longitudinal Changes in Bilinguals’ Oral Narratives Production: Role of Language Exposure, Language-Domain Proficiency, and Transfer. Applied Psycholinguistics (2025)

Joseph Hin Yan LamMolly Ann LeachmanCecilia Del Carmen PerezAmy S. PrattElizabeth D. PeñaLisa M. BedoreRonald B. Gillam

Oral Narrative Instruction in the Classroom (Oniinc). Topics in Language Disorders (2025)

Sandra GillamLauren HortonMeagan ReynoldsAdeiye Oluwaseun-SoboJennifer ToppleSamantha WaltersAnnelies LippertShelby GentryKarissa CummingsRyan SainsburyRonald Gillam

english educationlanguage pedagogylanguage teachingoral narrative instructioneducationclassroom languagepld programpld activitiesteacher educationlanguagelanguage education

Relationships Between Home and School Language Exposure and Changes in Bilingual Oral Language Performance From Kindergarten to First Grade. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Jing ZhangJoseph Hin Yan LamDanyang WangPriscilla C. S. FungRonald B. GillamLisa M. BedoreElizabeth D. Peña

Contextualized, Multicomponent Language Instruction: From Theory to Randomized Controlled Trial. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools (2024)

Sandra L. GillamRonald B. GillamBeula M. MagimairajPhilip CapinMegan Israelsen-AugensteinGreg RobertsSharon Vaughn

Introduction to the Forum: Intervention With Children With Developmental Language Disorder. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2024)

James W. MontgomeryRonald B. Gillam

Measuring the Effects of Cognitive Capacity on Sentence Comprehension: Evidence From Elementary School-Age Children. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Beula M. MagimairajNaveen K. NagarajRonald B. Gillam

Joseph Hin Yan LamMaria D. ResendizLisa M. BedoreRonald B. GillamElizabeth D. Peña

Danyang WangAlexander Choi-TucciAnita Mendez-PerezRonald B. GillamLisa M. BedoreElizabeth D. Peña

Enhancing Syntactic Knowledge in School-Age Children With Developmental Language Disorder: The Promise of Syntactic Priming. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2023)

James W. MontgomeryRonald B. GillamElena Plante

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