Miguel Garcia-Salas

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Florida State University (2023–2025); Google (United States) (2024)

Faculty Researcher

3 h-index 11 pubs 16 cited

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Miguel Garcia-Salas's research focuses on language development and its implications for education and communication. His work examines morphological complexity in writing, investigating its connection to overall writing quality, writing patterns, and underlying linguistic knowledge such as morphology and vocabulary. Garcia-Salas has studied the frequency and types of praise used by second-grade teachers during English Language Arts instruction. He also explores barriers to graduate school applications for undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds in communication science and disorders programs.

Further research by Garcia-Salas delves into literacy practices within diverse family structures. This includes a pilot study on fostering dialogic reading through older siblings in immigrant Latino families and an exploration of shared book reading perspectives and practices in migratory and unhoused families. His scholarship also extends to team science training approaches aimed at enhancing cross-disciplinary collaboration in communication science and disorders programs.

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h-index: 3
Publications: 11
Citations: 16

Selected Publications

Making Dialogic Reading Support More Accessible for Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Education Program to Strengthen Caregiver Strategy Use (2026)

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology DOI OpenAlex
Exploring Shared Book Reading Perspectives and Practices in Migratory and Unhoused Families: A Strengths-Based Analysis (2025)

Communication Disorders Quarterly DOI OpenAlex