Professional Summary
Dr. Miller is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (HBHE) in the UM School of Public Health. Before starting as an HBHE faculty member in Fall 2006, she was Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry (Division of Child and Family Psychiatry) at Brown Medical School. Dr. Miller is a developmental psychologist with a specialty in developmental psychopathology. She is affiliated with the UM Department of Psychology as well as the Center for Human Growth and Development.
Education
NIMH T-32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Developmental Psychopathology, Brown University Medical School, 2000-2002
Ph.D., Psychology (Developmental), The University of Michigan, 2000
B.A., Psychology, Wesleyan University, 1992
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Miller's research interests cover emotion processing, school readiness, early childhood mental health, observational research methods, and prevention science. A goal of her work is to apply findings from developmental science to foster longitudinal positive mental health and school outcomes for children and families at risk. To that end, she also conducts program evaluation work assessing child and family outcomes in prevention and intervention studies.
Dr. Miller is currently the PI of an NIMH grant to study emotional competence during the transition to kindergarten among children living in poverty. She is Co-PI of a related study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This work is focused on understanding connections between different aspects of emotion processing (specifically the expression, biobehavioral regulation, and understanding of emotions) and adaptive child outcomes (e.g., social competence, school achievement, mental health). Dr. Miller is also Co-PI of a ACF/ACYF funded grant to study the effect of program evaluation on child outcomes in Head Start. At Michigan, Dr. Miller collaborates with the SPH UM-Prevention Research Center as well as the Pathways to Literacy Project (housed in Psychology).
Selected Publications
Miller, A. L., Fine, S. E., Gouley, K. K., Seifer, R., & Dickstein, S. (In press). Showing and telling about emotions: Interrelations between facets of emotional competence and associations with classroom adjustment in Head Start preschoolers.
Miller, A. L., Gouley, K. K., Seifer, R., Zakriski, A., Eguia, M., & Vergnani, M. (2005). Emotion knowledge skills in low-income elementary school children: Associations with social status and peer experiences. Social Development, 14, 637-651.
Seifer, R., Gouley, K. K., Miller, A. L., & Zakriski, A. (2004). Implementation of the PATHS curriculum in an urban elementary school. Early Education and Development, Special Issue: Prevention Interventions with Young Children., 15, 471-485.
Miller, A. L., Gouley, K. K., Seifer, R., Dickstein, S., & Shields, A. (2004). Emotions and behaviors in the Head Start classroom: Associations among observed dysregulation, social competence, and preschool adjustment. Early Education and Development, 15, 147-165.
Miller, A. L., Gouley, K. K., Shields, A., Seifer, R., Dickstein, S., Magee, K. D., & Fox, C. (2003). Brief functional screening for transition difficulties prior to enrollment predicts socio-emotional competence and school adjustment in Head Start preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care, 173, 681-698.
Professional Affiliations
The Society for Research in Child Development
The Society for Prevention Research
The American Psychological Association, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
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