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Faculty
Academic Information Dr. Miller joined the Psychology faculty in Fall, 2001 and became Psychology Department Head in July, 2005; She previously was Director of the Institute of Women's Studies, 2001-2005. Formerly, Dr. Miller was Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida, and also was Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1995 to 1999. Before that, she was on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Dr. Miller's research interests center around cognitive development during childhood, social cognitive development, theories of development, and gender. Her specific areas of interest are in the development of strategies of problem solving, memory and attention, theory of mind, metacognition, social attribution, gender and knowledge, and effects of exercise on cognitive functioning. Current research, funded by NIH, focuses on the effects of exercise on children's executive functions and school achievement. Dr. Miller currently is President-Elect of APA Division 7 (Developmental). She also is Associate Editor of Child Development.
Selected Publications Books: Flavell, J. H., Miller, P. H., & Miller, S. A. (2002). Cognitive development (4th edition). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (Third edition translated into Spanish) Miller, P. H. (2001) Theories of developmental psychology. (4th edition). New York: Worth (3rd edition translated into Italian and German, 5th edition in preparation). Miller, P. H., & Scholnick, E. K. (Eds.) (2000). Toward a feminist developmental psychology. NY: Routledge. Scholnick, E., Nelson, K., Gelman, S., & Miller, P. H. (Eds.) (1999) Conceptual development: Piaget's legacy. Mahweh, NJ: Erlbaum. Representative Articles and Chapters: Tomporowski, P., Davis, C. L., Miller, P., Naglieri, J. (2008) Exercise and children’s intelligence, cognition, and academic achievement. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 111-131. Davis, C. L., Tomporowski, P. D., Boyle, C. A., Waller, J. L., Miller, P. H., Naglieri, J., Gregoski, M. (2007). Effects of aerobic exercise on overweight children's cognitive functioning: A randomized controlled trial. Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport, 78, 510-519. Miller, P. H. (In press) Cognitive abilities. In S. V. Rosser (Ed.), Gender myths and beliefs and scientific research. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc. Rosser, S. V., & Miller, P. H. (In press) The brain. In S. V. Rosser (Ed.), Gender myths and beliefs and scientific research. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc. Scholnick, E. K., & Miller, P. H. (2007). Uncovering the body in conceptual development. In W. Overton & U. Mueller (Eds.), Body in mind, mind in body: Developmental perspectives on embodiment and consciousness. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Baxter, S. D., Fada, R. D., Smith, A. F., Litaker, M. S., Guinn, C. H., Nichols, M. D., Miller, P. H., & Kipp, K. (2006). Body mass index, sex, interview protocol, and children's accuracy for reporting kilocalories observed eaten at school meals. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 10, 1656-1662. Miller, P. H. (2006). A lot of knowledge is a dangerous thing: Learning in children and adults. Journal of Cognition and Development, 7, 305-308. Miller, P. H. (2006). Scaffolding: Constructing and deconstructing. New Ideas in Psychology, 23. Miller, P. H., Blessing, J. S., & Schwartz, S. (2006). Gender differences in high school students' views about science. International Journal of Science Education, 18, 363-381. Miller, P. H. (2006). Contemporary perspectives from human development: Implications for feminist scholarship. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 31, 445-469. Miller, P. H. (2005). Gender and information technology: Perspectives from human cognitive development. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. (special issue on gender and information technology), 26, 148-167. DeMarie, D., Miller, P. H., Ferron, J., & Cunningham, W. (2004). Path analysis tests of theoretical models of children’s memory performance. Journal of Cognition and Development, 5, 461-492. Miller, P. H. (2004). Cognitive development: Here, there, and everywhere. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 5, 461-492. Miller, P. H. (2004). The essence of essentialism:
Children’s habit of mind. Human Development, 47, 308-313. Miller, P. H. (2002). Developmental issues in model-based reasoning during childhood. Mind and Society, 4, No. 2. Welch-Ross, M., & Miller, P. H. (2000). Relations between children's theory of mind and a selective attention strategy. Journal of Cognition and Development, 1, 281-293. Miller, P. H., Rosser, S. V., Benigno, J. P., & Zieseniss, M. L. (2000). A desire to help others: Goals of high achieving female science undergraduates. Women's Studies Quarterly, 28, 128-142. Miller, P. H., & Bjorklund, D. (1998). Contemplating fuzzy trace theory: The gist of it. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 71, 184-193. Bjorklund, D. F., & Miller, P. H. (1997). New themes in strategy development: Introduction to the special issue. Developmental Review, 17, 407-410. Bjorklund, D. F., Miller, P. H., Coyle, T. R., & Slawinski, J. L. (1997). Instructing children to use memory strategies: Evidence of utilization deficiencies in memory training studies. Developmental Review, 17, 411-441. Miller, P. H., & Aloise, P. A. (1989). Young children's understanding of the psychological causes of behavior: A review. Child Development, 60, 257-285.
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions
1 (General Psychology) and 7 (Developmental Psychology) NIH and NSF research grants for her work on children's cognitive development, and also director of NICHD training grant at the University of Florida. Professional Activities Associate Editor, Child Development (2002-present) Editorial Boards: Graduate Student Supervision Has served on 98 thesis or dissertation committees (24 as chair).
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