Distinguished Speaker, Monica Miller

Thursday, November 9, 2017 The event started -2331 days ago

6:30 PM 7:30 PM

Morton Hall

Room 200

Dr. Miller will give a public lecture on November 9th 6:30pm in Morton Hall 200.

Dr. Miller is a legal scholar and social psychologist who has a split appointment between the Criminal Justice Department and the Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Social Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is also an adjunct faculty at the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies and a faculty associate for the women's studies program. Dr. Miller specializes in research pertaining to the role of religion in the legal system. She serves as co-editor to New York University’s Psychology and Crime book series as well as Springer’s Advances in Psychology and Law book series. She is also on the editorial board of Psychology, Crime, and Law. In addition, Dr. Miller has authored Religion in Criminal Justice and co-authored God in the Courtroom: Religion’s Role at Trial. Dr. Miller has also published 9 books, more than 100 journal and law review articles and over a dozen chapters to edited volumes.

In 2016, The American Psychology-Law Society accorded Dr. Miller with the Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law award. In the same year, she was also named a Fulbright Specialist Roster candidate. Previously, she has served as a fellow at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati Spain in 2012-2013 and was awarded a Residence Grant to fund her stay in Spain. This, along with other international travel, has allowed her to study how countries across the globe use their court systems to address social issues such as mental illness and drug use.

Details

Category
Conference/Lecture
department
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Humanities Center
Audience
Public, Students, Faculty and Staff, Alumni

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Venue

Morton Hall

1310 Ben Graves DriveHuntsville, AL 35899

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