Dr. Erez Cedric Miller March 23, 2014

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1 Dr. Erez Cedric Miller March 23, 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Name: Erez C. Miller Education B.A. in Special Education, Tel Aviv University M.A. in Education of the Deaf, (without thesis), Gallaudet University, Washington D.C., U.S.A Ph.D. in Child Development, Counseling Psychology and Research Methods, Boston College, Boston, U.S.A. Title of Doctoral Dissertation: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Effects of Congenital Heart Disease on the Development of Young Children with Down Syndrome. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Penny Hauser-Cram, Boston College Professional and Academic Experience Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College, Boston, U.S. A Lecturer in Special Education, Kibbutzim Seminar, Tel Aviv Lcturer in Special Education, Beit Berl College, Tel Aviv Prof. at the M.Ed. Special Education program, Achva Academic College, Graduate Studies School of Education Prof. at the Special Education Department, Achva Academic College, School of Education Professional activities Positions in academic administration Member of Expansion Committee, Achva Academic College Member of Five-year Planning Committee, Achva Academic College Member of Committee for Examination and Instruction of Students with Special Needs, Achva Academic College Member of Research Committee, Achva Academic College Chair of Special Education Department, Achva Academic College Chair of Special Education Department, Achva Academic College Member of College Management Team, Achva Academic College Professional functions outside universities/institutions Member of Inter-Collegiate Research Forum, Mofet Institute

2 2 Membership in professional/scientific societies American Psychological Association Israeli Psychological Association Israeli Society of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Informal, volunteer work: For the past four years, I volunteered to give presentations and workshops to soldiers and officers of the Israeli Defence Force, focusing on tolerance toward and accepting of 'the other' - people of minority ethnic groups or people with disabilities. Courses taught: Introduction to special education Models of inclusion Introduction to learning disabilities Introduction to severe disabilities and sensory disabilities Societal and cultural representation people with disabilities in feature films Internventions with students with developmental disabilities Educational and therapeutic intervention with students in special education and inclusive schools: Seminar Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Introduction to the Education of students with hearing impairment Promoting emotional and social competence among students with special needs Children with special needs and their family Introduction to special education in the early education Foundations of Psychological Diagnosis - M.Ed Educational and rehabilitative approaches for students with developmental disabilities and complex learning disabilities - M.Ed Child Development - B.A. - Boston College Family, School and Society - B.A. - Boston College Awards, Citations, Honors, Fellowships Boston College - Summer Dissertation Award Boston College - Innovative Leadership Award Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals/Books 1. Erez C. Miller & Heidi Flavian (2013). Self-Representation and Social Support Among Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome in Online Communities. Qualitative Psychology Nexus: Vol. 11. In Heidi Flavian & Günter L. Huber (Eds.) Building Bridges, pp Tübingen, Germany: Center for qualitative psychology. 2. Fleischmann, A., & Miller E. C. (3102). Online narratives by adults with AD(H)D who were diagnosed in adulthood. Learning Disabilities Quarterly. 3. Kass, E., & Miller, E. C. (2011). Bedouin special-education teachers as agents of social change. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27(4), Miller, E. C. (1998). Book review: Heart disease in persons with Down syndrome (edited by Bruno Marino & Siegfried M. Puesechel). American Journal on Mental Retardation,103(3), Lerner, R. M., Hauser-Cram, P., & Miller, E. C. (1998). Assumptions and features of longitudinal designs: Implications for early childhood education. In

3 3 B. Spodek, O. N. Saracho, & A. D. Pellegrini (Eds.), Yearbook in Early Childhood Education (Vol. 8) (pp ). New York: Teachers College. Conference Proceedings 1. Miller, E., &, Fleischmann, A. (2010). Taking charge of their lives: Analyzing online stories of adults with ADHD based on grounded theory. 2nd International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Proceedings, Miller, E., &, Fleischmann, A. (2009). "No man is an island, entire of itself" collaborative communities of adults with AD(H)D as a resource of information and support. 3rd International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2009) Proceedings, Miller, E. C. (1993). Special experiences for exceptional children: Integrating virtual reality into special education classrooms. In R. A., Braden, J. C., Baca & D. G., Beauchamp (Eds.), Art, science & visual literacy. Blacksburg, VA: International Visual Literacy Association. 4. Miller, E. C., & Fruchter, A. H. (1998). Educational and religious services to Jewish Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the U.S. In A. Weisel (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18 th International Congress on Education of the Deaf: Vol. I (pp ). Published scientific reports and technical papers 1) Weizel, A., Miller, E.C., Rabinowitz-Raz, S. & Banisti, L. (in print). Predictors of emotional and social absorption among deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils. In T. Most & D. Werringwauld-Frimmerman (Eds.). (Hebrew) 2) Fleischmann, A. & Miller, E. C. (2009). Analysis of online stories of adults who were diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood. Research Report, Mofet Institute. Hebrew). 3) Miller, E. C., Weizel, A., Erez, T., Banisti, L., Rabinowitz-Raz, S. & Bar-Sever- Rappaport, M. (2007). Emotional and social absorption of deaf and hard-ofhearing pupils in special education in Israel. Research Report, Mofet Institute. (Hebrew) 4) Fleischmann, A. & Miller, E. C. (2007). The Internet as an arena for Autism research: Utilization of two qualitative methods for studying coping among parents of children with Autism. In B. S. Mesmere (Ed.). New Autism research developments (pp ). New York: Nova Publishers. 5) Miller, E.C. (2004). To fight and to succeed: Experiences, difficulties and struggles of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in colleges and universities in Israel. Research Report, Mofet Institute. (Hebrew) 6) Kass, E., Miller, E.C. & Abu-Ajaj, J. (2004). Motivations of teachers in the Bedouin sector for job choice in special education. Research Report, Mofet Institute. (Hebrew) 7) Miller, E. (2002). Task mastery and peer relations in children with Down syndrome and heart disease. Ma'of u-ma'aseh, 8, (Hebrew) 8) Miller, E.C., Mizrachi, M. & Ben-David, L. (2001). The experience of loneliness, social absorption and socio-cultural identity among deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students in institutions of higher education. Research Report, Mofet Institute. (Hebrew) 9) Miller, E. C., & Fruchter, A. H. (1996). Educational and religious services to Jewish deaf and hard of hearing persons in the United States. Boston, MA.

4 4 Presentation of papers at conferences/meetings 1. Miller, E. C. (2013, June). Access and new opportunities in Israeli Bedouin special education. Paper presented at the Wheelock College s International Conference, Global Challenges and Opportunities Facing Children, Youth and Families. Boston, USA. 2. Miller, E. C., & Flavian, H. (2012, March). Self exposure and selfrepresentation of youth with disabilities in online communities. Paper presented at the XIII Workshop Qualitative Research in Psychology, Center for Qualitative Psychology, Achva College, Israel 3. Miller, A., & Kass, E. (2011, January). The professional decision of teacher education in special education as impetus for social change among Bedouin teachers in the south. 3 rd International Online Conference of Opening Gates in Teacher Education: Education and Teacher Training in the Age of Globalization. Tel Aviv, Israel, Mofet Institute. 4. Miller, E. C., & Fleischmann, A. (2010, Devember). Taking charge of their lives: analyzing online stories of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on grounded theory. International Disability Studies Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. 5. Miller, E. C., & Fleischman, A. (2009, March). "No man is an island, entire of itself " Collaborative communities of adults with AD(H)D as a resource of information and support. Paper presented at the INTED conference, Valencia, Spain. 6. Miller, E. C., & Fleischmann, A. (2009, August). On-line communities of adults with AD(H)D find support and knowledge in internet-published life stories. Poster presented at the EARLI conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 7. Kass, E., & Miller, E. C. (2007, June). Motivations for becoming a special education teaching among Bedouin teachers in southern Israel. Poster presented at the Teacher Education at a Crossroad, Be'er Sheva & Tel Aviv, Israel. 8. Miller, E., Fleischmann, A., Gilbert, R., & Ben-Atab, Z. (2002, June). Teacher training for special education: What is the perspective of the parents? Symposium, 4 th International Conference on Teacher Education, Mofet Institute, Israel. 9. Miller, E., Sharoni-Yitzchak, V., Baruch, A., Kalnitzky, E. & Finkelstein, G. (2002, June). Teacher Training of Students with Special Needs: Challenges and Advantages. Symposium, 4 th International Conference on Teacher Education, Mofet Institute, Israel. 10. Miller, E. C., & Mizrahi, M. (2000, July). Loneliness, social adjustment & socio-cultural affiliation of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in postsecondary education in Israel. Paper presented at the 19th ICED Congress in Sydney, Australia. 11. Miller, E.C. (2000, October), Children with Down syndrome and heart disease in preschool. ELAH Conference, Tel Aviv. (Hebrew) 12. Miller, E.C. (2000m October). The experience of loneliness, social absorption and socio-cultural identity among deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students in institutions of higher education. ELAH Conference, Tel Aviv. (Hebrew) 13. Miller, E. C. (1999m August). Classroom behaviors of children with Down syndrome and heart disease. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

5 5 14. Miller, E. C., & DeSalvatore, L. E. (1996, April). Males in elementary education: The next generation. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 15. Lerner, R. M., Hauser-Cram, P., & Miller, E. C. (1996, Septmber). Assumptions and features of longitudinal designs: Implications for early childhood education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal,. 16. Hauser-Cram, P., Bronson, M., King, I. C., Miller, E. C., & Warfield, M. E. (1995, August). Classroom behavior changes of children with and without mental retardation. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY. 17. Miller, E. C., & Fruchter, A. H. (1995, July). Educational and religious services for Jewish Deaf and hard of hearing children and adults in the United States. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the International Congress on Education of the Deaf, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 18. Miller, E. C. (1992, September). Special experiences for exceptional children: Integrating virtual reality into special education classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Visual Literacy Association conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Research Grants Miller, E.C. & Flavian, H.. Communication and presentation of the self among children and youth with special needs in online communities. Mofet Institute Fleischman, A. & Miller, E.C. Analysis if online stories of adults with ADHD who were diagnosed in adulthood. Mofet Institute Miller, E.C., Weizel, A., Erez, T., & Bar-Sever-Rappaport, M. Emotional and social absorption of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in special education in Israel. Mofet Institute Kass, E., Miller, E.C. & Abu-Ajaj, J. Denomination of the factors attributing to the career chcoice of special education among teachers in the Bedouin sector. Mofet Institute Miller, E.C. To fight and succeed: Experiences, difficulties and struggles of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in colleges and universities in Israel. Mofet Institute Miller, E.C., Mizrachi, M. & Ben-David, L. The experience of loneliness, social absorption and socio-cultural identity among deaf, hard-ofhearing and hearing students in institutions of higher education. Mofet Institute. 1. Present Academic Activities 2. Special education campus for Bedouin children with disabilities a case study of staff development and self efficacy. Co-Researcher Efrat Kass, Ph.D. Expected date of completion: Online communication of youth with disabilities. Co-Researcher Heidi Flavian, Ph.D. Expected date of completion: Life stories of young adults with mental retardation. Co-Researcher Penny Hauser-Cram, Ed.D