CURRICULUM VITAE. ALISON L. MILLER, Ph. D.

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1 9/21/05 CURRICULUM VITAE ALISON L. MILLER, Ph. D. Business Address: Bradley Research Center E. P. Bradley Hospital Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior 1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway East Providence, RI Office Phone: (401) Fax: (401) EDUCATION AND HONORS 1990 Wesleyan in Paris Program, Paris, France 1991 Ford Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Program Participant 1992 Walkley Prize for excellent original research in psychology 1992 B.A. in Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Pre- Doctoral Training Grant Fellowship, University of Michigan 1996 Summer Research Partnership Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1996, 1997 Quantitative Methods Summer Workshop Participant Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship 1997 M. A. in Psychology (Developmental), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Departmental Associate, Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2000 Certificate in Development, Psychopathology, and Mental Health University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2000 Ph.D. in Psychology (Developmental), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Arnold J. Sameroff 1

2 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T-32 Postdoctoral Fellow Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2002/current Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS 2002/current Research Associate E.P. Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI OTHER APPOINTMENTS Research Assistant, Child Development Laboratory, Wesleyan University Clinical Rater, MacArthur Program for Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Research Associate II, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Graduate Research Assistant, Preschool Conflict Study, University of Michigan Department of Psychology Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Family Study, University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development Graduate Research Assistant, Children s Social Relationships Project, University of Michigan Department of Psychology Graduate Research Assistant, Flint Adolescent Study, University of Michigan School of Public Health Co-Therapist, University Center for the Child and Family, Ann Arbor, MI HOSPITAL COMMITTEES Institutional Review Board, The Miriam Hospital (2005-present) 2

3 JOURNAL PEER REVIEWER Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Developmental Psychology Ad-Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Developmental Psychology Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Social Development Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Early Education and Development Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Applied Developmental Science Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Psychiatry Research Review Committee, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting Review Committee, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting Reviewer, Norton Publishing MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES The Society for Research in Child Development The Society for Prevention Research The American Psychological Association Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS 1. Miller, A. L., & Olson, S. L. (2000). Emotional expressiveness during peer conflicts: A predictor of social maladjustment among high-risk preschoolers. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28, Miller, A. L., Volling, B. L., & McElwain, N. L. (2000). Sibling jealousy in a triadic context with mothers and fathers. Social Development, 9, Miller, A. L., Notaro, P. C., & Zimmerman, M. A. (2002). Stability and change in internal working models of friendship: Associations with multiple domains of urban adolescent functioning. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19, Miller, A. L., McDonough, S. C., Rosenblum, K. R., & Sameroff, A. J. (2002). Emotion regulation in context: Situational effects on infant and caregiver behavior. Infancy, 4, Volling, B. L., McElwain, N. L., & Miller, A. L. (2002). Emotion regulation in context: The jealousy complex between young siblings and its relations with child and family characteristics. Child Development, 73, Rosenblum, K. R., McDonough, S. C., Muzik, M., Miller, A. L., & Sameroff, A. J. (2002). Maternal representations of the infant: Effects on infant response to the still-face. Child Development, 73, 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- 3

4 emotional competence and school adjustment in Head Start preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care, 173, 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, Seifer, R., Gouley, K. K., Miller, A. L., & Zakriski, A. (2004). Implementation of the PATHS curriculum in an urban elementary school. Special Issue: Prevention Interventions with Young Children. Early Education and Development, 15, 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, Miller, A. L., Fine, S. E., Gouley, K. K., Seifer, R., & Dickstein, S. (in press, Cognition and Emotion). Showing and telling about emotions: Interrelations between facets of emotional competence and associations with classroom adjustment in Head Start preschoolers. PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION 1. Notaro, P. C., Emery, D. W., Miller, A. L., & Zimmerman, M. A. (revise and resubmit). Urban adolescent friendship orientation, psychological well-being, and gender. 2. Mansell, A. L., Walders, N., Carter, D. R., Steele, D. W., Devin, J., Monica, T., Miller, A. L., & Wamboldt, F. (submitted). Responses to methacholine bronchial provocation in overweight adolescents. 3. Gouley, K. K., Miller, A. L., Shields, A., Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., & Dodge Magee, K. (in preparation). Risk contexts and early school adjustment: Examining the roles of environmental-, family- and child-level risk factors. 4. Dickstein, S., Miller, A. L., Seifer, R., & Eguia, M. (in preparation). Using program evaluation for functional assessment of child progress in Head Start: Description and validation of the HS-MAP: (0-5) system. 5. Coyne, L., Low, C. M., Miller, A. L., Seifer, R., & Dickstein, S. (in preparation). Maternal empathic understanding of their toddlers: Associations with maternal sensitivity and depression. OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1. Miller, A. L. (2005). Book review: Observing children in their natural worlds: A methodological primer (2 nd Ed.). Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 26(3),

5 INVITED PRESENTATIONS 1. Bernzweig, J., Takayama, J. I., Miller, A. L., & Pantell, R. H. (1994, May). Gender differences in physician-child communication: Implications for health care access. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Seattle, WA. 2. Bernzweig, J., Takayama, J. I., Miller, A. L., & Pantell, R. H. (1994, May). Gender differences in physician-child communication: Can they warn us about women's health? Presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting on Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors in Women's Health: Creating an Agenda for the 21st Century, Washington, DC. 3. Miller, A. L., & Bernzweig, J. (1994, July). Asthma and functional status. Presented at the University of California San Francisco Pediatric Research Seminar Series, San Francisco, CA. 4. Miller, A. L. (1996, September). Individual differences in preschoolers emotional expressiveness in the context of conflict: Effect on social status among peers. Presented at the Annual University of Michigan Department of Psychology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. 5. McElwain, N. L., Miller, A. L., & Olson, S. L. (1997, April). Preschoolers conflicts: A longitudinal analysis of aggressive boys and their peers. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC. 6. Notaro, P. C., Miller, A. L., & Zimmerman, M. A. (1998, February). Adolescent attachment to friends: Relationships with emotional regulation and gender. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. 7. Miller, A. L., & Lansford, J. (1998, March). Children s peer relationships: Two observational studies. Presented at the Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Series, Ann Arbor, MI. 8. Miller, A. L., Volling, B. L., & McElwain, N. L. (1998, April). Parents, infants, and siblings: Emotion regulation in a triadic interaction context. Presented at the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA. 9. McElwain, N. L., Volling, B. L., & Miller, A. L. (1998, August). Individual and family correlates of young children s emotion regulation. Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. 10. Volling, B. L., McElwain, N. L., & Miller, A. L. (1999, April). Emotion understanding, emotionality, and family relationships as correlates of sibling jealousy and behavioral dysregulation with mothers and fathers. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM. 11. Miller, A. L., & Olson, S. L. (1999, April). Emotional expressiveness during peer conflicts: A predictor of social maladjustment among high-risk preschoolers. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM. 12. Miller, A. L., Muzik, M., Rosenblum, K. R., & McDonough, S. C. (1999, April). Mediating and moderating effects of maternal mental health: Relationship between poverty and quality of 5

6 early home environment. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM. 13. Miller, A. L., Notaro, P. C., & Zimmerman, M. A. (2000, March). Stability and change in friendship orientation: Associations with multiple domains of urban African-American adolescent functioning. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL. 14. Miller, A. L. (2000, July). Mother-infant interaction at 7 months: Assessing emotional and behavioral regulation across contexts. Invited International Society for Infant Studies (ISIS) Symposium presented at 7th Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Chair: Arnold Sameroff). 15. Clark, J. D., Conway, A. C., & Miller, A. L. (2001, March). Maternal sensitivity and autonomous infant regulatory strategies. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. 16. Miller, A. L. (2001, March). The effect of emotional challenge on infant and caregiver behavior in toy play and face-to-face interactions at 7 months. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. 17. Miller, A. L., Clark, J. D., McDonough, S. C., & Sameroff, A. J. (2002, April). Infants emotional reactions to caregiver still-face and separation predict socio-emotional functioning in toddlerhood. Presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, Canada. 18. Seifer, R., Zakriski, A., Gouley, K. K., & Miller, A. L. (2002, May). Emotional competence and peer relationships in a school-based prevention study with urban schoolchildren. Presented at the 10 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Seattle, WA. 19. Miller, A.L., Gouley, K. K., Shields, A., Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., & Dodge Magee, K. (2002, May). Assessing the utility of a brief screening for risk in predicting Head Start children's emotional competence and preschool adjustment. Presented at the 10 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Seattle, WA. 20. Miller, A. L., Gouley, K. K., Shields, A., Seifer, R., Dickstein, S., Fox, C., & Radtke, H. (2002, June). Children s emotional and social competence in Head Start classrooms: Observational methods. Symposium presented at the 6 th Biennial Head Start National Research Conference, Washington DC (Chair: Ronald Seifer). 21. Gouley, K. K., Shields, A., Miller, A. L., Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., & Magee, K. D. (2002, June). Emotional development of children at risk: Social-cognitive abilities, student-teacher relationships, and classroom adjustment. Symposium presented at the 6 th Biennial Head Start National Research Conference, Washington DC (Chair: Ronald Seifer). 22. Dickstein, S., Eguia, M., Miller, A.L., & Seifer, R. (2002, June). Head Start MAP: Manualized Assessment of Progress. Presented at the 6 th Biennial Head Start National Research Conference, Washington DC. 6

7 23. McDonough, S. C., Miller, A. L., & MacKenzie, M. (2002, July). Effect of depressed and anxious mothers on young infants. Presented at the 8 th World Congress on Infant Mental Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 24. Dickstein, S., & Miller, A. L. (2003, June). Child outcomes in Head Start. Presented at the 3 rd Annual Family Development Conference, Salve Regina University / Rhode Island Community Action Association, Newport, RI. 25. Miller, A. L., Gouley, K., Seifer, R., & Zakriski, A. (2003, June). Evaluating the effectiveness of the PATHS program in an urban elementary school. Presented at the 11 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC. 26. Coyne, L. W., Low, C. M., Miller, A. L., & Seifer, R. (2004, May). How mindful are moms? Attunement and representation in the narratives of depressed and non-depressed mothers. Presented at the 14th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL. 27. Miller, A. L., Shepard, S., Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., & Eguia, M. (2004, May). Informing early intervention policy: An ecological approach to mental health screening in Head Start. Presented at the 12 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Quebec City, Canada. 28. Dickstein, S., Miller, A. L., Seifer, R., & Eguia, M. (2004, June). Using program evaluation for functional assessment of child progress in Head Start: Links with standardized child assessments. In: Child assessments and outcomes: Lessons from the Head Start Outcomes Research Support (CORS) Consortium Symposium (S. Dickstein, Chair). Presented at the 7 th Biennial Head Start National Research Conference, Washington, DC. 29. Miller, A. L., Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., Eguia, M., Radtke, H., & Little, J. (2004, June). Using the Head Start Manualized Assessment of Progress (HS MAP: 0-5) program evaluation system to track child and family outcomes. Presented at the 7 th Biennial Head Start National Research Conference, Washington, DC. 30. Nassau, J. H., Sharma, S., Klein, R., Fritz, G., Miller, A. L., Houlihan, E., & Andrade, D. (2005, March). Does laboratory stress influence immune mediators of airways inflammation in adolescents with asthma? Presented at the 63 rd Annual Scientific Conference of the Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 31. Miller, A. L., Low, C. L., Coyne, L., Seifer, R., & Dickstein, S. (2005, April). Caregivers empathic understanding of their toddlers: Associations with caregiver sensitivity, depression, and child behavior. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. 32. Miller, A. L., Low, C. L., Shepard, S., Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., & Eguia, M. (2005, April). Family functioning in Head Start families. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. 33. Shepard, S., Miller, A. L., Low, C. L., Dickstein, S., Eguia, M., & Seifer, R. (2005, April). Preschool classroom quality and child socioemotional development in a low-income sample. 7

8 Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. 34. Sterba, S., McHale, J., Miller, A. L., Dickstein, S., & Seifer, R. (2005, April). Three dimensions of coparenting in early infancy differentially related to family variables. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. 35. Shepard, S., Miller, A. L., Dickstein, S., Low, C. L., & Seifer, R. (2005, May). The PPI-SC: Screening parenting practices to inform family-focused service delivery in Head Start. Presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 36. CORS Consortium. Child assessments and outcomes: Challenges and lessons from the Head Start Child Outcomes Research Support (CORS) Consortium (2005, May). Presented at the National Head Start Association 32 nd Annual Training Conference, Orlando, FL. 37. Mansell, A. L., Walders, N., Steele, D. W., Carter, R., Devin, J., Monica, T., Miller, A. L., & Wamboldt, F. (2005, May). Responses to methacholine bronchial provocation in overweight adolescents. Presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference, San Diego, CA. 38. Coyne, L. W., Low, C. M., Miller, A. L., & Seifer, R. (2005, November). Role of maternal mindfulness in parenting behaviors, maternal depression, and child outcomes. In: Extending acceptance and mindfulness research to child and adolescent populations: Empirical findings, clinical implications, and future directions. (Co-Chairs: L. A. Greco and L. W. Coyne). To be presented at Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Washington, DC. 39. Miller, A. L., Dickstein, S. D., Seifer, R., Eguia, M., & Low, C. M. (2006, July). Program evaluation and research in Head Start. Invited Symposium: Integrating mental health consultation and program evaluation in Head Start preschool settings (Chair: Ronald Seifer). To be presented at the 26 th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece. GRANTS 9/1/02-8/31/06 Enhanced HS MAP Intervention: Linking Program Evaluation with Child Outcomes. Head Start-University Partnership Grant. Administration for Children & Families / Administration for Children, Youth, & Families / Head Start Bureau. Total direct costs: $568,191. S. Dickstein, Principal Investigator. Alison L. Miller, Co-Principal Investigator. 4/1/03-3/31/08 Emotional Competence, Poverty, and School Transition. Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01). National Institutes of Mental Health. Total direct costs: $587,642. A. L. Miller, Principal Investigator. 9/1/03-8/30/07 Emotion Processing and Social Competence in Head Start Children. National Science Foundation. Total direct costs: $498,00. R. Seifer, Principal Investigator. Alison L. Miller, Co-Investigator. 8

9 TEACHING AND SUPERVISION ROLES 1991 Social Cognition, Wesleyan University. Undergraduate Writing Tutor (30 students) Introduction to Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan. Graduate Student Instructor (65 students). Average Instructor rating: 4.68 (out of 5.00) Advanced Research Experience in Psychology, University of Michigan. Instructor. Designed and taught course on high-risk infant development and mental health (20 Honors and Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) students) Advanced Laboratory in Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan. Graduate Student Instructor. Writing intensive course in developmental methods (25 students). Average Instructor rating: 4.56 (out of 5.00) Statistics in Medicine, Brown University Medical School Department of Pediatrics. Instructor. Designed and taught summer statistics course for pediatric residents and fellows (10-15 students) Research Perspectives: Human Development and Family Studies, University of Rhode Island. Instructor. Designed and taught methodology course in human development (35-40 students). Average Instructor rating: 4.29 (out of 5.00) current 2003-current Human Development Seminar, Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training, Brown University Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. Instructor. Lecture on emotional development, focusing on normative developmental processes and links to developmental psychopathology. Child Track Intern Research Placement Supervisor. Serve as research supervisor for interns in the Brown Psychology Internship program Nominated for Research Mentor Award, Brown Medical School INVITED LECTURES June 1998 October 1998 Introduction to Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan. Invited lecture on infant social and emotional development. Human Development, Eastern Michigan University. Invited lecture on social and emotional development in infancy, temperament, and attachment. 9

10 February 1999 October 2001 Human Development, Eastern Michigan University. Invited lecture on social development and peer relations in middle childhood. Child Development for Counseling Psychologists, Boston University. Invited lecture on program evaluation in preschool, elementary school, and high school. 10