Laura L. Miller
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Education
Overview
Biography
Laura L. Miller is a behavioral/social scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her focus is military sociology: She has studied the lives of military personnel through surveys, observations, discussion groups, and one-on-one interviews. To collect these data, Miller has met with U.S. troops at dozens of stateside posts and in overseas operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Germany, Haiti, Hungary, Korea, Kuwait, Macedonia, Qatar, the Serb Republic, and Somalia. Research topics include civil-military relations, social integration, social problems, military culture and organization, health and well-being, military families, and deployment experiences. In recent years, Miller has begun to study sociological issues pertaining to U.S. Department of Defense civilians. Miller received her Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University.
Research Focus
Concurrent Non-RAND Positions
Board of Directors, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and SocietyPrevious Positions
Member, Army Science Board; Secretary of the Army's Transition Team; Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies; Panel to Investigate Sexual Misconduct at the United States Air Force Academy; Survey Consultant, Congressional Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues; Consultant, U.S. Secretary of the Army's Sexual Harassment PanelRecent Projects
- Stress of deployments on servicemembers and their families
- Social needs of the war wounded
- Air Force culture
Selected Publications
Bonnie Moradi and Laura Miller, "Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members," Armed Forces & Society, 36(3):397-419, 2010
Carolyn Chu, Brandon Dues, and Laura Miller, Cultural Themes in Messages from Air Force Top Senior Leaders, 2005-2008, RAND (DB-583-AF), 2010
Jim Hosek, Jennifer Kavanagh, Laura Miller, How Deployments Affect Service Members, RAND Corporation (MG-432), 2005
Barbara Raymond, Laura J. Hickman, Laura Miller, Jennifer S. Wong, Police Personnel Challenges After September 11: Anticipating Expanded Duties and a Changing Labor Pool, RAND Corporation (OP-154), 2005
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