Cheryl Miller Faculty Profile

Cheryl Miller is Chairperson of the Department of Political Science and holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Public Policy. Dr. Miller’s fields of interest include social welfare policy, bureaucratic accountability, state policymaking, and the impact of race on policy outcomes. She teaches courses in the Political and Social Context of the Policy Process, Poverty and Social Welfare Policy, American Political Institutions, and Theories of Public Administration.

Prof. Miller has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in City Planning (M.C.P) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining UMBC, Dr. Miller was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she also taught in the Master of Public Administration Program.

Prof. Miller has a variety of experiences as a practitioner in policy-making settings. Before earning her doctorate, Dr. Miller held positions with local, state, and regional organizations focused on urban, housing, aging, and social welfare policy. While at UMBC she has also been a Senior Research Associate with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she worked on political participation and redistricting issues. As a Congressional Fellow from 1994-1995, Dr. Miller was a majority staff member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and a legislative assistant to Representatives Edolphus Towns and Bobby Scott. Dr. Miller has also consulted for organizations such as the Social Security Administration and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), where she received a Special Commendation award in 1993 for developing and teaching a modular course on Public Policy Issues for senior level evaluators.

Prof. Miller's research and publications have been in several areas: state policy variations in welfare reform, due process issues in welfare devolution, bureaucratic accountability, legislative oversight, presidential policy advocacy, and the policy role of state black legislative caucuses. Her work has appeared in Policy Studies Review, Congress and the Presidency, Public Administration Review, National Political Science Review, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, Stanford Journal of Law and Policy, Maryland Law Review and numerous edited books. Dr. Miller’s current research focuses on state policy innovations in welfare implementation and racial disparities in the impact of welfare devolution.


Profile Courses Curriculum Vitae Useful Links UMBC Department of Political Science UMBC Department of Public Policy UMBC Homepage Home	Dr. Cheryl Miller Cheryl Miller is Chairperson of the Department of Political Science and holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Public Policy. Dr. Miller’s fields of interest include social welfare policy, bureaucratic accountability, state policymaking, and the impact of race on policy outcomes. She teaches courses in the Political and Social Context of the Policy Process, Poverty and Social Welfare Policy, American Political Institutions, and Theories of Public Administration. Prof. Miller has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in City Planning (M.C.P) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining UMBC, Dr. Miller was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she also taught in the Master of Public Administration Program. Prof. Miller has a variety of experiences as a practitioner in policy-making settings. Before earning her doctorate, Dr. Miller held positions with local, state, and regional organizations focused on urban, housing, aging, and social welfare policy. While at UMBC she has also been a Senior Research Associate with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she worked on political participation and redistricting issues. As a Congressional Fellow from 1994-1995, Dr. Miller was a majority staff member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and a legislative assistant to Representatives Edolphus Towns and Bobby Scott. Dr. Miller has also consulted for organizations such as the Social Security Administration and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), where she received a Special Commendation award in 1993 for developing and teaching a modular course on Public Policy Issues for senior level evaluators. Prof. Miller's research and publications have been in several areas: state policy variations in welfare reform, due process issues in welfare devolution, bureaucratic accountability, legislative oversight, presidential policy advocacy, and the policy role of state black legislative caucuses. Her work has appeared in Policy Studies Review, Congress and the Presidency, Public Administration Review, National Political Science Review, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, Stanford Journal of Law and Policy, Maryland Law Review and numerous edited books. Dr. Miller’s current research focuses on state policy innovations in welfare implementation and racial disparities in the impact of welfare devolution.
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