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Debra Miller, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty and Doctoral Faculty Advisor

debbie.miller@franklin.edu

Education

2015
University of Nebraska - Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Doctor of Philosophy, Psychological Studies in Education
2009
University of Nebraska - Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Master of Science, Survey Research and Methodology
1984
Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, Illinois)
Bachelor of Arts, Music
1968
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (Urbana, Illinois)
Master of Music, Music

Certifications

2009
International Program for Development Evaluation Training, Carleton University and The World Bank
2006
Continuing Education - Principles of Marketing Research, The University of Georgia

Work Experience

2021 - Present
Franklin University, Adjunct Faculty & Doctoral Faculty Advisor
2021 - Present
American College of Education, Instructor, Indianapolis, Indiana
2019 - 2020
Lincoln Public Schools, Tutor/Mentor, Lincoln, Nebraska
2019 - 2019
University of Wyoming, Designer & Instructor, Laramie, Wyoming
2016 - 2016
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Tutor/Mentor, Lincoln, Nebraska
2016 - Present
Doane University, Co-Instructor
2016 - Present
Doane University, Designer & Instructor, Crete, Nebraska
2014 - 2014
Xi’an University, Teaching Assistant
2013 - 2015
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Co-Instructor, Lincoln, Nebraska
2011 - 2012
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Teaching Assistant, Lincoln, Nebraska
2011 - 2011
InterAmerican Institute for Cooperation, Intern
2009 - 2017
Lincoln Public Schools, Substitute Teacher, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009 - Present
Independent Consultant, Integrated Methodology & Mentoring
2008 - 2008
U.S. Census Bureau, Intern, Suitland, Maryland
2007 - 2015
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Research Assistant, Lincoln, Nebraska
2004 - 2007
Directions Research, Senior Data Analyst, Cincinnati, Ohio
1998 - 2004
Ipsos North America, Senior Project Director, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995 - 1998
Opinion Research Corporation, Data Processor, Toledo, Ohio
1993 - 1994
Opinion Research Corporation, Research Assistant, Princeton, New Jersey
1987 - 1990
Kankakee Public Schools, Substitute Teacher, Kankakee, Illinois
1985 - 1986
University of Illinois, Teaching Assistant, Urbana, Illinois

Publications & Presentations

Miller, D., & Honeycutt, K. (2020). Learner metacognitive insights from writing professional clinical practicum reflections: An instrumental case study of a university-based MLS program. Journal of Allied Health Allied Health.
Miller, D. (2020). Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental qualitative case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches.
Miller, D., Burton, A., Davis, D., Mapetla, N., Matsoai, M., Mrema, D., & Raikes, A. (2020). Understanding perceptions of quality among early childhood education stakeholders in Tanzania and Lesotho: A multiple qualitative case study. International Journal of Educational Development International Journal of Educational Development.
Miller, D., & Bustamante, C. (2016). Drawing mixed methods procedural diagrams. The confluence of language assessment and mixed methods. Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press.
Miller, D. (2012). Adult third culture kids: Conceptualizing and measuring transculturation. Families in Global Transition Research Network Newsletter, 5 (1), pp. 15-Aug. Families in Global Transition Research Network Newsletter.
Miller, D., Edwards, B., Hansen, S., Harkness, A., & Villar, A. (2010). Designing questionnaires for multipopulational research. Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts, pp. 33-58. Wiley.
Miller, D. (2008). Summary of observers’ reports from the re-engineered Survey of Income and Program Participation event history calendar field test. Summary of observers’ reports, 2008 (16), pp. 19-Jan. U.S. Census Bureau.
Miller, D., Belli, R., Bilgen, I., & Tang, G. Item non-response and measurement error in event history calendars via life course health status. Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.
Miller, D. Lived experience at the intersection of culture and communicative research methodology. Tea & Talk, an international women�s group, Lincoln, NE.
Miller, D., & Hawley, L. Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental qualitative case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Miller, D. Cross-national comparative research: A synthesis of mixed methods designs. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.
Miller, D. Cross-national comparative research: A synthesis of mixed methods designs. The College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research Conference University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Miller, D. Toward communicative informed consent: Applications of discourse analysis for multipopulation qualitative research. Ethics Rupture: An Invitational Summit about Alternatives to Formal Research-Ethics, Fredericton, NB.
Miller, D., & Bustamante, C. How to draw mixed methods procedural diagrams in mixed methods research. Confluence of Language Assessment and Mixed Methods at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Miller, D. African-centered thought on western objectification: Autoethnographic reflections. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.
Miller, D. Toward communicative informed consent. International Workshop of Cross-Cultural Survey Design & Implementation, Washington, DC.
Miller, D. Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. Mixed Methods International Research Conference, Boston, MA.
Miller, D. Spectra of qualitative and quantitative research: Data collection and analysis. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometric Methods Research Seminar Series, Lincoln, NE.
Miller, D. Gemengde Metodes: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research Conference, Lincoln, NE.
Miller, D., Beilli, R., Bilgen, I., & Steele, C. Health Status Measurement via Event History Calendars vs. Conventional Questionnaires: �Long Time, No Status Change. The American Association of Public Opinion Research, Hollywood, FL.
Miller, D. Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.
Miller, D. We are a family case: The significance of formal and fictive family relationships for third culture kids in adulthood. Families in Global Transition Conference, Silver Spring, MD.
Miller, D. Political identity in the knowledge economy: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. The College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research and Creativity Fair, Lincoln, NE.

Professional Service

2020
Reviewer/Paper Reader
International Journal of Qualitative Methods
2017
Committee Member
Methodological Committee member at Doane University
(Stellenbosch , 168)
2017
Workshop Organizer
Dissertation writing workshops at Doane University
(Crete, 151)
2014
Reviewer/Paper Reader
Journal of Global Mobility
2013
Consultation
Methodological
(Stellenbosch , 168)