Stephanie Miller, ph.d.

Associate Professor of Psychology

Dr. Miller is the Provost Faculty Research Scholar for Institutional Transformation at the University of Mississippi. Her research program in developmental psychology focuses on early cognitive development, with an emphasis on executive function (EF). Her work aims to explore the emergence and development of this foundational cognitive skill within a broader sociocultural context. She has work examining how early communicative and linguistic skills support the emergence of cognitive control across different cultural contexts; how executive function relates to social functioning in friendships, social problem solving, and social cognition; and how EF relates to creative cognition. Her current work is focused on examining the foundations of early EF and examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on social-emotional development within a preschool curriculum across multiple and diverse contexts. Finally, she has a line of transdisciplinary research that applies a sociocultural developmental systems approach to understand potential differences in access and opportunity within STEM faculty.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests: Underrepresentation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)