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Matthew J. Miller
Assistant Professor
Education 242
(518) 437-4423
mmiller@uamail.albany.edu

Education  -  Courses Taught -  Publications   -  Grants  -  Multicultural Psychology Lab  


Dr. Miller joined the Counseling Psychology faculty in 2006. Dr. Miller’s research interests span three related areas: multiculturalism, vocational psychology, and applied psychological measurement. In addition, Dr. Miller directs the Multicultural Psychology Lab, which examines the multiple ways in which race, ethnicity and culture impact behavior across a number of life domains. Dr. Miller is currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and is an ad hoc reviewer for The Counseling Psychologist, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and Training and Education in Professional Psychology. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Asian American Psychological Association.


Education

Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago


Courses Taught


Recent Publications

Lee, R. M., & Miller, M. J. (in press). Asian American Adoption. In A. Alvarez (Ed.), Asian American Psychology: Current Perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum and Associates.

Miller, M. J., & Sheu, H. (in press). Conceptual and measurement issues in multicultural psychology research. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of Counseling Psychology (4th ed.). New York: Wiley.

Miller, M. J. (2007). A bilinear multidimensional measurement model of Asian American acculturation and enculturation: Implications for counseling interventions. Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Miller, M. J., & Speight, S. L. (2006). Models of second culture acquisition. In Y. Jackson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Miller, M. J., & Speight, S. L. (2006). The Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale. In Y. Jackson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Miller, M. J., & Speight, S. L. (2006). The Asian Values Scale. In Y. Jackson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Miller, M. J., & Brown, S. D. (2005). Counseling for career choice: Implications for improving interventions and for working with diverse populations. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work. New York: Wiley & Sons Inc.

Brown, S. D., Ryan-Krane, N. Brecheisen, J., Castelino, P., Budisin, I., Miller, M., & Edens, L. (2003). Critical ingredients of career choice interventions: More data and speculations. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 62, 411-428.

 

Grants

2007-2008 Principal Investigator
“Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Factors Influencing Alcohol Use Among College Students”
Funding Agency: Dean, School of Education, University at Albany, State University of New York.
Grant Amount: $4,000.00

2007-2008 Principal Investigator
“Acculturation, Acculturative Stress, and Bicultural Self-Efficacy: Predicting the Mental Health of Asian Americans”
Funding Agency: Faculty Research Award Program – Category A
University at Albany, State University of New York
Grant Amount: $9,465.00

2006-2007 Principal Investigator
“The Development and Validation of the Bicultural Self-Efficacy Scale”
Funding Agency: The Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
University of Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters.
Grant Amount: $14,880.00



Multicultural Psychology Lab

Ongoing Programs of Research:

Multicultural Psychology Lab Presentations:

Miller, M. J., Connacher, C., & Brandenberger, J. (August, 2007). A social cognitive model of engagement in social justice behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Sendrowitz, K. A., & Miller, M. J. (August, 2007). Assessing the factor structure of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form with Asian Americans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Kasson, D., Farrell, J., & Miller, M. J. (August, 2007). A review of acculturation. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lin, L., Grome, R., & Miller, M. J. (August, 2007). Acculturation, acculturative stress, and the likelihood of family conflict of Asian Americans. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Kerlow-Myers, A., Blanco, S., Connacher, C., Muñiz, C., Sendrowitz, K., & Miller, M. J. (August, 2007). An empirical review of acculturation in recent vocational literature. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

2006-2007 Lab Members

Front: Junhong Cao, Cristina Muniz, Rebekah Grome, Kerrin Sendrowitz, Susana Blanco, Li-Ling Lin
Back: Jerome Farrell, David Kasson, Christopher Connacher, Andrew Kerlow-Myers

 

2007-2008 Lab members

Doctoral Students
Susana Blanco
Junhong Cao
Chris Connacher
Jerome Farrell
Becka Grome
Dave Kasson
Andy Kerlow-Myers
Jung Eun Kim
Minsun Lee
Li-Ling Lin
Jessica Martin
Cristina Muniz
Tracey Rocha
Katy Dorsheimer

Masters Students
Shaina Bernardi
Matt Haessig
Ji Eun Lee
Jen Melton
Lauren Morere
Jennifer Storz
Cynthia Wang