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Norman Miller

Mendel B. Silberberg Professor of Social Psychology and Professor of Psychology

Contact Information
Office: SGM 820
Phone: (213)740-8812
E-mail: nmiller@usc.edu

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Curriculum Vitae
 

Education

B.A. , Antioch College
M.S. , Northwestern University
Ph.D. Psychology, Northwestern University, 1/1959
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Norman Miller is a Social Psychologist whose primary research interest is in intergroup relations. He has published five books and 125 articles on subjects including intergroup relations, attitudes, aggression, and cooperation. He is among the 50 most-cited social psychologists in social psychology textbooks. From 1990-1996, he was the editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations & Group Processes, which is internationally recognized as the best journal in the field of Social Psychology. At USC Dr. Miller is known for his graduate seminar in social psychology. This course, although exceptionally demanding, regularly attracts students from graduate departments throughout the University including the Annenberg School of Communications, the Graduate School of Education, Marketing, Sociology, and Exercise Science, and each semester there is a waiting list for registration. Dr. Miller, who is known for his eccentric teaching style and wry humor, emphasizes translating mastery of content into the development of interesting issues for further research.
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations

"The Displaced Aggression Questionnaire and health. ", Silverwind Conference on Social Interdependence. Mpls. MN, Talk, Mpls. MN, Invited, 2006-2007   
"The Effect of Intergroup Goal Structure on Projection: Threat Produces Complementary Projection. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (APA Division 8)", Annual Convention, Memphis, TN., Poster, Memphis, TN, Refereed, 2006-2007   
 

Honors and Awards

Endowed Professorship, Mendel B. Silberberg Professorship in Social Psychology, 9/1/1974-  
Fulbright Award, Research Fellowship, 1984-1985  
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1984-1985  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards

Reviewer, Aggressive Behavior(No of articles reviewed - 2), 2006-2007   
Reviewer, European Journal of Social Psychology (No of articles reviewed - 1), 2006-2007   
Reviewer, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (No of articles reviewed - 1), 2006-2007   
Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (No ofarticles reviewed - 3), 2006-2007   
Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (No of reviewed articles reviewed - 2), 2006-2007   
Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations & Group Processes, 1990-1996  
 
 
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