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Norman Miller

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

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

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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/Oral Presentation, , 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, Refereed , Memphis, TN, 2006-2007   

Publications

Book Chapter
  • Denson, T. F., Pedersen, W. C., Ronquillo, J., Miller, N. (2008). Trait displaced aggression, physical health, and life satisfaction: A process model. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Encyclopedia Article
  • Miller, N., Pollock, V. E. (2008). Displaced Aggression. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Journal Article
  • Stenstrom, D. M., Lickel, B., Denson, T. F., Miller, N. (2008). The roles of ingroup identification and outgroup entativity in intergroup retribution. Personality and . Vol. 34, pp. 1570-1582.
  • Pedersen, W. C., Bushman, B. J., Vasquez, E. A., Miller, N. (2008). Kicking the (barking) dog effect: The moderating role of target attributes on triggered displaced aggression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Vol. 34 (1382-), pp. 1395.
  • Denson, T. F., Aviles, F., Pollock, V., Earleywine, M., Vasquez, E. A., Miller, N. (2008). The effects of alcohol and the salience of aggressive cues on triggered displaced aggression. Aggressive Behavior. Vol. 34, pp. 25-33.
  • Urada, D. I., Stenstrom, D. M., Miller, N. (2007). Crossed categorization beyond the two-group model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 92, pp. 649-664.
  • Vasquez, E. A., Bartsch, V. O., Pedersen, W. C., Miller, N. (2007). The impact of aggressive priming, rumination, and frustration on prison sentencing. Aggressive Behavior. Vol. 33, pp. 477-485.
  • Miller, N., Vasquez, E. A., Ensari, N., Pedersen, W. C., Tan, Y., R., M. N. (2007). Personalization and differentiation as moderators of triggered displaced aggression towards out-group targets. European Journal of Social Psychology. Vol. 33, pp. 297-319.
  • Miller, N., Denson, T., Pedersen, W. (2006). The Displaced Aggression questionnaire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology/American Psychological Association. Vol. vol. 90, pp. 1032-1051.
  • Miller, N., Kenworthy, J., Canales, C., Stenstrom, D. (2006). Explaining the effects of crossed categorization on ethnocentric bias. Multiple social categorization: Processes, models and applications/Taylor and Francis. pp. p.160-188.
  • Miller, N., Pedersen, W., Bushman, B., Bonacci, A., Vasquez, E. (2005). Chewing on it can chew you up: Effects of rumination on triggered displaced agggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology/American Psychological Association. Vol. vol. 88, pp. 969-983.
  • Miller, N., Ensari, N. (2005). Prejudice and intergroup attributions: The role of personalization and performance feedback. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Vol. vol. 8, pp. 391-410.
  • Miller, N., Vasquez, E., Denson, T., Stenstrom, D., Pedersen, W. (2005). The moderating effect of trigger intensity on triggered displaced aggression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Vol. vol. 41, pp. pp. 61-67.
  • Miller, N., Othmer, S., Pollock, V. (2005). The subjective response to neurofeedback. Mind altering drugs: The science of subjective experience/Oxford University Press. pp. p.345-366.

Honors and Awards

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