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Will
Miller
is
assistant
professor
of
political
science
at
Southeast
Missouri
State
University.
He
received
his
doctorate
in
2010
in
public
administration
and
urban
studies
from
The
University
of
Akron
along
with
a
master’s
degree
in
applied
politics
(campaign
management
and
polling).
He
had
previously
earned
his
B.A.
from
the
Ohio
University
Honors
Tutorial
College
and
an
M.A.
in
political
science
also
from
Ohio.
He
focuses
his
studies
on
campaigns
and
elections,
public
opinion
toward
public
policy
(domestic
and
international),
and
the
pedagogy
of
political
science.
His
research
appears
in
Journal of Political Science Education,
Journal of Political Marketing,
Studies
in
Conflict
&
Terrorism,
and
Journal
of
Common
Market
Studies.
Book
chapters
have
been
included
in
Stephen
Craig
and
David
Hill’s
The
Electoral
Challenge
(CQ
Press)
and
John
Ishiyama
and
Marijke
Breuning’s
21st
Century
Political
Science
(Sage).
He
is
currently
working
on
four
book
projects:
Stuck
in
the
Middle
to
Lose:
Tea
Party
Effects
on
2010
U.S.
Senate
Elections
(Lexington
Books),
State
and
Local
Government
and
Politics:
Where
Government
Takes
Action
(National
Social
Science
Press),
The
Election’s
Mine—I
Draw
the
Line:
The
Political
Battle
over
Redistricting
at
the
State
Level
(Lexington
Books),
and
Taking
Sides:
Clashing
Views
on
Public
Administration
&
Policy.
Media
interviews
have
included
the
St.
Petersburg
Times,
Fox
24
Macon,
The
Examiner,
and
Caracas’
El
Nacional.
He
has
also
presented
over
40
conference
presentations.
In
the
classroom,
Dr.
Miller
teaches
MPA
courses
on
Public
Policy
Analysis,
Grants
&
Fundraising,
and
Emergency
&
Disaster
Management.
At
the
undergraduate
level,
he
teaches
American
Government,
Scope
&
Methods
of
Political
Science,
Parties,
Voting,
and
Elections,
and
the
American
Presidency.
He
has
previously
taught
Politics
&
Media,
Comparative
Politics,
State
and
Local
Government,
Campaign
Battleground,
Congress,
Introduction
to
Public
Administration,
Issues
in
American
Politics,
Introduction
to
Political
Theory,
Parties
&
Interest
Groups,
Campaign
Management,
and
Urban
Politics
at
Notre
Dame
College
and
Ohio
University.
Away
from
the
classroom,
Dr.
Miller
has
served
as a
non-profit
advocate
throughout
his
life.
Miller
largely
grew
up
in
the
basement
of
the
Sojourner
House—an
abused
women’s
shelter
in
Youngstown,
OH—where
his
mother
served
as
child
advocate
for
seven
years.
During
the
past
five
years,
he
has
served
as
government
liaison
expert
and
policy
analyst
for
the
Ohio
Alliance
of
Recovery
Providers
(a
conglomerate
of
substance
abuse
treatment
providers).
In
his
efforts
with
OARP,
he
ran
donor
and
congressional
relations
along
with
writing
promotional
materials,
factual
white
papers,
and
fundraising
materials.
He
remains
a
member
of
the
Public
Policy
Committee
for
the
National
Association
of
Alcohol
and
Drug
Abuse
Counselors.
Further,
he
helped
evaluate
for
a
Community
Development
Block
Grant
in
Cleveland
that
examined
best
practices
in
HIV
education
effectiveness
through
the
Institute
for
Health
and
Social
Policy
at
The
University
of
Akron
and
the
College
of
Public
Health
at
Kent
State
University.
Through
this
project,
Dr.
Miller
helped
to
administer
and
evaluate
grants
in
conjunction
with
the
City
of
Cleveland
Health
Department.
He
currently
sits
on
the
boards
for
Cape
Area
Habitat
for
Humanity
(Director
of
Development),
United
Way
of
Southeast
Missouri,
and
the
Friends
of
the
Cape
Girardeau
Public
Library.
Dr.
Miller
has
also
served
as a
political
consultant
for
eleven
campaigns
in
the
past
five
years.
In
this
role,
Miller
has
assisted
in
fundraising,
website
development,
voter
targeting,
polling
(design
and
implementation),
and
overall
management
of
the
campaigns.
He
has
worked
across
both
sides
of
the
aisle
and
for
varying
levels
of
candidates.
Dr.
Miller
lives
in
Cape
Girardeau,
MO
with
his
wife—Jill—and
their
four
dogs
and
one
cat.
Away
from
work,
he
greatly
enjoys
cheering
for
the
Southeast
Missouri
State
Redhawks
and
his
alma
mater
Ohio
Bobcats.
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