Biography

Ann Neville Miller has actively taught, researched and served in the field of communication for more than 25 years. Graduating with her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2005, she won the Gerald R. Miller dissertation award for her research on self-disclosure of positive diagnosis of HIV in Kenya. She has since established research programs on health communication, instructional communication, and scholarly productivity of communication faculty in sub-Saharan Africa. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed publications, and co-edited a scholarly volume. Dr. Miller teaches courses in health communication, persuasion, research methods, and intercultural communication. She has done research for the World Health Organization and has been awarded three Fulbright grants. Among her current research projects are a systematic review of the role of ethnic/racial/and cultural differences in patient-provider communication, and investigations into patient-provider communication at a university health center.