Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers University
Lisa Miller
Acting Director 2009-2010
Miller is an Associate Professor in Political Science. Her research and teaching interests are in law, social policy and racial inequality, specifically the politics of criminal punishment, the role of political institutions in maintaining inequality, and the political mobilization of racial minorities on crime and justice issues. She has written extensively on the development of crime and justice policy and legal frameworks in the United States and has also published research examining the inner workings of the federal criminal courts. Her most recent book, The Perils of Federalism: Race, Poverty and the Politics of Crime Control (Oxford University Press, 2008), explores the impact of American federalism on racial inequality and crime policy.
