Ken Miller, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Pomona College Mason Hall 103c 550 Harvard Avenue Claremont, CA 91711 Office Phone: (909) 607-3757 Email: Ken.Miller@pomona.edu Office Hours Fall 2007: Tues 3-4, Wed 11-12			Current and Past Research Projects Courses: Fall 2007 PSYC 131     Abnormal Psychology PSYC 180B  Clinical Psychology     Abbreviated CV Sites Related to the Well-Being of Refugees and other War-Affected Populations

To see photos from my work in Afghanistan, click here.

To see an APA Monitor article regarding the Afghanistan project, click here
 

Welcome to my home page. Please see the various links below that will connect you to course-related materials, an abbreviated version of my CV, a description of ongoing and recently completed research projects, and a variety of web sites related to refugee well-being. 

• Teaching: I teach undergraduate courses in clinical and community psychology. I am particularly interested in critical pedagogy, and in examining the role of values in classroom settings.
   
• Research: I am interested in understanding the psychological and psychosocial needs  of communities affected by armed conflict. I am also interested in identifying and developing community-based interventions that facilitate processes of healing and adaptation at multiple levels (individual, family, community) within such communities.  My approach to research and intervention is rooted in an ecological perspective that emphasizes collaboration and empowerment, and that views community members as collaborators in the design, implementation, and evaluation of research and intervention programs. Methodologically, I have a strong interest in research designs that integrate qualitative and quantitative methods.

On December 12, 2005, the world lost a joyful and courageous soul. In this space, I honor the memory of Emma Carroll, a humanitarian aid worker whose courageous and innovative work with children in Afghanistan brought comfort, relief, and dignity to so many young people. I was among the many whose lives Emma touched and forever changed. On this two year anniversary of your death, Emma, you are greatly missed.

"Like the blossoms we are all dying. To know life in every breath, in every cup of tea..."   (The Last Samurai)

I am happy to announce the publication of The Mental Health of Refugees: Ecological Approaches to Refugee Mental Health. A table of contributing authors and their chapter titles can be found below.  The book is available from various booksellers or directly from http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/search/search.asp?search=mental+health+of+refugees

All royalties from the sales of this book are being donated to The Noor Education Center in Afghanistan, a community-based, empowerment-focused organization run by and for Afghan women.

Contributors and chapters include:

• Mason Hall 103c
• Phone: (909) 607-3757
• Fax:     (909) 621-8623
• Email: ken.miller@pomona.edu
• Office hours, Fall 2007: T 3-4, Wed 11-12 and by appointment

• Mason Hall rooms 8 and 9a