Dr. Angela Miller
PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Professor
Director, PhD in Education
Research Methodology
Contact Information
Phone: (703) 993-5590
Email: amille35 (@gmu.edu)
George Mason University
Fairfax Campus
West Building 2104
4400 University Dr.
MS 6D2
Fairfax, VA 22030
Curriculum Vitae
Profile
Angela Miller is a Professor in Research Methods and Educational Psychology. She earned her Interdisciplinary PhD in Mathematics & Statistics / Education in 2006 and her MA in Educational Research and Psychology in 2001, both from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She also has a MA in French Language and Literature and a BA in French Language / Economics from the University of Kansas.
Her work is focused on the application of statistical analyses to social science research problems. Her research investigates students’ perceptions of their teachers and how these perceptions influence student motivation within the classroom context. She has published in journals such as Contemporary Educational Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Teacher and Teacher Education, and Theory into Practice.
Dr. Miller primarily teaches doctoral-level courses in advanced statistics, but she also teaches master-level research methods classes. Some of these classes include Hierarchical Linear Modeling (EDRS 830), Quantitative Methods in Educational Research (EDRS 811), and Problems and Methods in Education Research (EDRS 810).
Dr. Miller was awarded the George Mason University Faculty Teaching Excellence award in 2017 and the John Toups Presidential Medle for Faculty Excellence in Teaching in 2025.
Before George Mason, Dr. Miller was an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology from 2006 – 2008 at the University of Kentucky and a Research Assistant Professor from 2008 – 2012 in the Research Design and Analysis (RDA) unit of the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas. Her K-12 teaching experience includes one year teaching middle school in Plano, Texas and six years teaching high school in North Kansas City, Missouri.
Research Interests
Dr. Millers research focuses on student motivation in the classroom context and has two main themes: (a) the impact of teacher behaviors and classroom characteristics on student motivation, specifically examining these factors from the student perspective and (b) the associated methodological issues with nested data (e.g. students with classrooms) and using student perception data to characterize the classroom environment.
Recent Publications
(* denotes current or former student; ^ denotes methodological contribution only)
^Brown, F.*, Fields, J.*, Jagim, A., Miller, A. D., Baker, R., & Jones, M.J. (in press) Relationship between individual workload, training impulse, and game performance in women’s collegiate basketball athletes. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research.
^Burke, A. A.*, Miller, A. D., & Jones, M.J. (in press). Role-based pitching variability: Linking neuromuscular performance to fastball velocity in collegiate baseball starter and reliever pitchers. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research.
^Burke, A.A.*, Saine, N.D.*, King, E. L.*, Fields, J. B.*, Jagim, A. R., Miller, A. D., Green, B. C., & Jones, M.T. (2026). Longitudinal modeling of pitching workload and countermovement jump performance as determinants of fastball velocity and consistency in collegiate baseball pitchers. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000005602
^Raffegeau, T.E., Prudhome, D.*, Poretti, K.*, Souri, A.*, Mjavandze, E., S.*, Miller, A., Pope-Mitro, J.*, McDowell, J. & Tompkins, C. J. (2026). Gait differs during fast walking but not during dual-task walking between black and white older adult women. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 48, S46
^Martin, J.R., Miller, A. D., Lockie, R., & Caswell, S. (2026). An examination of racial and ethnic disparities in health-related physical fitness profiles of professional firefighters. Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.00000000000003707
^Magee, M. K.*, Miller, A. D., Fields, J. B., Jagim, A. R., Lockard, B., Stroiney, D., & Jones, M. T. (2026). Influence of individual traits on measurement differences in percent body fat. International Journal of Sports Medicine,47(08), 599-604. https://doi.10.1055/a-2785-7668
Wiese, K. R.*, Ambegaonkar, J. P., Martin, S. J., Hansen-Heneycutt, J., Pisay, P., Miller, A. D. (2025). Wearable biosensors to monitor workload in dancers: A systematic review. Journal of dance Medicine & Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/1089313X251381860.
^Martin, J. R., Toczko, M.*, Miller, A. D., & Caswell, S. V. (2025). Firefighter years: Mediating effect of years of services on physical fitness. Research Directs, Research in Health and Medicine, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.53520/rhm2025.104136
^Magee, M.K*., Fields, J. B.*, Miller, A. D., Jagim, A.R., Stroiney, D., Lockard, B., & Jones, M. T. (2025). A new estimation equation to assess body composition in an athletic population. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(1), 2504578. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2504578
Vomund, J.* & Miller, A.D. (2025) The promise and process of adaptive teacher empathy to support equity in diverse classrooms. Educational Psychologist, 60(2), 88-105.https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520
^Brown, F. S. A.*, Fields, J. B.*, Jagim, A. R., King, E. L., Baker, R., Miller, A. D., & Jones, M. T. (2024). Relationship of individual athlete external load, session rating of perceived exertion, and athlete playing status across a collegiate women’s basketball season. Sports, 12(12), 340. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120340
Biscardi, L. M.*, Miller, A. D., & Stroiney, D. A. (2024). Self-efficacy, effort, and performance perceptions enhance psychological responses to strength training in national collegiate athletic association division I athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 38(5), 898-905. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000004728
Gerasimova, D.*, Miller, A. D., & Hjalmarson, M. (2023). Conceptual and procedural teaching: Does one teaching approach moderate the relationship between the other teaching approach and algebra achievement? Educational Studies in Mathematics, 114(2), 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-023-10219-y
^Burke, A. A.*, ^Guthrie, B. M.*, Magee, M.*, Miller, A. D. & Jones, M.T. (2023) Revisiting the assessment of strength, power, and change of direction in collegiate football athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 37(8), 1623-1627. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000004441
Vomund, J.* & Miller, A. D. (2022) “Don’t smile until December”: bad advice based on the either-or fallacy. Theory into Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2022.2107342
Campus Affiliations
Courses Taught This Semester
Other Courses Taught
- Internship in Educational Psychology (EDEP 794)
- Scholarly Project in Educational Psychology (EDEP 796)
- Directed Inquiry in Educational Psychology (EDEP 798)
- Thesis in Educational Psychology (EDEP 799)
- Research Project: Analyzing your Data and Disseminating Findings (EDEP 824)
- Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis (EDRS 220)
- Educational and Psychological Measurement (EDRS 531)
- Education Research (EDRS 590)
- Quantitative Inquiry in Education (EDRS 620)
- Advanced Topics in Education (EDRS 797)
- Problems and Methods in Education Research (EDRS 810)
- Hierarchical Linear Modeling (EDRS 830)
- Structural Equation Modeling (EDRS 831)
- Special Topics in Research Methods (EDRS 897)
- Independent Study for the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (EDUC 897)
- Advanced Internship in Education (EDUC 994)
- Research Experience I (KINE 890)