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Michelle A. Miller-Day

 


Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Faculty affiliate with the Center for Human Development and Family Research

Office: 223 Sparks Building

 

 

Telephone: (814) 865-3826

Fax: (814) 863-7986
E-mail: mam32@psu.edu


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EDUCATION:


  • B.A., University of Southern California, 1982 (Counseling Psychology and Communication)
  • M.F.A., University of Southern California, 1985 (Theater)
  • M.A., Arizona State University, 1987 (Communication)
  • Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1995 (Communication)

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:


Dr. Michelle Miller-Day’s research examines interpersonal and family communication variables related to problem behavior such as substance abuse and suicide.  The  Pennsylvania State University’s Qualitative Research Group is organized under the direction of Dr. Miller-Day and she is currently the Principle Qualitative Investigator of a National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] funded line of research—the Drug Resistance Strategies Project and has served as the primary qualitative methodologist for this research for the past 20 years. This work has developed one of the most successful evidence-based substance use prevention programs in the United States (see SAMSHA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Prevention and Practice).

 

Dr. Miller-Day is the author of three published books, numerous articles in professional journals such as the Journal of Family Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Dr. Miller-Day's research has been highlighted in the popular press in outlets such as Glamour Magazine and Redbook. Additionally, she has held leadership positions in both the Family Communication and Applied Communication Divisions of the National Communication Association.


 

COURSES:

 

CAS 403: Interpersonal Communication Theory & Research
CAS 405: Family Communication Theory & Research
CAS497:  Mother-Daughter Communication
CAS 555: Interpersonal Communication
CAS 556: Relational Communication
CAS 558: Family Communication
CAS 562: Qualitative Research Methods

 

RESEARCH AREAS:


Adolescent relationships and drug use
Family communication as a protective and risk factor
Mother-adult daughter communication
Alternative (re)presentations of scholarly research

 

FACULTY RECENT PUBLICATIONS:


• Miller-Day, M., & Davis, J. L. (2006). Perceptions of parental communication orientation,
perfectionism, and disordered eating behaviors of sons and daughters. Health Communication, 19(2), 153-163.
• Miller-Day, M. & Fisher, C. (2006). Communication in mother-adult daughter relationships. In K. Floyd
and M. Morman (Eds.) Widening the family circle: New research on family communication. NewburyPark, CA: Sage.
•Elek, E., Miller-Day, M., & Hecht, M. L. (2006). Influences of personal, injunctive, and descriptive
norms on early adolescent substance use. Journal of Drug Issues, 42 (4), 143-168.
•Miller-Day, M. (2006). Talking with children about alcohol and drugs. Family Focus: National Council on Family Relations Quarterly, 58.
•Miller-Day, M. (2005). U.S. Parent-Offspring Discourse about Alcohol and Other Drugs. Language and Communication Journal, 10, 10-18.
• Miller-Day, M. (2004). Communication among grandmothers, mothers, and adult daughters: A qualitative study of women across three generations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
publishing.