EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Quantitative, Qualitative, & Psychometric Methods

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Department of Educational Psychology

Dissertation: Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental qualitative case study of mixed methods research in South Africa

Supervisor: John W. Creswell

2015

International Program for Development & Evaluation Training

(Core Certificate)

Carleton University in collaboration with the World Bank

2009

M.S.: Survey Research & Methodology

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Minor: Cultural Anthropology)

2009

Certificate in Principles of Marketing Research

University of Georgia

2006

M.Mus.: Group Piano Pedagogy

University of Illinois

1986

B.A.: Music Education

Olivet Nazarene University

1984

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Independent Consultant (Integrated Methodology & Mentoring, Lincoln NE)

Didactically consult on design, implementation, and interpretation of methodological continua, engaging particularly with cultural complexity.

University of Nebraska College of Medicine: Analysis of Focus Groups

University of Nebraska College of Medicine: Sub-Saharan educational case study

University of Nebraska College of Medicine: Analysis of Student Written Reflection

Mindset, Middle East & North Africa: Design of ethnographic mixed methods

UNL Child Youth & Family Studies: Interviews

Community Action: Literature review

Hope International: Mixed methods design for microfinance customer feedback

UNL Chemistry Department: STEM grounded theory analysis

70 writers from U.S. universities: Dissertation design, auditing, methodological mentorship, & editing

University of Michigan Institute for Social Research: Cross-Cultural Survey Guidelines

Pearson Higher Education: StatPak statistics widget

Sage Publishing: Ancillaries for Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (Creswell, 2013)

Harvard University & the University of Ghana: Tailored instrument design

The World Bank and International Business & Technical Consulting: Design of field-based portfolio evaluation

Directions Research: Data management for attitude & usage study

2019

2018-

2018-2020

2017-2018

2017

2017

2016

2015-2016

2013-

2012

2012

2012

2009

2009

2007

Research Assistant (UNL; part-time)

Nebraska Evaluation and Research Center: Qualitative & mixed methods consulting

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory: Data management

Office of Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research: Grounded theory analysis

Gallup Research Center: Cross-national questionnaire review & event history calendar analysis

2014-2015

2012-2013

2011

2007-2009

Intern (Graduate Level; full-time)

InterAmerican Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, Planning and Evaluation: Midterm evaluation design, implementation, & analysis

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Research Division: Analysis of event history calendar pretest

2011

2008

Marketing Researcher

Senior Data Analyst (Directions Research, Cincinnati OH; full-time)

Coordinated external data suppliers and internal principal investigators

Edited data for senior research scientists across client teams

Programmed complex statistical tabulations across survey designs

Provided consultation to statistical analysts on data presentation

Budgeted project-level tabulation functions

2004-2007

Senior Project Director (Ipsos North America, Cincinnati OH; full-time)

Collaborated with Procter & Gamble marketing research standards group

Coached project managers on global questionnaire design

Audited questionnaires & data deliverables

Mentored data processing and client service colleagues in data logic

Led use of proprietary client software & website

Programmed data editing and tabulations for a range of modes

Authored basic online surveys

1998-2004

Data Processor (Opinion Research Corporation, Toledo OH; full-time)

Created data deliverables across client industries

Trained and supervised part-time data quality assurance staff

1995-1998

Research Assistant (Opinion Research Corporation, Princeton NJ; full-time)

Designed questionnaires

Assisted with maintenance of panel database

1993-1994

TEACHING, TRAINING, & MENTORING EXPERIENCE

Dissertation Committee Member

Committee Chair (Doane University, EdD dissertations)

Jessop, K. L. (2018). Parental perceptions of preparation and readiness for meaningful engagement in the initial IEP meeting: The case of Mid-Town School District

Thompson, L. (2020). Surviving this together: The essence of student connection in an associate degree nursing program

Wilber Christensen, J. (2020). I felt like I was the whole room: Yoga nidra’s impact on student mindset at Boys High School

Bivin, W. (2022 anticipated). Self-identified attitudes about entrepreneurship as career path for young adults on the autism spectrum

Dissertation writing workshops (Doane University)

Methodological committee member (Doane University, Stellenbosch U)

Methodological consultation (60+ dissertations & theses)

2017-

2017-

2017-

2013-

Designer & Instructor of Record (Graduate Level)

Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, & Qualitative Case Study (University of Wyoming, doctoral level)

Survey Methodology (Doane University, EdD program, online, designed course)

2019

2016-

Co-Instructor (Graduate Level)

Qualitative Research Design (Doane University, EdD program)

Quantitative Research Design (Doane University, EdD program)

Qualitative Approaches to Educational Research (UNL, doctoral level)

Foundations of Educational Research (UNL, master’s level)

Introduction to Mixed Methods (University of Pretoria + UNL, doctoral level, designed course)

2016-

2016-2017

2015

2014

2013

Tutor/Mentor

Varsity Tutors (doctoral dissertations & graduate research courses)

Praxis CORE Exam (UNL)

Mentor of the Highly Gifted (Lincoln Public Schools)

2018-

2016

2019-2020

Teaching Assistant (Undergraduate Level)

Conversational English: Cultural & Historical Context (Xi’an University + UNL)

Statistical Methods (UNL, instructor of record)

Group Piano (University of Illinois, instructor of record)

2014

2011-2012

1985-1986

Substitute Teacher (PK-12; All Subjects, All Grades)

Lincoln Public Schools, NE

Kankakee Public Schools, IL

2009-2017

1987-1990

Music & Piano Instructor (Ages 3-73)

Westminster Conservatory of Westminster Choir College

Suzuki Music Association of Greater Chicago

St. Anne and St. George, IL Elementary Schools (K-8 Music)

1990-1993

1986-1990

1986-1988

PUBLICATIONS

Davis, D., Miller, D., Mrema, D., Matsoai, M., Mapetla, N., Raikes, A., & Burton, A. (submitted). Understanding perceptions of quality among early childhood education stakeholders in Tanzania and Lesotho: A multiple qualitative case study. International Journal of Educational Development.

Miller, D. R. (submitted). Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental qualitative case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches.

Honeycutt, K., & Miller, D. R. (2020 forthcoming). Learner metacognitive insights from writing professional clinical practicum reflections: An instrumental case study of a university-based MLS program. Journal of Allied Health.

Miller, D. R. (2020). Review of ‘Advances in comparative survey methods: Multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (3MC) by T.P. Johnson, B.-E. Pennell, I.A.L. Stoop, and B. Dorer’. Journal of Official Statistics, 36(1).

Miller, D. R., & Bustamante, C. (2016). Drawing mixed methods procedural diagrams. In A. J. Moeller, J. W. Creswell, & N. D. Saville (Eds.), The confluence of language assessment and mixed methods. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Miller, D. R. (2012). Adult third culture kids: Conceptualizing and measuring transculturation. Families in Global Transition Research Network Newsletter, 5(1), 8-15.

Miller, D. R. (2010). Review of 'Statistical methods for human rights' by J. Asher, D. I. Banks, and F. J. Scheuren'. Journal of Official Statistics, 26(1), 209-212.

Harkness, J. A., Edwards, B., Hansen, S. E., Miller, D. R., & Villar, A. (2010). Designing questionnaires for multipopulation research. In J. A. Harkness, M. Braun, B. Edwards, T. P. Johnson, L. E. Lyberg, P. P. Mohler, B.-E. Pennell & T. W. Smith (Eds.), Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (pp. 33-58). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Miller, D. R. (2008). Summary of observers’ reports from the re-engineered Survey of Income and Program Participation event history calendar field test (Vol. 2008-16, pp. 1-19). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau.

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Miller, D. R., & L. Hawley. Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental qualitative case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (April, 2016 – Washington, DC)

Miller, D. R. Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. Paper presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (May, 2015 – Urbana, IL)

Miller, D. R. Tacit cultural knowledge: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. Paper presented at the Mixed Methods International Research Conference (June, 2014 – Boston, MA)

Bustamante, C. & Miller, D. R. How to draw mixed methods procedural diagrams in mixed methods research. Presented for the Confluence of Language Assessment and Mixed Methods at the University of Cambridge (May, 2013 – Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Miller, D. R. We are a family case: The significance of formal and fictive family relationships for third culture kids in adulthood. Invited methodological discussion at the Families in Global Transition Conference (March, 2013 – Silver Spring, MD)

Miller, D. R. Toward communicative informed consent: Applications of discourse analysis for multi-population qualitative research. Grant-funded presentation at the Ethics Rupture: An Invitational Summit about Alternatives to Formal Research-Ethics Review (October, 2012 – Fredericton, NB)

Miller, D. R. African-centered thought on western objectification: Autoethnographic reflections. Paper presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (May, 2012 – Urbana, IL)

Miller, D. R. Cross-national comparative research: A synthesis of mixed methods designs. Paper presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (May, 2012 – Urbana, IL)

Miller, D. R. Toward communicative informed consent. Paper presented at the International Workshop of Cross-Cultural Survey Design & Implementation (March, 2012 – Washington, DC)

Miller, D. R., Steele, C., Bilgen, I., Belli, R. Health Status Measurement via Event History Calendars vs. Conventional Questionnaires: ‘Long Time, No Status Change’. Paper presented at the conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (May, 2009 – Hollywood, FL)

LOCAL & REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Miller, D. R. Introduction to research. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (September, 2018; Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Continuum of qualitative and quantitative research. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (December, 2017 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Introduction to research. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (September, 2017; Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Spectra of qualitative to quantitative research. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (September, 2016; Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Introduction to research. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (September, 2016; Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. ‘The colonizing perspective is gone’: Culturally-sensitive identity. Guest lecture: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Discourse Analysis Class (June, 2016 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. & Howell Smith, M. Mixed methods approaches to facilitate cultural understanding: A socio-ecological framework. Guest lecture: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, CYFS, MAP Academy: Methodology Applications Series (February, 2016 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Spectra of qualitative and quantitative research: Life cycle perspectives. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (December, 2015 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Introduction to research. Guest lecture: Doane University Professional Learning Community (December, 2015 - Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Political identity in the knowledge economy: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. Paper presented at the College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research and Creativity Fair (November, 2015 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Gemengde Metodes: An instrumental case study of mixed methods research in South Africa. Paper presented at College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research Conference (November, 2014 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Spectra of qualitative and quantitative research: Data collection and analysis. Presentation at Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometric Methods Research Seminar Series (October, 2014 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Afrikaans language lesson. Guest workshop: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Comparative Education Class (June, 2013 - Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. isiZulu language lesson. Guest workshop: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Comparative Education Class (May, 2013 - Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Cross-national comparative research: A synthesis of mixed methods designs. Paper presented at the College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research Conference University of Nebraska-Lincoln (November, 2011 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R. Lived experience at the intersection of culture and communicative research methodology. Invited discussion for Tea & Talk, an international women’s group (January, 2011 – Lincoln, NE)

Miller, D. R., Belli, R., Bilgen, I., Tang, G. Item non-response and measurement error in event history calendars via life course health status. Paper presented at the conference of the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research (November, 2008 - Chicago, IL)

REVIEWER EXPERIENCE

Journal of Global Mobility (peer review of articles submitted for publication) 2014-present

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Data Collection & Analysis

Confirmit, Dedoose, Express Scribe, E-Prime, f5, Google Forms, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Publisher, MAXQDA, Mplus, Nvivo, Qualtrics, Quantum, Quanvert, SAS, SPSS, novice SQL

Operating Platforms

DOS, Mac OS X, Unix/Linux, vi editor

Presentation Software

MS Visio, PowerPoint, Prezi

Learning Management Systems

Blackboard, Canvas

AWARDS

Christian Lieding Scholarship for Education Abroad

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2013

Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2012

David Pollock Scholarship

Families in Global Transition

2012

Edgren Fellowship

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2010

Quality Focus Award

Ipsos-NPD

2003

Integrity Award

Ipsos-NPD

2002

CROSS-CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC EXPERIENCE

Visited China

Taught conversational English to undergraduate students

Jun-Jul 2014

Lived in Costa Rica

Learned basic Spanish by immersion

Interned as evaluation consultant

Jun-Aug 2011

Lived in South Africa

Taught mixed methods; collected dissertation data

Learned Afrikaans by immersion (Junior Taalbond bilingual)

Jun-Aug 2013

1973-1980

Lived in Swaziland

Learned isiZulu by immersion

1962-1973

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