Andrea L. Miller, Ph.D., J.D.
Andrea L. Miller, Ph.D., J.D., is a Senior Court Research Associate at the National Center for State Courts. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a licensed attorney in Minnesota. She sits on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Equality and the Broadening Representation, Inclusion, Diversity, and Global Equity (BRIDGE) Committee for the American Psychology-Law Society. She holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Dr. Miller’s expertise is in the social-psychological foundations of equity and inequity under the law and in the courts. Her research leverages social-cognitive and organizational science, histories of systemic injustices in society, and new technological innovations in the courts to redesign legal institutions and practices with the goal of promoting equity and equal justice. Recent and ongoing projects include: the Racial Justice Organizational Assessment Tool, The Evolving Science on Implicit Bias, and other racial equity resources for the courts; research on AI in the state courts and its implications for equity, case flow, and court organization; the new Access and Fairness survey for courts (CourTools Measure 1) and other access-to-justice initiatives; and educational materials for court personnel on implicit bias, systemic racism, cultural responsiveness, and other equity issues.
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