Barbara D. Miller

Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
Director of GW's Culture in Global Affairs Research & Policy Program (CIGA)
E-mail barbar@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E St., 401-E / (202) 994-7257

Professor Miller is a cultural anthropologist with topical specialties in health, international development, gender, children, the household, cultural heritage, and policy; and regional expertise in South Asia.

Research

Professor Miller has done most of her research on gender and health issues in India. She has also studied rural development in Bangladesh, low-income household budgeting and taxation policy in Jamaica, and Hindu adolescents in Pittsburgh.

Current Research Projects

1. Gender inequality and child sex ratios in India.
2. Health and illness patterns cross-culturally especially as affected by rapid development and population movements.
3. The role of culture in international policy and programs.
4. Health effects of popular participation in cultural heritage programs.

Selected Publications

For Dr. Miller's CV, click here.

Books

2009	Miller, B.D. Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World, 2nd ed. [Textbook highlighting globalization and culture] Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/McGraw Hill.
2009	Miller, B.D. Cultural Anthropology. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/McGraw Hill.
2008	Miller, B.D. Anthropology. [Four-field textbook] 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/McGraw Hill.
1998	Hiltebeitel, A., and B.D. Miller, eds. Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures. Albany: SUNY Press.
1997	Miller, B.D. The Endangered Sex: Neglect of Female Children in Rural North India. 2nd ed. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
1993	Miller, B.D., ed. Sex and Gender Hierarchies. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Dr. Miller is series editor of Anthropology Works (Pearson). The first volume is Festival Elephants and the Myth of Global Poverty by Glynn Cochrane.

Articles and Book Chapters

[2010]	"Putting people first to strengthen cultural heritage advocacy" in Cultural Heritage Management: Policies and Issues in Global Perspective. Phyllis Messenger and George S. Smith, eds. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. (In press)
2007	"Anthropology." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed.
2001	"Female-selective abortion in Asia: Patterns, policies and debates," American Anthropologist 103(4):1083-1095. [Reprinted in Elizabeth Fischer, ed., Comparative Studies in Medical Anthropology, New York: Prentice Hall.]

Courses Taught

Anth 002: Intro. to Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 154: Illness, Healing, and Culture
Anth 220: Anthropology of Development
Anth 221: Key Variables in the Development Process
Anth 222: Population, Health and Development in India
Anth 222: Migration and Mental Health
Anth 222: Culture, Risk and Security
Anth 224: Internship in Development Anthropology
Anth 254: Medical Anthropology

Education

Ph.D. 1978, Syracuse University
M.A. 1974, Syracuse University
B.A. 1971, Syracuse University