Laura L Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura L Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura L |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER L L |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4372-3212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Design Challenge for Transforming Justice
Transforming Justice is a collaborative project that aims to challenge the dominant narratives of policing and segregation in Milwaukee through community workshops, visual arts and storytelling, and experimental mapping. This Practices and Curations contribution describes one of the project’s collaborations, a design challenge, that aimed to create and imagine new ways of visualizing (in)justice and place in Milwaukee. Engaging feminist principle…
Moskos, Charles (1934–2008)
Charles C. Moskos (1934–2008) was a highly influential and internationally recognized sociologist who helped develop the field of military sociology through his scholarship, teaching, mentorship, prolific writing, organizational leadership, public policy engagement, and lectures in numerous civilian and military institutions in the United States and abroad. Moskos's most significant research focused on the American enlisted experience, social int…
The Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities Program: Recommendations for an Internal Monitoring System
This report outlines a strategy for the U.S. Department of Defense Military Community and Family Policy office to establish an internal monitoring system for a portfolio of initiatives under the Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program that aim to provide career development and employment assistance for military spouses. Internal monitoring is a way to document and track progress of early outcomes and pinpoint needed midterm corrections.
The anthropometry of children and adolescents may be influenced by the prenatal smoking habits of their grandmothers: A longitudinal cohort study
OBJECTIVES: Previously, in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), we have shown different sex-specific birth anthropometric measurements contingent upon whether or not prenatal smoking was undertaken by paternal grandmother (PGM±), maternal grandmother (MGM±), and the study mother (M±). The findings raised the question as to whether there were long-term associations on the growth of the study children over time. METHODS: Me…
Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members
U.S. policy banning openly gay and lesbian personnel from serving in its military rests on the belief that heterosexual discomfort with lesbian and gay service members in an integrated environment would degrade unit cohesion and readiness. To inform this policy, data from a 2006 survey of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are analyzed in this study. Views of these war veterans are consistent with prior surveys of military personnel showing declin…
Regional differences in multidimensional aspects of health: Findings from the MRC cognitive function and ageing study
Self-perceived health does not show marked variation with age or sex, but does across centre even after adjustment for impairment burden. There is considerable centre variation in self-reported functional impairment but not cognitive impairment. Only variation in self-perceived health relates to the ranking of life expectancy. These data confirm that quite considerable differences in life experience exist across regions of the UK beyond basic lif…
From Adversaries to Allies: Relief Workers' Attitudes Toward the US Military
Feminism and the exclusion of army women from combat
New Opportunities for Military Women: Effects upon Readiness, Cohesion, and Morale
The role of women in the military has steadily been increasing since the early 1970s. The most recent changes occurred between 1992 and 1994, when both legislative and policy changes expanded opportunities for women. Congress has taken a keen interest in this process, and the House report for the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 included as a special interest item a direction to the Secretary of Defense to evaluate the performance o…
Not Just Weapons of the Weak: Gender Harassment as a Form of Protest for Army Men
perceptions. Structural analyses that divide the population into the powerful and the powerless are further limited because they do not account for coexisting multiple hierarchies of power. Individuals can simultaneously enjoy privilege and face disadvantages according to race, gender, age, occupation, and position within an organization. Although the Army apparently has made some headway in deterring overt sexual harassment, some men still may r…
To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African American Wacs Stationed Overseas during World War II
would have climbed up a mountain to get on the list [to serve overseas]. We were going to do our duty. Despite all the bad things that happened, America was our home. This is where was born. It was where my mother and father were. There was a feeling of wanting to do your part. --Gladys Carter, member of the 6888th To Serve My Country, to Serve my Race is the story of the historic 6888th, the first United States Women's Army Corps unit composed o…
Do Soldiers Hate Peacekeeping? The Case of Preventive Diplomacy Operations in Macedonia
Military personnel presumably resist missions that diverge from their primary goal of fighting and winning wars. Little attention has been paid to reasons why they might accept or even benefit from peacekeeping service. Interviews and surveys with U.S. Army personnel deployed to Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia reveal mixed feelings. Many soldiers find that even a relatively quiet operation such as this can offer training benefits for combat un…
Formation of injection frost mounds over winter 1995–1996 at barrow, Alaska
A group of ice‐cored frost mounds formed during the winter of 1995–1996 near Barrow, Alaska in a drained thaw‐lake basin. Over 20 mounds, ranging from 5 to 20 m across, were observed in mid‐August 1996. Standing about 40 cm above the marsh surface, the surface vegetation was dead and the stems and roots encased within ice. Dead plant parts, released by ablation of the mound surface, provided an effective thermal insulator and preserved the featur…
Humanitarians or Warriors: Race, Gender, and Combat Status in Operation Restore Hope
Operation Restore Hope was a confusing mission for American soldiers. Trained aswarriors, they were thrust into a humanitarian mission. Expecting to distribute food tograteful Somalis, they were attacked instead by the locals and were limited to security and guard duty. Soldiers' attitudes evolved through three stages: high expectations, disillusionment, and reconsideration. In the last stage, soldiers adopted one of two frameworks to cope with t…
Not Just Weapons of the Weak: Gender Harassment as a Form of Protest for Army Men
perceptions. Structural analyses that divide the population into the powerful and the powerless are further limited because they do not account for coexisting multiple hierarchies of power. Individuals can simultaneously enjoy privilege and face disadvantages according to race, gender, age, occupation, and position within an organization. Although the Army apparently has made some headway in deterring overt sexual harassment, some men still may r…
Humanitarians or Warriors: Race, Gender, and Combat Status in Operation Restore Hope
Operation Restore Hope was a confusing mission for American soldiers. Trained aswarriors, they were thrust into a humanitarian mission. Expecting to distribute food tograteful Somalis, they were attacked instead by the locals and were limited to security and guard duty. Soldiers' attitudes evolved through three stages: high expectations, disillusionment, and reconsideration. In the last stage, soldiers adopted one of two frameworks to cope with t…
New Opportunities for Military Women: Effects upon Readiness, Cohesion, and Morale
The role of women in the military has steadily been increasing since the early 1970s. The most recent changes occurred between 1992 and 1994, when both legislative and policy changes expanded opportunities for women. Congress has taken a keen interest in this process, and the House report for the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 included as a special interest item a direction to the Secretary of Defense to evaluate the performance o…
Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members
U.S. policy banning openly gay and lesbian personnel from serving in its military rests on the belief that heterosexual discomfort with lesbian and gay service members in an integrated environment would degrade unit cohesion and readiness. To inform this policy, data from a 2006 survey of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are analyzed in this study. Views of these war veterans are consistent with prior surveys of military personnel showing declin…
Do Soldiers Hate Peacekeeping? The Case of Preventive Diplomacy Operations in Macedonia
Military personnel presumably resist missions that diverge from their primary goal of fighting and winning wars. Little attention has been paid to reasons why they might accept or even benefit from peacekeeping service. Interviews and surveys with U.S. Army personnel deployed to Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia reveal mixed feelings. Many soldiers find that even a relatively quiet operation such as this can offer training benefits for combat un…
Feminism and the exclusion of army women from combat
From Adversaries to Allies: Relief Workers' Attitudes Toward the US Military
A Design Challenge for Transforming Justice
Transforming Justice is a collaborative project that aims to challenge the dominant narratives of policing and segregation in Milwaukee through community workshops, visual arts and storytelling, and experimental mapping. This Practices and Curations contribution describes one of the project’s collaborations, a design challenge, that aimed to create and imagine new ways of visualizing (in)justice and place in Milwaukee. Engaging feminist principle…
Humanitarians or Warriors: Race, Gender, and Combat Status in Operation Restore Hope
Operation Restore Hope was a confusing mission for American soldiers. Trained aswarriors, they were thrust into a humanitarian mission. Expecting to distribute food tograteful Somalis, they were attacked instead by the locals and were limited to security and guard duty. Soldiers' attitudes evolved through three stages: high expectations, disillusionment, and reconsideration. In the last stage, soldiers adopted one of two frameworks to cope with t…
Formation of injection frost mounds over winter 1995–1996 at barrow, Alaska
A group of ice‐cored frost mounds formed during the winter of 1995–1996 near Barrow, Alaska in a drained thaw‐lake basin. Over 20 mounds, ranging from 5 to 20 m across, were observed in mid‐August 1996. Standing about 40 cm above the marsh surface, the surface vegetation was dead and the stems and roots encased within ice. Dead plant parts, released by ablation of the mound surface, provided an effective thermal insulator and preserved the featur…
Not Just Weapons of the Weak: Gender Harassment as a Form of Protest for Army Men
perceptions. Structural analyses that divide the population into the powerful and the powerless are further limited because they do not account for coexisting multiple hierarchies of power. Individuals can simultaneously enjoy privilege and face disadvantages according to race, gender, age, occupation, and position within an organization. Although the Army apparently has made some headway in deterring overt sexual harassment, some men still may r…
To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African American Wacs Stationed Overseas during World War II
would have climbed up a mountain to get on the list [to serve overseas]. We were going to do our duty. Despite all the bad things that happened, America was our home. This is where was born. It was where my mother and father were. There was a feeling of wanting to do your part. --Gladys Carter, member of the 6888th To Serve My Country, to Serve my Race is the story of the historic 6888th, the first United States Women's Army Corps unit composed o…
Do Soldiers Hate Peacekeeping? The Case of Preventive Diplomacy Operations in Macedonia
Military personnel presumably resist missions that diverge from their primary goal of fighting and winning wars. Little attention has been paid to reasons why they might accept or even benefit from peacekeeping service. Interviews and surveys with U.S. Army personnel deployed to Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia reveal mixed feelings. Many soldiers find that even a relatively quiet operation such as this can offer training benefits for combat un…
Feminism and the exclusion of army women from combat
New Opportunities for Military Women: Effects upon Readiness, Cohesion, and Morale
The role of women in the military has steadily been increasing since the early 1970s. The most recent changes occurred between 1992 and 1994, when both legislative and policy changes expanded opportunities for women. Congress has taken a keen interest in this process, and the House report for the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 included as a special interest item a direction to the Secretary of Defense to evaluate the performance o…
From Adversaries to Allies: Relief Workers' Attitudes Toward the US Military
Regional differences in multidimensional aspects of health: Findings from the MRC cognitive function and ageing study
Self-perceived health does not show marked variation with age or sex, but does across centre even after adjustment for impairment burden. There is considerable centre variation in self-reported functional impairment but not cognitive impairment. Only variation in self-perceived health relates to the ranking of life expectancy. These data confirm that quite considerable differences in life experience exist across regions of the UK beyond basic lif…
Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members
U.S. policy banning openly gay and lesbian personnel from serving in its military rests on the belief that heterosexual discomfort with lesbian and gay service members in an integrated environment would degrade unit cohesion and readiness. To inform this policy, data from a 2006 survey of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are analyzed in this study. Views of these war veterans are consistent with prior surveys of military personnel showing declin…
The anthropometry of children and adolescents may be influenced by the prenatal smoking habits of their grandmothers: A longitudinal cohort study
OBJECTIVES: Previously, in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), we have shown different sex-specific birth anthropometric measurements contingent upon whether or not prenatal smoking was undertaken by paternal grandmother (PGM±), maternal grandmother (MGM±), and the study mother (M±). The findings raised the question as to whether there were long-term associations on the growth of the study children over time. METHODS: Me…
The Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities Program: Recommendations for an Internal Monitoring System
This report outlines a strategy for the U.S. Department of Defense Military Community and Family Policy office to establish an internal monitoring system for a portfolio of initiatives under the Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program that aim to provide career development and employment assistance for military spouses. Internal monitoring is a way to document and track progress of early outcomes and pinpoint needed midterm corrections.
Moskos, Charles (1934–2008)
Charles C. Moskos (1934–2008) was a highly influential and internationally recognized sociologist who helped develop the field of military sociology through his scholarship, teaching, mentorship, prolific writing, organizational leadership, public policy engagement, and lectures in numerous civilian and military institutions in the United States and abroad. Moskos's most significant research focused on the American enlisted experience, social int…
A Design Challenge for Transforming Justice
Transforming Justice is a collaborative project that aims to challenge the dominant narratives of policing and segregation in Milwaukee through community workshops, visual arts and storytelling, and experimental mapping. This Practices and Curations contribution describes one of the project’s collaborations, a design challenge, that aimed to create and imagine new ways of visualizing (in)justice and place in Milwaukee. Engaging feminist principle…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Military personnel (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works)