Vice President for Research and Institutional Policy
Emily Miller has served at AAU since November 2012. As Vice President for Research and Institutional Policy at the Association of American Universities, she leads a department that conducts research and data analysis to understand issues of importance to research universities and advances systemic change initiatives with the association’s member universities. She staffs AAU’s Association of Graduate Schools (AGS) constituent groups and serves as liaison to the AAU Arts & Science Deans and AAU Data Exchange (AAUDE) groups.
Emily frequently represents AAU’s portfolio of work with other national associations, universities, professional and disciplinary societies, industry leaders, policymakers, federal agencies, and foundations working to improve undergraduate and graduate education and advance science and innovation.
Previously, Emily was a research and curriculum specialist for the Association for Community College Trustees and an assistant director of career services at Tufts University. Additionally, she worked in alumni relations at Harvard Business School and collaborated with the Association of Governing Boards.
Dr. Miller has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on evidence-informed innovations in undergraduate STEM and doctoral education; academic work and faculty reward structures; systemic organizational change at research universities; and multi-institutional strategies and approaches to advance equity and community in STEM disciplines.
Emily earned her PhD in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education from Michigan State University; MA in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education; and BA in Political Science from Gettysburg College.