I am Renita Miller a recent Rice University Ph.D. in political science (May 2013). My research interests include political representation, race and ethnic politics, state politics, and public policy with an emphasis on education policy. My current research agenda focuses on understanding how race influences political deliberation and political leadership within state legislatures.
I recently accepted a position at Princeton University as a post-doctoral lecturer in the Princeton Writing program teaching Race, Gender and Representation beginning Fall 2013. Currently, I am the Carlos Cantu Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Associate at Texas A&M University in the Political Science Department (2012-2013). During the 2011-2012 academic year, I was a full time faculty assistant lecturer. I taught honors and general sections of state and local politics as well as Latino politics writing intensive courses. While at Rice, I taught an advanced minority politics course (Race and Public Policy) which examined minority group politics and how race structures contemporary U.S. politics.
My research affiliations include the Kinder Institute of Urban Research at Rice University and the Project for Equity, Representation, and Governance at Texas A&M University. I truly enjoy research, teaching and engaging with students.
Thanks for visiting,
Renita
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.