Biography

Joanne M. Miller, Ph.D. (Ohio State University, 2000) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science & International Relations and in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. Dr. Miller is current serving as the President-Elect of the International Society of Political Psychology (her one-year Presidential term will begin July 2025). Dr. Miller is a political psychologist whose research focuses on the antecedents and consequences of belief in conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking, motivations for political participation, and media effects on public opinion. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, and has been published in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Political Psychology, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, and Politics & Gender. Her teaching interests include Political Psychology, Misinformation & Conspiracy Theories, Public Opinion, Survey Research Methods, and Causal Inference.

Publications

Enders, Adam, Casey Klofstad, Shane Littrell, Joanne M. Miller, Yannis Theocharis, Joseph Uscinski and Jan Zilinsky. 2024. “Left-Right Political Orientations Are Not Systematically Related to Conspiracism.” Political Psychology, online first.

Farhart, Christina E., Erin B. Fitz, Joanne M. Miller, and Kyle L. Saunders. 2023. “By Any Memes Necessary: Belief- and Chaos-Driven Motives for Sharing Conspiracy Theories on Social Media.” Research & Politics, 10(3): 20531680231193514.

Enders, Adam, Christina E. Farhart, Joanne M. Miller, Joseph Uscinski, Kyle L. Saunders, and Hugo Drochon. 2023. “Are Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories?” Political Behavior, 45, 2001-2024. 

Peterson, David A. M., Joanne M. Miller, Kyle L. Saunders, and Scott D. McClurg. 2022. “Macrointerest.” British Journal of Political Science. 52(1), 200-220. doi:10.1017/S0007123420000356 

Miller, Joanne M. 2020. “Psychological and Situational Factors Combine to Boost COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 327-334.