Joshua Miller

The third edition of Joshua Miller’s co-authored book, Racism in the United States: Implications for Social Work Practice was published in 2022 and his book Psychosocial Responses to Sociopolitical Targeting, Oppression and Violence was published in 2023. He is also the author of Psychosocial capacity building in response to disasters.

In addition to his academic work, Miller has responded to, consulted to and written about many disasters including 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Aurora shootings, the Asian tsunami, the Haitian earthquake, armed conflict in Northern Uganda, the Sichuan Province earthquake in China, flooding in Calgary, the Boston Marathon bombing and the elementary school tragedy in Newtown, Conn. He volunteers for a team that offers crisis intervention responses to firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians after tragedies; is a clinician with the Crisis Care Network; and partners with local NGOs when responding to major disasters internationally.

Prior to teaching, Miller spent 20 years as a community organizer, family therapist, group worker and researcher, and was the director of public and private nonprofit child and family welfare agencies.

At Smith, Miller taught M.S.W., courses on psychosocial responses to disasters as well as a course about integrating positive psychology into clinical practice. He co-facilitated a seminar for professors during the summer and practicum seminar leaders during the academic year called Pedagogy and Diversity. Miller worked with undergraduate students who have DACA status or are undocumented, as well as supporting asylum seekers.