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Amanda L. Miller's research program investigates educational equity and inclusive pedagogies, particularly for students with disabilities and students of color. Her work has explored critical discourse analysis in education, examining how educators' language can perpetuate or challenge inequities. Miller has also focused on developing disability-centered and culturally sustaining approaches in teacher education, aiming to transform educational practices to be more responsive to diverse student needs.
Her publications address the experiences of adolescents and adults with disabilities, including those labeled with intellectual disabilities, highlighting their perspectives on self-advocacy and transition processes. Miller has utilized qualitative methodologies, such as Photovoice, to expose how school environments and learning tools can contribute to the reproduction of inequities. Her scholarship advocates for centering the knowledge of marginalized communities, including disabled activists and scholars of color, to inform educational reform.
Miller's research has received federal funding, including a $76,500 grant from the NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse for studying novel metabolic pathways related to drugs of abuse. She has published 85 works with 964 citations and an h-index of 16. She collaborates with Caitlin N. Price at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom she shares two publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 16
- Publications: 85
- Citations: 964
Selected Publications
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Language-Appropriate Assessment Improves Central Auditory Processing Evaluation of Spanish–English Bilinguals (2025)
Federal Grants 1 $76,500 total
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Contact PI
Sep 2025 - Aug 2027
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Jennifer A. Kurth
University of Kansas (US)
6 shared publications
- Photovoice research with disabled girls of color: exposing how schools (re)produce inequities through school geographies and learning tools
- Teachers’ Insights on Cultivating Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Support Needs
- Rightful Presence? Teacher Candidates Navigating Inclusive Education for Youth With Complex Support Needs
- Photovoice and Cartography as Activist Tools:
- Chapter 7 Photovoice and Cartography as Activist Tools: Mining for Solutions with Disabled Girls of Color in One U.S. High School
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Courtney L. Wilt
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (US)
4 shared publications
- Performing color-evasiveness: A DisCrit analysis of educators’ discourse in the U.S.
- Teachers’ Insights on Cultivating Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Support Needs
- Rightful Presence? Teacher Candidates Navigating Inclusive Education for Youth With Complex Support Needs
- Forging Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education in Teacher Preparation
Holly Pearson
4 shared publications
- Toward disability-centered, culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education
- (Re)centering the Knowledge of Disabled Activists, Poverty Scholars, and Community Scholars of Color to Transform Education
- Unearthing and reconstructing schooling with multiply-marginalized disabled students through an intersectional sociospatial lens
- Critical Disability Studies and Critical Spatial Studies as Method
Mary Curran Mansouri
Arapahoe Community College (US)
3 shared publications
- Teachers’ Insights on Cultivating Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Support Needs
- Rightful Presence? Teacher Candidates Navigating Inclusive Education for Youth With Complex Support Needs
- Forging Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education in Teacher Preparation
Samantha Gross Toews
California State University, Northridge (US)
3 shared publications
- Teachers’ Insights on Cultivating Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Support Needs
- Rightful Presence? Teacher Candidates Navigating Inclusive Education for Youth With Complex Support Needs
- Forging Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education in Teacher Preparation
Mary E. Morningstar
Portland State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Teachers’ Insights on Cultivating Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Support Needs
- Rightful Presence? Teacher Candidates Navigating Inclusive Education for Youth With Complex Support Needs
- Forging Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education in Teacher Preparation
Chelsea Stinson
3 shared publications
- ‘We Persist in this Cycle’: A Critical Disability Raciolinguistic Analysis of Behavioral Policies for Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled
- Correction: ‘We Persist in this Cycle’: A Critical Disability Raciolinguistic Analysis of Behavioral Policies for Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled
- Grappling with the Tensions
Subini Ancy Annamma
2 shared publications
- Performing color-evasiveness: A DisCrit analysis of educators’ discourse in the U.S.
- Whose Parenting is Legitimate?
Saili S. Kulkarni
San Jose State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Toward disability-centered, culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education
- (Re)centering the Knowledge of Disabled Activists, Poverty Scholars, and Community Scholars of Color to Transform Education
Emily A. Nusbaum
University of California, Berkeley (US)
2 shared publications
- Toward disability-centered, culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education
- (Re)centering the Knowledge of Disabled Activists, Poverty Scholars, and Community Scholars of Color to Transform Education
Lydia X. Z. Brown
John Brown University (US)
2 shared publications
- Toward disability-centered, culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education
- (Re)centering the Knowledge of Disabled Activists, Poverty Scholars, and Community Scholars of Color to Transform Education
Lindsay Ruhter
University of Kansas (US)
2 shared publications
- Teachers’ Insights on Cultivating Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Support Needs
- Forging Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education in Teacher Preparation
Valentina Migliarini
University of Birmingham (GB)
2 shared publications
- ‘We Persist in this Cycle’: A Critical Disability Raciolinguistic Analysis of Behavioral Policies for Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled
- Correction: ‘We Persist in this Cycle’: A Critical Disability Raciolinguistic Analysis of Behavioral Policies for Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled
Caitlin N. Price
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Assessing central auditory processing in bilinguals’ native language yields more accurate results
- Language-Appropriate Assessment Improves Central Auditory Processing Evaluation of Spanish–English Bilinguals
Charia Hall
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
2 shared publications
- Assessing central auditory processing in bilinguals’ native language yields more accurate results
- Language-Appropriate Assessment Improves Central Auditory Processing Evaluation of Spanish–English Bilinguals
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