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Dr. William Omari Miller

Associate Professor of Sociology
Teaching Area(s)
Sociology and Anthropology
Education
DLitt and Phil, Multi/Inter/Transdisciplinary Studies, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria
JD, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University
MA, University of Missouri, St. Louis
BA, Principia College
Contact
618.374.5511
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William Miller's areas of expertise are law, sociology, and conflict resolution. In addition, he serves as faculty advisor to the Black Student Union and Amnesty International group. Along with his classes at Principia, Miller teaches graduate courses on social justice and human diversity at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and he teaches sociology at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois. 

Scholarly Interests

  • "Race"
  • Gender
  • Human rights law and advocacy
  • Women’s studies
  • Social justice
  • African American cultural history
  • Criminal law
  • Criminology
  • Peace and conflict studies

Contributions to Field

  • Principia abroads to Peru and Barbados
  • Workshops and seminars at the Afrocentric Conference in Cairo, Egypt, and the International Sociological Association in Athens, Greece
  • Dissertation Seminar in Tshwane, South Africa

Memberships and Affiliations

  • International Bar Association: Human Rights Institute
  • National Bar Association: International Law
  • American Sociological Association
  • Missouri Sociological Association, president

Publications and Presentations

Miller has presented papers at conferences and workshops on “race,” gender, social justice, and human rights for the National Organization of Women (Alton Chapter) and the International Sociological Association in Athens, Greece. He was also a guest on The Mother Church’s Time4Thinkers LIVE Internet radio program “Inspired Social Justice.”

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