Jane E. Miller

Jane E. Miller, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. She previously held a Research Professor position at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. Her expertise spans quantitative reasoning, health services research, and child health policy, with a focus on healthcare access and socioeconomic disparities. Miller has authored influential books such as Making Sense of Numbers and The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers, emphasizing clear communication of quantitative research.

Education: B.A. in Economics (Williams College), M.A. and Ph.D. in Demography (University of Pennsylvania). She has held affiliations at Princeton University’s Center for Research on Child Well-Being and the Northwestern/Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research. Her awards include the William T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholar Award (2007), Aresty Research Center Mentor of the Year (2007), and Rutgers’ Leaders in Faculty Diversity Award (2010).

Research highlights include studies on New Jersey’s SCHIP program, family time burdens related to child healthcare, and undergraduate research training through Project L/Earn (2008–2018). Her recent work addresses spatial inequities in vaccination access and well-being in healthcare organizations. She teaches courses on data visualization, research methods, and communicating quantitative information.