Lisa R. Miller

Associate Professor of Sociology

Curriculum Vitae
millerlr@eckerd.edu
Forrer 105
727-864-8513

Scholarship & Creative Works

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington

Biography

Lisa R. Miller earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University-Bloomington. Her teaching and research interests include gender, sexualities, intimate relationships, aging and the life course, health, and research methods. Her recent research examines complex changes in women’s sexual well-being as they age. Much of her other work focuses on the aging, health, and healthcare experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals, wherein she examines the nature and consequences of prejudice and discrimination against gender and sexual minorities.

Selected publications

  • Bastian, Savannah, Lisa R. Miller, and Laura Carpenter. 2025. “Heterosexual Women’s Pleasure Trajectories: How Aging Helps Undo Gendered Sexual Scripts.” Sociological Forum. 00: 1-16.
  • Miller, Lisa R. and Jaclyn A. Tabor. 2024. “The Life Course Perspective on Sexual Minorities: Implications for the Study of Homophobic Prejudice and Discrimination.” Sociology Compass 18: e13207
  • Miller, Lisa R. 2023. “Queer Aging: Older Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults’ Visions of Late Life.” Innovation in Aging. 7: igad021
  • Miller, Lisa R., Justin R. Garcia, and Amanda N. Gesselman. 2021. “Dating and Sexuality across the Life Course: The Interactive Effects of Aging and Gender.” Journal of Aging Studies 57: 100921.
  • Miller, Lisa R. 2018. “The Perils and Pleasures of Aging: How Women’s Sexualities Change across the Life Course.” The Sociological Quarterly. 60(3): 371-396.
  • Miller, Lisa R. and Eric Joy Denise. 2015. “The Social Costs of Gender Nonconformity for Transgender Adults: Implications for Discrimination and Health.” Sociological Forum 30 (3): 809-831.