Roles and Interests

Instructor

• Child & Adolescent Interventions
• Ethics & Professional Issues
• Advanced Lifespan Development

Clinical & Research Interests

Child Clinical Psychology, Juvenile Delinquency, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Behavioral Assessment and Treatment, Ethical and Legal Issues, Application of Behavioral Principles with Animal Behavior Problems, Animal Hoarding

Education

• PhD, West Virginia University, Child Clinical Psychology, 1993
• MA, West Virginia University, 1990
• BA, University of New Orleans, 1987

Professional Membership

• American Psychological Association (APA), Divisions 53 and 54
• Oregon Psychological Association (OPA)
• Licensed Psychologist in State of Oregon
• Board Certified in Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
• Member of Oregon Board of Psychologists (OBOP)

Selected Recent Publications/Presentations (*denotes student author)

Miller, C. A. (2026, June). Everything you ever wanted to know about ethics [Invited presentation]. The Hawaii Psychology Internship Consortium, virtual.

Antick, J., & Miller, C. A. (2026, May). Flipped classrooms: Challenges and opportunities [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association, Tacoma, WA, United States.

Greaves, D., Miller, C. A., Younkin, T., Vile, D., Bertoni, R., & Ballweber, B. (2026, April). Town hall: Oregon Board of Psychology. Oregon Psychological Association, Portland, OR, United States.

Miller, C. A. (2026, February). Senate Bill 789 update for psychologists. OPA Bulletin. https://members.opa.org/news/Details/senate-bill-789-is-now-in-effect-312508

Miller, C. A., & Miller, K. P. (2023, November). Applied improvisation for psychologists [Invited presentation]. A Home Within, Portland, OR, United States.

Miller, C. A., & Miller, K. P. (2023, November). Understanding animal hoarding: Pets, not objects [Invited Workshop]. Hoarding Connection of Cuyahoga County, Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS), virtual.

*Bailey, K. L., & Miller, C. A. (2022, March). Exploring the stability of cognitive performance in foster care youth: Implications for psychological assessment and intervention [Poster presentation]. Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT) Hawaii Summit, virtual.

Miller, C., Antick, J., Daniel, M., Hetrick, H., Michael, P., Pure-Bose, R., Schwartz, E., Tasker, T., & Zaman, A. (2023, March). How the PsyD program is helping address the mental health crisis in America [Poster presentation]. Presidential Investiture, Pacific University, Hillsboro, OR, United States.

*Grant, J., *Stead, J., & Miller, C. A. (2022, October). Trick or treat: The spooky side of the interweb [Poster presentation]. Center for Gender Equity Girls Today conference, Pacific University, Hillsboro, OR, United States.

*Pental, P., Miller, C. A., & Edwards-Leeper, L. (2021, April). A proposal for one-session treatment for blood-injection-injury phobia in transgender youth [Poster presentation]. Oregon Psychological Association Annual Conference, virtual.

*Masuret, M., Miller, C. A., & Clark, J. (2021, March). Exploring the use of facility dogs during forensic interviews with children [Poster presentation]. American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Annual Conference, virtual.

Miller, C. A., Lewis, E., & Wood, K. (2020, November). Animal hoarding: Issues in family law cases [Webinar]. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) in conjunction with the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), virtual.

Workgroup on a Toolkit about Parental Physical Discipline. (2020). How to talk about parents hitting kids: A toolkit for community messengers [Pilot]. Report of the American Psychological Association, Division 37, Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice.