She also holds graduate appointments in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, the College of Information Sciences and Technology, and the Department of Surgery at Penn State. She earned her BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Miller has been recognized for her research in several ways including a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award and the James F. Will Career Development Professorship at Penn State.