Dr. Miller’s research examines life at the intersections of race, poverty, crime control, and social welfare policy. He has conducted fieldwork in Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Belgrade and Glasgow, and his research has been published widely across academic fields. His book based on 15 years of fieldwork and practice, titled Halfway Home, will be published in the fall of 2019 and he is launching a comparative study of punishment and social welfare policy in port cities along the transatlantic slave trade route. A native son of Chicago’s South Side, Dr. Miller received his PhD from Loyola University Chicago, an AM from the University of Chicago and a BA from Chicago State University.