Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Sarah Miller is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in joint appointment with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. An ethnographer who specializes in youth cultures, Miller’s work explores how adolescents navigate intersectional inequalities at school and on social media. She is the author of The Tolerance Generation: Growing Up Online in the Anti-Bullying Era (University of Chicago Press, 2026) which examines how teens grapple with bullying in the digital age and the industry designed to prevent it. Miller’s research has appeared in Gender & Society, Sexualities, and the Journal of Youth and Adolescence and received funding from the American Sociological Association, the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. Her next book project will focus on the impact of school shooting threats on young people’s social experiences of K-12 education. As a public sociologist, Miller has worked on a variety of initiatives focused on advancing adolescent health and sexuality education policy. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.