Senior Research Scientist

Miller-Johnson’s program research broadly focuses on the development and prevention of adolescent problem behaviors. She has specific interests in girls and violence and studying the nature, antecedents, course, and mechanisms of aggression and antisocial behavior in girls. Other related interests include the contributory role of adolescents’ relationships (e.g., peers, romantic partners) in the development of problem behaviors and the co-occurrence of substance use and conduct problems.

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Virginia - 1991
• M.A. University of Virginia - 1986
• B.S., Summa Cum Laude University of Maryland - 1980

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Miller-Johnson, S., Underwood, M., Malone, P., Coie, J., & Lochman, J. (Submitted, under review). Trajectories of serious and non-serious delinquency among African American males and females.


2. Miller-Johnson, S., Moore, B.L., Underwood, M.K., & Coie, J.D. (2004). African American girls and physical aggression: Does stability of childhood aggression predict later negative outcomes?. In D. Pepler, K. Madsen, C. Webster, & K. Levene (Ed.).  The development and treatment of girlhood aggression (pp. 75-95). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate Publishers.


3. Bierman, K.L., Bruschi, C., Domitrovich, C., Fang, G., Miller-Johnson, S., & the Conduct Problems Pervention Research Group (2004). Early disruptive behaviors associated with emerging behavior among girls. In M. Putallaz & K.L. Bierman (Ed.).  Aggression, antisocial behavior, and violence among girls (pp. 137-161). New York: Guilford Press.


4. Miller-Johnson, S., & Costanzo, P. (2004). IF you can't beat'em....induce them to join you: Peer-based interventions during adolescense. In J.B. Kupersmidt and K.A. Dodge (Ed.).  Children's pper relations: From development to intervention to policy: A festschrift in honor of John D. Coie (pp. 209-222). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.


5. Miller-Johnson, S., Winn, D.C., Coie, J.D., Malone, P.S., & Lochman, J. (2004). Risk factors for adolescent pregnancy reports among African American males. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14, 471-495.

1. Involvement with delinquent peers and alcohol use in African-American and European-American middle school students, Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC, May 2005
2. Longitudinal outcomes among girls and boys at risk for early starting conduct problems, Presented at the Practice and Research Roundtable on Girls at Risk, Chapel Hill, NC, June 2005
3. Implications for research, Presented at the Practice and Research Roundtable on Girls at Risk, Chapel Hill, NC, June 2005
4. Grade-school patterns and trajectories associated with emerging antisocial behavior among girls, Paper presented at Aggression, antisocial behavior, and violence among girls: A developmental perspective, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, May 2002
5. Peer-based interventions to reduce problem behaviors during adolescence, Paper presented at the Festshrift in honor of John D. Coie, Children's peer relations: From development to prevention to policy, Durham, NC, May 2000

Grant Support

• Girls' aggression: Development, context, and process, National Institutes of Mental Health, K01 Career Development Grant, 01/01/2004 - 12/01/2008.      
• Development and Prevention of Substance Use Problems, National Institutes of Drug Abuse, R01, 10/01/2003 - 09/01/2008.      
• Duke Trans-Disciplinary Prevention Research Center, National Institutes of Drug Abuse, P20, 10/01/2003 - 09/01/2008.