Dr. Elizabeth Miller

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Elizabeth Miller is a Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Brown University, where she has been teaching since 2019. Prior to her position at Brown, she served as an Assistant Professor at Yale University from 2015 to 2019 and was a permanent Lecturer at the University of Birmingham in the UK from 2014 to 2015. She earned her PhD from Harvard University in 2014. Her research primarily focuses on metaphysics and the philosophy of science, with recent interests in topics such as explanation, reduction, laws of nature, locality, place ontology, and scientific theorizing. At Brown, she teaches courses related to philosophy and physics, including areas such as modern science and human values, introduction to philosophy of physics, advanced topics in philosophy of quantum mechanics, and reductionism. She has a background in both philosophy and physics, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to academic inquiry.

Research Interests

Courses

PHIL 0060 - Modern Science and Human Values PHIL 0600 - Introduction to Philosophy of Physics PHIL 0990Y - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics PHIL 0991Q - Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Physics PHIL 1283 - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics PHIL 1775 - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics PHIL 2011A - Reductionism PHIL 2700 - Year Workshop

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics