Jane Elizabeth Miller | judgment and decision making scientist

Hi, I'm Jane.

I am a judgment-and-decision-making scientist who studies how lay people make, interpret, and communicate judgments under uncertainty and risk.

I recently received my PhD in Psychology from the University of Iowa, where I was a member of Dr. Paul Windschitl's Judgment, Decision, and Social Comparison Lab. You can read about my dissertation work, titled "The Optimism Gap", here.

Currently, I am employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Climate Change Research Network at Vanderbilt Law School.

At Vanderbilt, I lead a line of research investigating social psychological techniques to bypass political polarization with climate change. Learn more by clicking here to watch a research talk I gave at the Bypassing Climate Polarization conference, recently held at Vanderbilt Law School.

You can also check out my C.V. for an overview of my other research and a list of forthcoming papers.

Outside of science, I enjoy taking photographs and tinkering with old cameras. You can see some of my photos here. I also spend a lot of time hanging out with my dog, Marty.

Jane Elizabeth Miller, PhD

Hi, I'm Jane.

I am a judgment-and-decision-making scientist who studies how lay people make, interpret, and communicate judgments under uncertainty and risk.

I recently received my PhD in Psychology from the University of Iowa, where I was a member of Dr. Paul Windschitl's Judgment, Decision, and Social Comparison Lab. You can read about my dissertation work, titled "The Optimism Gap", here.