Staff
Theresa Miller
Director of Research
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Theresa L. Miller is a Director of Research at FrameWorks and oversees the organization’s health equity and international research. Her work focuses on developing new narratives to advance social justice and equity in the U.S. and internationally. She has experience reframing issues related to health equity, racial equity, education, housing, economic inequality, criminal legal reform, child development, and environmental justice in the U.S., UK, Australia, and Brazil. Across her work, Theresa combines her ability to think strategically to overcome communications challenges with her commitment to social justice and systemic change. | Theresa’s expertise conducting collaborative, mixed methods ethnographic research with Indigenous communities in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia informs her partner-centered approach to framing research and strategic communications. She holds a DPhil (PhD) and MPhil in Anthropology from the University of Oxford and a BA in International Studies and Spanish from American University. She speaks Portuguese and Spanish. Theresa is the author of “Plant Kin: A Multispecies Ethnography in Indigenous Brazil” (2019) published by the University of Texas Press.
