Daniel P. Miller, PhD is an associate professor at the Boston University School of Social Work where he co-directs the Social Policy Analysis Working Group with colleagues Thomas Byrne and Yoonsook Ha. Dr. Miller’s research focuses on the ways that policies can affect the health and well-being of children and families, with particular attention to poverty, food insecurity and food and nutrition assistance programs, and the effects of father involvement on child well-being. 

His current research includes a mixed methods investigation to understand whether father involvement can help to reduce income-based inequalities in child outcomes and, in turn, whether social and economic policies are effective levers to promote father involvement. Dr. Miller has master’s degree in public policy and applied child development from Tufts University and a doctoral degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work where he specialized in social policy analysis.