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Alan S. Miller
DOB: Sept. 12, 1956
Nationality: USA
Education

June, 1974 Diploma, Alexander Hamilton High School, CA

June, 1979 B.A. in Religious Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

June, 1986 M.A. in Sociology, California State University, Dominguez Hills

May, 1991 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of WashingtoniDiss. TitleFTesting a Model of Religiosity in a Non-Western Setting: An Evaluation of Religiosity in Japanj
Work History

Aug, 1978 to Mar, 1986 Science Applications International Corporation

Aug. 1987 to May, 1991Assistant, Center for Social Science, Computation and Research, University of Washington

Aug. 1991 to Jul, 1993 Assistant Prof, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Aug. 1993 to May, 1996 Assistant Prof, Department of Sociology and Asian Studies, Florida State University

Jun. 1996 to Mar, 1999 Asc. Prof, Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University

Apr. 1999 to Jan. 2003 Prof, Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University
Publications (-- 1998: TO BE RE-NUMBERED)

1. Miller, Alan S. 1992. "Conventional Religious Behavior in Modern Japan: A Service Industry Perspective." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 31: 207-214.

2. Miller, Alan S. 1992. "Are Self-Proclaimed 'Conservatives' Really Conservative? Trends in Attitudes and Self-Identification Among the Young." Social Forces 71: 195-210.

3. Miller, Alan S. 1992. "Predicting Nonconventional Religious Affiliation in Tokyo: A Control Theory Application." Social Forces 71: 397-410.

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5. Miller, Alan S. 1994. "Dynamic Indicators of Self-Perceived Conservatism." Sociological Quarterly 35: 175-182.

6. Miller, Alan S. and John P. Hoffmann. 1995. "Risk and Religion: An Explanation of Gender Differences in Religiosity." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 34: 63-75.

7. Miller, Alan S. 1995. "A Rational Choice Model for Religious Behavior in Japan." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 34: 234-244.

8. Miller Alan S. 1996. "The Influence of Religious Affiliation on the Clustering of Social Attitudes." Review of Religious Research 37:123-136.

9. Miller, Alan S. and Takashi Nakamura. 1996. "On the Stability of Church Attendance Patterns During a Time of Demographic Change." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 35: 275-284.

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11. Hoffmann, John P. and Alan S. Miller. 1997. "Social and Political Attitudes Among Religious Groups: Convergence and Divergence Over Time." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 36: 52-70.

12. Hagihara, Akihito, Kimio Tarumi, Alan S. Miller and Kaneshisa Morimoto. 1997. "Type A and Type B Behaviors, Work Stressors and Social Support at Work." Preventive Medicine 26: 486-494.

13. Miller, Alan S. and Akihito Hagihara. 1997. "Organ Transplantation in Japan: the Debate Begins." Public Health 111: 367-372.

14. Hagihara, Akihito, Masayoshi Murakami, Alan S. Miller and Koichi Nobutomo. 1997. "Association between Attitudes toward Health Promotion and Opinions Regarding Organ Transplants in Japan." Health Policy 42: 157-170.

15. Miller, Alan S. and T. Nakamura. 1997. "Trends in American Public Opinion: A Cohort Analysis of Shifting Attitudes from 1972-1990." Behaviormetrika 24: 179-191.

16. Hagihara, Akihito, Kimio Tarumi, and Alan S. Miller. 1998. "Social Support at Work as a Buffer of Work Stress-Strain Relationship: A Signal Detection Approach." Stress Medicine 14: 75-81.

17. Hoffmann, John P. and Alan S. Miller. 1998. "A Latent Variable Analysis of General Strain Theory." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 14: 83-110.

18. Miller, Alan S. 1998. "Why Japanese Religions Look Different: The Social Role of Religious Organizations in Japan. Review of Religious Research 39: 379-389.

19. Miller, Alan S. and John P. Hoffmann. 1998. "Race-Specific Predictors of Trust in the Federal Government." Sociological Focus 31: 79-89.

20. Hoffmann, John P. and Alan S. Miller. 1998. "Denominational Influences on Socially Divisive Issues: Polarization or Continuitiy?" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37: 528-546.

21. Yamagishi, Toshio, Nobuhito Jin & Alan S. Miller. 1998. "In-group bias and culture of collectivism." Asian Journal of Social Psychology 1: 315-328.

22. Miller, Alan S. and Takashi Nakamura. 1994. "Conservative Trends in the U.S.:
Disentangling Period, Age and Cohort Effects." Technical Report prepared for the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo. Research Memorandum 537.

23. Miller, Alan S. and Tomoko Mitamura. 2003. "Are Surveys on Trust Trustworthy?" Social Psychology Quarterly 66: 62-70.

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