Research

Peer-reviewed Articles

    • Miller, Susan M. and Lael R. Keiser. “Representative Bureaucracy and Attitudes Toward Automated Decision-Making.” accepted for publication at the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
    • Keiser, Lael R. and Susan M. Miller. 2020. “Does Administrative Burden Influence Public Support for Government Programs? Evidence from a Survey Experiment.” Public Administration Review 80: 137-150, first published online December 18, 2019.
    • Miller, Susan M. and Alexander I. Ruder. “Holding Agencies Accountable: Exploring the Effect of Oversight on Citizens’ Approval of Members of Congress.” Journal of Public Policy. first published online June 19, 2019.
    • Lyons, Daniel and Susan M. Miller. 2019. “Partisan Alignment and Citizen Approval of Political Actors.” American Politics Research 47(6): 1345-1357, first published online April 9, 2019.
    • Keiser, Lael R. and Susan M. Miller. 2019. “The power of comparisons: Peer information as a management tool.” Public Policy and Administration, 34(4): 494-516, first published online July 9, 2018.
    • Miller, Susan M., Jill Nicholson-Crotty, and Sean Nicholson-Crotty. 2018. “The Consequences of Legislative Term Limits for Policy Diffusion.” Political Research Quarterly, 71(3): 573-585. first published online January 31, 2018.
    • Miller, Susan M. 2017. “How electoral incentives shape performance measurement efforts.” Public Administration, 95: 623-637, first published online September 8, 2017.
    • Miller, Susan M., Christopher Witko, and Neal D. Woods. 2018. “How the Unorganized Mass Public (Sometimes) Gets Represented in Regulatory Politics.” Political Research Quarterly, 71(1): 88-101. first published online August 17, 2017.
    • Miller, Susan M. 2016. “Public Support for Sale: Government Spending and Public Approval of Federal Agency Performance.” American Politics Research 44(3): 523-547.
    • Miller, Susan M., Eve M. Ringsmuth, and Joshua M. Little. 2015. “Pushing Constitutional Limits in the U.S. States: Legislative Professionalism and Judicial Review of State Laws by the U.S. Supreme Court.” State Politics & Policy Quarterly 15(4): 476-491.
    • Miller, Susan M. 2015. “The Relationship Between Short-term Political Appointments and Bureaucratic Performance: The Case of Recess Appointments in the U.S.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25(3): 777-796.
    • Miller, Susan M. and Stephanie Moulton. 2014. “Publicness in Policy Environments: A Multi-Level Analysis of Substance Abuse Treatment Services.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 24(3): 553-589.
    • Miller, Susan M. and L. Marvin Overby. 2014. “Discharge Petitions and the Conditional Nature of Agenda Control in the U.S. House of Representatives.” Party Politics 20(3): 444-455.
    • Miller, Susan M. and Lael R. Keiser. 2013. “State Governments as Entrepreneurs in Securing Federal Benefits for Their Citizens.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 43(4): 497-526.
    • Miller, Susan M. 2013. “Administering Representation: The Role of Elected Administrators in Translating Citizens’ Preferences into Public Policy.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 23(4): 865-897.
    • Miller, Susan M. and Peverill Squire. 2013. “Who Rebelled? An Analysis of the Motivations of the Republicans Who Voted Against Speaker Cannon.” American Politics Research 41(3): 387-416.
    • Nicholson-Crotty, Jill and Susan M. Miller. 2012. “Bureaucratic Effectiveness and Influence in the Legislature.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 22: 347-371.
    • Miller, Susan M., Jill Nicholson-Crotty, and Sean Nicholson-Crotty. 2011. “Reexamining the Institutional Effects of Term Limits in U.S. State Legislatures.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 36: 71-97.
    • Keiser, Lael R. and Susan M. Miller. 2010. “The Impact of Organized Interests on Eligibility Determination: The Case of Veterans’ Disability Compensation.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 20: 505-531.
    • Miller, Susan M. and L. Marvin Overby. 2010. “Parties, Preferences, and Petitions: Discharge Behavior in the Modern House.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 35: 187-209.