Denise A Miller

Dr Denise A Miller NTF, PFHEA, DECPsy, CPsychol, CPsychol, MSc, BA (Hons)

Associate Professor of Child and Educational Psychology

Key details

Dr Denise A Miller

Associate Professor of Child and Educational Psychology

Denise A Miller achieved a BA in Education from the University of 比比资源. Taught in primary schools for eight years before training to become an Educational Psychologist. Achieved an MSc in Educational Psychology from University College London and started working as a fully qualified Educational Psychologist in the London Borough of Lambeth. The work involved supporting parents and teachers to meet the needs of marginalised children, and those with special educational needs and disabilities through assessment, consultation and in-service training. In 2014, Denise successfully completed a Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology, and then soon after she returned to the University of 比比资源, this time as a senior lecturer. Currently, Denise is a personal tutor and lecturer for the School of Human Sciences, and a child and educational psychologist in private practice. Denise continues to work in early years, primary and secondary school settings, as well as, further and higher education, and clinical and legal (ie.expert witness and tribunal) contexts.

Posts held previously

  • 2005 - 2014 Senior Educational Psychologist, Lambeth Educational Psychology Service
    Provided advice on assessment, provision and intervention for vulnerable pupils, including those with special educational needs and those looked after by the local authority
  • 1996 - 2004 Special Educational Needs Coordinator, Teacher
    Coordinated the delivery of support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Planning and delivering courses, schemes of work and lessons in line with the National Curriculum

Responsibilities within the university
  • Programme Leader
  • Inclusivity Champion
  • Personal Tutor
  • Module Leader
  • Lecturer
  • Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral supervisor

Awards
  • 2022 - 2023 nomination for The National Teaching Fellowship
  • 2022 - Poster Prize for British Educational Research Association
  • 2021 - 2022 Award for ILD Best Output
  • 2021 -  2022 award for ILD Impact
  • Several nominations for Inspirational Teaching Award

Recognition
Professional body/membership
  • AdvanceHE
  • Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice
  • Black and Ethnic Minority Educational Psychology (BEEP) Network
  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP)
  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
  • Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
  • United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring (UKAT)
Membership of External Committees and Working Parties
  • British Psychological Society. Behaviour Working Group
  • British Psychological Society. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Group
  • British Psychological Society - Postgraduate Research and Research Methods Group
  • British Psychological Society - Practice Guidelines Group
  • British Psychological Society - Safeguarding Advisory Group
  • British Psychological Society – Unconscious Bias Group
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology - Committee
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology - Equality Diversity and Inclusion Implementation Group
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology - Training Committee
  • GOLD Review Board and Steering Group
  • Health and Care Professions Council. Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics Explanatory Materials Working Group
  • UKAT Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group
Editorial/Board membership
  • Educational and Child Psychology (Editor)
  • Journal of Multicultural Education (Editorial Advisory Board)
  • London Review of Education (Assistant Editor)
Guest Editorial/Special Issues
  • Intersectional Identities, Education, Psychology, and Social Justice. Educational and Child Psychology. 41(3).
  • Decolonising the Curriculum. Compass. University of 比比资源
  • Decolonising the School Curriculum. London Review of Education
  • Black Lives Matter: making a difference for racial justice. Educational and Child Psychology, 38 (4).
Panel member
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology (Lifetime Achievement in Educational Psychology)
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology (Distinguished Contribution to Practice and Doctoral Dissertation)
  • Health and Care Professions Council (Fitness to Practise)
  • Institute of Lifecourse Development (ILD Funding, Best impact/output awards)
  • The Society for Research into Higher Education (Research and Scoping Awards)
Reviewer
  • AdvanceHE – Race Equality Charter (Applications)
  • British Educational Research Association - Annual Conference (Abstracts)
  • British Psychological Society (CPD).
  • Curriculum Journal (Articles)
  • Division of Educational and Child Psychology – Annual Conference (Abstracts)
  • Education and Child Psychology (Articles)
  • London Review of Education (Articles)
  • SAGE Publishing (Book proposals)
  • SN Social Sciences (Articles)
  • The Society for Research into Higher Education - International Research Conference (Submissions)
  • United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring – Annual Conference (Abstracts)

Research / Scholarly interests

Denise is especially interested in undertaking qualitative research that involves examining marginalised educational professional’s and children and young people's experiences in the education sector.

Key funded projects

  • 2022 GRE Innovation Fund
  • 2022 ECR Scheme Request for Research Support
  • 2021 ILD Research Support Funding
  • 2021 BERA Small Grants Fund
  • 2020 ILD Research Support Funding
  • 2015 Research and Enterprise Fund

Recent publications

Article

Miller, Denise A. and , (2025), . The British Psychological Society. In: , , , . The British Psychological Society, DECP Debate, 191 . pp. 8-9 ISSN: 1471-5775 (Print), 2396-8680 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsdeb.2025.1.191.8) NB Item availability restricted.

Miller, Denise A. , Essex, Ryan, Brown, Charmaine (2025), . UCL Press. In: , , , . UCL Press, London Review of Education (LRE), 23: 8 (1) . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 1474-8460 (Print), 1474-8479 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.14324/LRE.23.1.08).

Surendran, Shone , Meheux, Melernie, Miller, Denise A. (2025), . The British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychological Society (BPS), Educational and Child Psychology, 42 (1) . pp. 2-3 ISSN: 0267-1611 (Print), 2396-8702 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2025.42.1.2) NB Item availability restricted.

Gabi, Josephine , Miller, Denise A., Grey, David (2025), . The British Educational Research Association (BERA). In: , , , . The British Educational Research Association (BERA), Research Intelligence, Spring (162) . pp. 32-33 ISSN: 0307-9023 (Print), (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/spring-2025) NB Item availability restricted.

Gabi, Josephine , Miller, Denise A., van den Wijngaard, Oscar (2025), . The British Educational Research Association (BERA). In: , , , . The British Educational Research Association (BERA), Research Intelligence, Spring (162) . pp. 34-35 ISSN: 0307-9023 (Print), (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/spring-2025) NB Item availability restricted.

Miller, Denise A. and , (2025), . The British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychological Society (BPS), DECP Debate, 1 (190) . pp. 5-7 ISSN: 1471-5775 (Print), 2396-8680 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsdeb.2025.1.190.5).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2025), . Taylor and Francis Group - Taylor and Francis. In: , , , . Taylor and Francis Group - Taylor and Francis, AJOB Neuroscience, 16 (1) . pp. 41-43 ISSN: 2150-7740 (Print), 2150-7759 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2024.2438001).

Miller, Denise , Surendran, Shone, Meheux, Melernie (2024), . The British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychological Society (BPS), Educational and Child Psychology, 41 (2) . pp. 5-6 ISSN: 0267-1611 (Print), 2396-8702 (Online) (doi: https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsecp/41/2).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2024), . The British Educational Research Association. In: , , , . The British Educational Research Association, BERA Blog (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/black-history-month-moving-beyond-tokenism).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2024), . The British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychological Society (BPS), Leicester, UK The British Psychological Society: Education, Equality, diversity and inclusion, Race, ethnicity and culture (doi: https://www.bps.org.uk/blog/reclaiming-narratives).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2024), . The British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychological Society (BPS), The Psychologist - The British Psychological Society (BPS) (doi: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/i-understand-power-words-both-uplift-and-hold-back).

Miller, Denise Angela and , Essex, Ryan (2024), . Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, American Journal of Bioethics, 24 (10) . pp. 43-45 ISSN: 1526-5161 (Print), 1536-0075 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2388768) NB Item availability restricted.

Gabi, Josephine , Braddock, Alison, Brown, Claire, Miller, Denise A , Mynott, Gwenda , Melissa, Jacobi , Pallavi, Banerjee , Kenny, Karen , Rawson, Andrew (2024), . BERA. In: , , , . BERA, BERA Blog (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/personal-tutoring-a-catalyst-for-equity-and-an-antidote-to-the-racial-awarding-gap).

Gabi, Josephine , Braddock, Alison, Brown, Claire, Miller, Denise A , Mynott, Gwenda , Jacobi, Melissa , Banerjee, Pallavi , Kenny, Karen , Rawson, Andrew (2024), . John Wiley & Sons. In: , , , . John Wiley & Sons, British Educational Research Journal . pp. 1-20 ISSN: 0141-1926 (Print), 1469-3518 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3999).

Miller, Denise A , Brown, Charmaine, Essex, Ryan (2023), . UCL Press. In: , , , . UCL Press, London Review of Education, 21: 39 (1) . pp. 1-14 ISSN: 1474-8479 (Print), 1474-8460 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.14324/LRE.21.1.39).

Miller, Denise A and , (2023), . The British Psychology Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychology Society (BPS), The British Psychology Society (doi: https://www.bps.org.uk/news/play-hospital-could-improve-childrens-mental-health).

Miller, Denise A and , (2023), . British Educational Research Association (BERA). In: , , , . British Educational Research Association (BERA), British Educational Research Association (BERA) (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-problem-of-prejudice-discrimination-and-institutional-racism-in-a-post-92-higher-education-institution).

Miller, Denise A and , Warner, Diane (2023), . British Educational Research Association (BERA). In: , , , . British Educational Research Association (BERA), Research Intelligence, 156 . pp. 19-19 (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/autumn-2023).

Essex, Ryan , Thompson, Trevor, Evans, Thomas, Fortune, Vanessa , Kalocsanyiova, Erika , Miller, Denise A , Markowski, Marianne , Elliott, Helen (2023), . SAGE. In: , , , . SAGE, Nursing Ethics ISSN: 0969-7330 (Print), 1477-0989 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330231177419).

Miller, Denise A and , (2023), . Emerald Publishing. In: , , , . Emerald Publishing, Opinion & Blog (doi: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/opinion-and-blog/race-higher-education-and-special-educational-needs-and-disabilities-a-critical).

Essex, Ryan , Kennedy, Jack, Miller, Denise, Jameson, Jill (2023), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Nursing Inquiry ISSN: 1320-7881 (Print), 1440-1800 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12571).

Evans, Thomas , Burns, Calvin, Essex, Ryan, Finnerty, Gina , Hatton, Ella , Clements, Andrew , Breau, Genevieve Marie , Quinn, Francis , Elliott, Helen , Smith, Lorraine (2023), . Frontiers Media. In: , , , . Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14: 1078797 . pp. 1-10 1664-0640 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1078797).

Evans, Thomas , Burns, Calvin, Essex, Ryan, Finnerty, Gina , Hatton, Ella , Clements, Andrew , Breau, Genevieve Marie , Quinn, Francis , Elliott, Helen , Smith, Lorraine D. (2023), . Frontiers Media. In: , , , . Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14: 1078797 . pp. 1-10 1664-0640 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1078797).

Miller, Denise A , Surendran, Shone, Towers, Emma (2023), . UCL Press. In: , , , . UCL Press, London Review of Education, 21 (1) . pp. 1-5 ISSN: 1474-8460 (Print), 1474-8479 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.14324/LRE.21.1.06).

Miller, Denise A and , Essex, Ryan (2023), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 11: 100477 . pp. 1-7 2666-9153 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100477).

Wright, Abigail , Greenwood, Alison, Miller, Denise A, Pinto, Cynthia , British Psychological Society (2022), . The British Psychological Society. In: , , , . The British Psychological Society, Division of Educational and Child Psychology (doi: https://www.bps.org.uk/news/experiences-quality-time-and-managing-expectations-psychologists-offer-advice-navigating).

Wright, Abigail , Greenwood, Alison, Miller, Denise A, Pinto, Cynthia , British Psychological Society (2022), . The British Psychological Society. In: , , , . The British Psychological Society, Division of Educational and Child Psychology (doi: https://www.bps.org.uk/blog/managing-holiday-season-during-cost-living-crisis).

Miller, Denise A and , (2022), . Nova Southeastern University (NSU). In: , , , . Nova Southeastern University (NSU), The Qualitative Report, 27 (10) . pp. 2135-2156 1052-0147 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5067).

Miller, Denise A and , (2022), . British Educational Research Association (BERA). In: , , , . British Educational Research Association (BERA), British Educational Research Association report series: Race & Education (doi: https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36996/1/race-higher-education-and-special-educational%20needs-and-disabilities).

Vseteckova, Jitka , Markowski, Marianne, Miller, Denise A, Stoner, Charlotte R. , Smith, Lorraine , Rumyantseva, Nataliya , Miles, John , Leu, Agnes , Berger, Fabian , Jones, Kerry (2022), . National Institute for Health Research - University of York, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. In: , , , . National Institute for Health Research - University of York, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews, 2022 (CRD420) . pp. 1-6 (doi: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022307145).

Miller, Denise A , Soni, Anita, Hobbs, Charmian, Gibbs, Simon , Malagoli, Chiara , Morgan, Gavin , Lauchlan, Fraser (2021), . The British Psychological Society. In: , , , . The British Psychological Society, Educational and Child Psychology, 38 (4) . pp. 5-8 ISSN: 0267-1611 (Print), 2396-8702 (Online) (doi: https://shop.bps.org.uk/educational-child-psychology-vol-38-no-4-december-2021-black-lives-matter-making-a-difference-for) NB Item availability restricted.

Essex, Ryan , Markowski, Marianne, Miller, Denise (2021), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Nursing Inquiry, 29: e12241 (1) ISSN: 1320-7881 (Print), 1440-1800 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12441).

Miller, Denise A and , (2021), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Gender, Work & Organization, 28 (4) . pp. 1665-1682 ISSN: 1468-0432 (Print), 1468-0432 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12688).

Audio

Stewart-Hall, Claire , Miller, Denise A, Brown, Charmaine (2025), . Whiteness at Work. In: , , , . Whiteness at Work, (doi: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4WCZO1YSpdgYoAOEjVEh3V?si=OhObX6A7R4G4_ktzU-eGCQ).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2025), . https://www.colourful.com/. In: , , , . https://www.colourful.com/, (doi: https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/early-learning-development/).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2025), . https://975kemetfm.com/. In: , , , . https://975kemetfm.com/, (doi: https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/early-learning-development/).

Book

Goodwin, John , Hegarty, Peter, James, Trevor, Maltby, John , Miller, Denise A , Powell, Saffron , Singh, Birendra , Turda, Marius (2023), . The British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . The British Psychological Society (BPS), Leicester, UK The British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (1st) . ISBN: 9781854338990ISSN: 978-1-85433-899-0 (Print), (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.

Book section

Miller, Denise A , Gabi, Josephine, Brown, Charmaine, Davis, Susan , Warner, Diane (2025), . International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF Publishing). In: , , In: Martina A. Doolan, Laura Ritchie (eds.), Leading Global Excellence in Pedagogy: Transforming Teaching Excellence and Future Proofing Education for All. International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF Publishing), United Kingdom , 3 . ISBN: 9781739377229 (doi: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FC2WCR4J?asin=B0FC2WCR4J&revisionId=e866a3a4&format=3&depth=1).

Miller, Denise and , (2023), . Buckinghamshire Skills Hub. In: , , , Success at School University Guide 2023-24. Buckinghamshire Skills Hub, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (1st) . pp. 35-36 (doi: https://79590737.flowpaper.com/University2023).

Miller, Denise A and , (2023), . Aspect & The University of Manchester. In: , , In: M. Rodekirchen, L. Pottinger, A. Briggs, A. Barron (eds.), Impactfull social science methodologies for 21st century problems. Aspect & The University of Manchester, Manchester and online Aspect, 2 (1st) . pp. 1-9 (doi: https://aspect.ac.uk/resources/constructivist-grounded-theory/).

Miller, Denise A and , (2023), . Aspect and The University of Manchester. In: , , In: M. Rodekirchen, M. Pottinger, L. Briggs, A. Barron, T. Eseonu, S. Hall, A.L. Browne (eds.), Methods for Change Volume 2: Impactful social science methodologies for 21st century problems. Aspect and The University of Manchester, Manchester Methods for Change Volume 2: Impactful social science methodologies for 21st century problems (1st) . pp. 1-9 (doi: ).

Conference item

Kosek, Agnes , Miller, Denise A, Morgan, Robert (2025), . In: Advance HE: Teaching and Learning Conference 2025, 1st - 3rd July, 2025, The Wave, University of Sheffield , Teaching and Learning Conference 2025: Future-focused education: Ensuring successful student outcomes for all. , The Wave, University of Sheffield (doi: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/programmes-events/calendar/teaching-and-learning-conference-2025).

Brown, Charmaine , Gabi, Josephine, Miller, Denise A (2025), . In: Annual Conference on Equity in Education & Society 2025, 27th June, 2025, The Foundry Social Justice and Human Rights Centre, London , . , (doi: https://instituteforequity.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Conference-25-Final-Programme.pdf).

Miller, Denise A , Kosek, Agnes, Morgan, Robert (2025), . UCL Centre for Inclusive Education. In: London International Conference on Inclusive Education, 28th - 30th July, 2025, Institute of Education, University College London (UCL) Faculty of Education and Society , London International Conference on Inclusive Education. UCL Centre for Inclusive Education, (doi: https://www.licie.co.uk/programme).

Miller, Denise A. and , (2025), . In: Enabling environments in the Early Years: Celebration event, 26th June, 2025, Avery Hill Campus, University of 比比资源, London , . , (doi: ).

Brown, Charmaine , Miller, Denise A, Gabi, Josephine (2025), . In: 6th Caribbean Regional Conference in Psychology Conference (CRPC2025): "Building Mental Health Resiliences, Empowering our Communities", 9th -13th June, 2025, Barbados , . , . pp. 9-9 (doi: https://www.wearecanpa.com/conferences/crcp-2025).

Miller, Denise A. , Brown, Charmaine, Gabi, Josephine, Warner, Diane , Davis, Susan (2025), . In: 6th Caribbean Regional Conference in Psychology Conference (CRPC2025): "Building Mental Health Resiliences, Empowering our Communities", 9th -13th June, 2025, Barbados , . , . pp. 8-9 (doi: https://www.wearecanpa.com/conferences/crcp-2025).

Miller, Denise A. , Kosek, Agnes, Morgan, Robert (2025), . In: Annual Conference on Equity in Education & Society 2025, 27th June, 2025, The Foundry Social Justice and Human Rights Centre, London , . , . pp. 6-6 (doi: https://instituteforequity.ac.uk/events/annual-conference-on-equity-in-education-society/).

Miller, Denise A. , Morgan, Robert, Kosek, Agnes (2025), . In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference 2025, 9th - 11th September, 2025, University of Sussex , . , (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/conference/bera-conference-2025) NB Item availability restricted.

Miller, Denise A and , Brown, Charmaine (2025), . In: "Sociology of Race", 22nd May, 2025, University College London (UCL) , . , (doi: ).