Robert James Miller

Background

Miller, Robert James was born on September 18, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Paul and Desdemona (Jelinek) Miller.

Education

Student, India studies University Pennsylvania, 1947. Bachelor of Arts in Oriental Civilization, University Michigan, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, University Washington, 1956.

Career

Asia research fellow, U. Washington, 1948-1950; instructor in anthropology, U. Washington, 1950; fellow, Inner Asia Project, 1951-1952; research anthropologist, Inner Mongolia Project, 1955-1956; assistant professor sociology-anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1956-1959; assistant professor anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959-1961; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1962-1964; professor, University of Wisconsin, 1965-1988; professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, 1988-1994; department chairman anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1965-1969, 76-78; professor South Asian studies, University of Wisconsin, 1959-1988. Resident director American Institute Indian Studies, New Delhi, 1970-1972. Associate director Qualitative Systems Analysts Company.

Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Robert James Miller has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist, educator, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Robotics: Future Factories, Future Workers

    (Published by Sage in 1983, this work has also been publis...)

  • Monasteries and culture change in Inner Mongolia
  • The Annals, Robotics: Future Factories, Future Workers

Membership

Founding member board directors Council on Understanding of Technology in Human Affairs. Served with United States Coast Guard, 1942-1944. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association.

Member Association Asian Studies, American Ethnological Society, Society General Systems Research, Current Anthropology (associate), American Association of University Professors, Council on Anthropology and Education (director 1980-1984, Chairman of Commission on education futures 1981-1984), Indian Anthropological Association (founding), International Association Buddhist Studies (founding, general secretary 1982-1986), American Radio Relay League, Society Wireless Pioneers, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Beatrice Diamond, November 6, 1943. Children: Karla M., Erik T., Terin T.

Father:

Robert Paul Miller

Mother:

Desdemona (Jelinek) Miller

Spouse:

Beatrice Diamond

child:

Terin T. Miller

child:

Erik T. Miller

child:

Karla M. Miller