Rebecca Miles

Associate Professor, PhD Program Director
Research Associate, Center for Demography and Population Health
rmiles@fsu.edu

Education

B.A. (History of Science) Harvard University , 1977. M.R.P. (City and Regional Planning) Cornell University , 1983. Ph.D. (Development Sociology) Cornell University , 1988.

Interests

Professor Miles’ research interests range from empowerment processes for women and low-income communities, to the health consequences of substandard housing and poor quality housing environments, to neighborhoods and their social and built environments, and links to physical activity and quality-of-life. She has served abroad in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, and Mali with various international organizations. Her teaching is in areas of research methods, planning for developing areas, population and economic forecasting, and population health and development.

[Curriculum vitae] [Center webpage]

Selected Publications

Miles, R., Panton, L., Jang, M., and Haymes, E. pre-print online. “Residential context, walking and obesity: two African-American neighborhoods compared”. Health & Place, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.07.002

Miles, Rebecca. 2006. “Neighborhood Disorder and Smoking: Findings of a European Survey”. Social Science and Medicine 63(9), pp. 2464-2475

Miles, Rebecca. 2005. “Preventing asthma through housing interventions: How supportive is the US policy environment?” Housing Studies 20(4), pp.589-603.

Miles, Rebecca. 2002.  “Employment and Unemployment in Jordan: The Importance of the Gender System”.  World Development 30(3), pp.413-427.

Miles-Doan, Rebecca and Thompson, Greg. 1999. "Planners and pedestrian safety: lessons from Orlando".  Journal of Planning Education and Research 18, pp.211-220.

Miles-Doan, Rebecca. 1998. “Violence between spouses and intimates: does neighborhood context matter?” Social Forces 77(2), pp.623-645.