Centers and Institutes
Miami University establishes Centers and Institutes to facilitate research, public service, and educational initiatives that cross disciplinary, departmental, and/or divisional boundaries. They are essential to the University’s mission of advancing knowledge and learning at the highest level and serving the public good.Centers are typically organized to conduct research or provide a specific educational or public service, usually focused on a specific interdisciplinary theme or topic. They may involve faculty from one or more departments and divisions, but also may include individuals from within the same department or division of the University. Miami University has two types of centers. Research Centers are specifically focused on research, while Service/Consultation Centers are usually focused on providing an academic or public service, such as faculty development, program evaluation/assessment, connecting with community stakeholders, or tutoring. Institutes share the Center’s focus on research, provision of opportunity for interdisciplinary activity, involvement in continuing education activities, value in facilitating efforts to obtain extramural funding, advancement of diversity and equity principles, and service as a link between the academic and professional communities. An institute, however, is a more formalized structure and may be equivalent to an autonomous unit within the internal structure of the college or university such as a department or division. However, it can also be housed within a division (but not a department). It may, unlike a “Center,” be involved in the offering of credit-bearing courses and may offer degree programs and formal credentials. An Institute may also include a number of centers or laboratories within it, and may also be involved in community outreach or clinical services.
Research Centers
Center for Advanced Microscopy & Imaging
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Zach Ostreicher
- Website
Center for American & World Cultures
- Division/Campus: Global Initiatives; Oxford
- Director: Tarah Trueblood
- Website
Center for Analytics and Data Science
- Division/Campus: Office of Research & Innovation; Oxford
- Director: David Scoville
- Website
Center for Aquatic and Watershed Sciences
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Mike Vanni
- Websit
Center for Assistive Technology
- Division/Campus: College of Engineering & Computing; Oxford
- Director: James Chagdes
- Website
Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
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- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Andor Kiss
- Website
Center of Excellence for Structural Biology & Metabonomics
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Michael Kennedy
- Website
Center for Neuroscience & Behavior
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Directors: Dawn Blitz and Ann Radke
- Website
Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs
- Division/Campus: College of Arts and Science; Oxford
- Director: Dawna-Cricket-Martita Meehan
- Website
Center for the Study of Integrative Metabolism
- Division/Campus: College of Education, Health & Society; Oxford
- Director: Paul Schaeffer
- Website
Center for the Study and Support of Children and Families of the Incarcerated
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Yvette Harris
- Website
Center for Visual Sciences
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Directors: Katia Del Rio Tsonis, Michael Robinson
- Website
Dennis L. Carlson Center for Sexuality Education Studies
- Division/Campus: College of Education, Health & Society; Oxford
- Director: Megan Kuykendoll
- Website
Doris Bergen Center for Human Development, Learning & Technology
- Division/Campus: College of Education, Health & Society; Oxford
- Director: Chris Wolfe and Kevin Bush
- Website
Ecology Research Center
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Ann Rypstra
- Website
Geospatial Analysis Center
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Robbyn Abbitt
- Website
Global Health Research Innovation Center
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Cameron Hay-Rollins
- Website
Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Stephen Norris
- Website
Humanities Center
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Tim Melley
- Website
Leading the Integration of Faith and Entrepreneurship (L.I.F.E.) Center
- Division/Campus: Altman Institute of Entrepreneurship; Farmer School of Business; Oxford
- Director: Brett Smith
- Website
Myaamia Center
- Division/Campus: Office of Research & Innovation; Oxford
- Director: Daryl Baldwin
- Website
Scripps Gerontology Center
- Division/Campus: Office of Research & Innovation; Oxford
- Director: Katy Abbott
- Website
Service/Consultation Centers
Art Center
- Division/Campus: College of Creative Arts; Oxford
- Director: Ron Stevens
- Website
Bernard B. Rinella, Jr Learning Center
- Division/Campus: Student Life; Oxford
- Director: Christina Carrubba-Whetstine
- Website
Career Services & Professional Development
- Division/Campus: College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science; Regionals
- Director: Doug Reichenberger
- Website
Cecilia Berg Center for Environmental Education
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Julia Robinson
- Website
Center for Career Exploration & Success
- Division/Campus: Enrollment Management & Student Success; Oxford
- Director: Jennifer Benz
- Website
Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine
- Division/Campus: College of Creative Arts: Off Campus
- Director: John Blake
- Website
Center for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Division/Campus: College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science; Regionals
- Director: Bennyce Hamilton
- Website
Center for Public Management & Regional Affairs
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Patrick Haney
- Website
Center for Social Entrepreneurship
- Division/Campus: Altman Institute of Entrepreneurship, Farmer School of Business; Oxford
- Director: Brett Smith
- Website
Center for Social Impact
- Division/Campus: College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science; Regionals
- Director: Collette Loskoch Thompson
- Website
Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion
- Division/Campus: Student Life; Oxford
- Director: Dasha Wood
- Website
Center for Teaching Excellence
- Division/Campus: Office of Provost; Oxford
- Director: Ellen Yezierski
- Website
Discovery Center for Evaluation, Research & Professional Learning
- Division/Campus: College of Education, Health & Society; Oxford
- Director: Sarah Woodruff
- Website
English Language Center
- Division/Campus: College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science; Regionals
- Director: Jerry Wright
- Website
English Language Learner Writing Center
- Division/Campus: Office of Provost; Oxford
- Director: Larysa Bobrova
- Website
Exploratory Studies, Office
- Division/Campus: Office of Provost; Oxford
- Director: Chelsea Potts
- Website
Heckert Center for Children’s Reading and Writing
- Division/Campus: College of Education, Health & Society; Oxford
- Director: Paula Saine
- Website
Isaac and Oxley Center for Business Leadership
- Division/Campus: Farmer School of Business, Oxford
- Director: Megan Gerhardt
- Website
Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science
- Director: Joseph Carlin
- Website
Miami University John E. Dolibois European Center (MUDEC)
- Division/Campus: Global Initiatives; Oxford
- Director: Raymond Manes
- Website
Miller Center for Student Disability Services
- Division/Campus: Student Life; Oxford
- Director: Stephanie Dawson
- Website
Ohio Small Business Development Center
- Division/Campus: College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science; Regionals
- Director: David Riggs
- Website
Roger & Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence
- Division/Campus: Office of Provost; Oxford
- Director: Elizabeth Wardle
- Website
Statistical Consulting Center
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Michael Hughes
- Website
Student Success Center
Sue J. Henry Center for Pre-Law Education
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Elizabeth Zimmerman
- Website
Tutoring & Learning Center
- Division/Campus: College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science, Regionals
- Director: Tori Myles
- Website
Western Center for Social Impact & Innovation
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Jacqueline Daugherty
- Website
Institutes
Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship
- Division/Campus: Farmer School of Business; Oxford
- Director: Tim Holcomb
- Website
Armstrong Institute for Emerging Technology
- Division/Campus: College of Creative Arts; Oxford
- Director: Glenn Platt
- Website
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
- Division/Campus: College of Arts & Science; Oxford
- Director: Jonathan Levy
- Website
Institute for Responsible Gaming, Lotteries & Sport
- Division/Campus: ASPIRE and College of Education, Health & Society; Oxford
- Director: Randi Thomas
- Website
Institute for Supply Chain Excellence
- Division/Campus: Farmer School of Business; Oxford
- Director: Monique Murfield
- Website