Rate My Professor Hyacinth Miller

Professor Miller's research centers on Black women’s political leadership, Caribbean political development, and Black immigrant political incorporation. Her current scholarship analyzes the political engagement of Black women in elected positions domestically and internationally, emphasizing campaign emergence, strategies, and electoral success implications for surrogate representation. A key ongoing project, The Garden State’s Black Politics, explores Black women's political paths and influence in New Jersey offices. As co-founder of the Rutgers University Atlantic Reparatory Justice Research Lab, she investigates CARICOM's reparations demands and related political-legal responses. Her publication record includes the article “Black, Foreign-Born and Elected: West Indians in New Jersey’s Political Offices” published in the National Political Science Review (2018, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 79-96). Prior to her academic career, Miller worked in public policy and advocacy, holding positions with the U.S. House of Representatives, New York City Council, New York State Assembly, Association of Paroling Authorities International, and JEHT Foundation, focusing on government affairs, immigration, criminal justice reform, nonprofit leadership, and institutional development. Among her honors are the 2026-27 Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowship, Rutgers Global Faculty Innovation in Global Learning award, a Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program waitlist placement, and a nomination for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. She teaches courses including Introduction to Comparative Politics, Caribbean Politics, Government and Politics of Africa, and Introduction to Caribbean Studies.