American psychologist and activist
Doris K. Miller (1922 – March 8, 2015) was the professional name used by Doris Koteen Seldin, an American clinical psychologist and peace activist.[1][2]
Life
Doris Koteen was born in 1922, the youngest of four children of Jewish emigrants who left Russia in 1905 and settled in Paterson, New Jersey.[3] Originally a social worker for the Veterans Administration, she gained a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from New York University in 1964. She worked as consulting school psychologist at the Walden School in New York before going into private practice.[1]
She was married twice, originally to Norman Miller and then in 1955 to Joel Seldin, a New York Herald Tribune reporter.[1]
A leftist political activist, Miller started with union organizing at the VA. She helped found the Society Against Nuclear Explosions (SANE) later headed by Norman Cousins. She was also a founding member of Psychologists for Social Action, and active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.[1]
Miller died of heart failure on March 8, 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Doris Kateen Seldin, 1922-2015, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2015. Accessed December 27, 2018.
- ^ Meranze Levitt, J., 'Doris K. Miller: A tribute.' Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Volume 24, Issue 4 (2018), 475-477.
- ^ Susan A. McKay, Micheal D. Roe & Michael G. Wessells, "Pioneers in Peace Psychology: Doris K. Miller", Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Volume 11, Issue 4.
