Scott C. Miller
Jack Miller Center Founding Civics Initiative Faculty
Adjunct Professor of Finance, University of Virginia
Scott C. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. As an economic historian, Miller’s research focuses on the development of modern economic systems, specifically through periods of crises which serve as “mechanisms of change” in the early stages of the American Republic.
His work frames the early American Republic as a resource-rich, but capital- and labor-poor developing economy, reliant on the global export markets controlled by imperial powers like Great Britain. His work has resulted in numerous fellowships, including the Economic History Fellowship at the International Center for Jefferson Studies and the James C. Rees Entrepreneurship Fellowship at The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
Along with his Assistant professorship, Miller is the Director of the Project on Democracy & Capitalism at the Karsh Institute of Democracy. He received his B.A. from Vanguard University of Southern California, M.A. from George Mason University, and an M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Virginia. He also held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Economic and Business History in the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management from 2019-2021.
Research interests:
Financial and Economic Crises
Business and Economic History
Political Economy
Economic Development
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Scott C. Miller sat down for an interview with JMC Resident Historian, Elliott Drago, to discuss his research on financial panics throughout American history as well as the Project on Democracy and Capitalism at UVA. You can find that interview here.
