Pharren Miller (she/her) is a sociology PhD candidate and 2026 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include Black feminist theory, Black girlhood studies, education, carcerality, and abolition. She uses ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and life histories to examine the experiences of Black girls in schools. Ultimately, she explores if/how we can truly rebuild schooling to ensure Black girls’ needs are met through an abolitionist framework. Her work has been supported and recognized by the National Academy of Education, American Sociological Association, American Educational Research Association, the University of California Office of the President, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center, the UCLA Division of Graduate Education, and the W.M. Keck Foundation. Her writing has been published in leading academic journals, including Gender & Society and Youth Justice. She also engages with general audiences with an op-ed published in Spark Magazine. She is a member of and has presented her work at the American Sociological Association, the Association of Black Sociologists, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the American Educational Research Association.