
Richard A. Miech
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina
Research Interests: Dr. Miech's work focuses on trends in substance use, with an emphasis on disentangling how these trends vary by age, historical period, and birth cohort membership. His research interests also include the causes and consequences of substance use over the life course.
News & Announcements
Miech and MTF study featured in BBC News
Miech in WSJ: "considerable jump" in adolescent vaping this year
Monitoring the Future data used in WSJ report on Gen Z
MTF data show high school seniors devote about 6 hours per day to digital media
Select Publications
Select Projects
High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22 (NIAAA)
Center for the Assessment of the Public Health Impact of Tobacco Regulations (NCI)
Monitoring the Future: Drug Use and Lifestyles of American Youth - Administrative Supplement (NIDA)
Monitoring the Future: A Cohort-Sequential Panel Study of Drug Use, Ages 19-60 (NIDA)
Monitoring the Future: Drug Use and Lifestyles of American Youth (NIDA)