Caroline Miller is a planning professor and historian at Massey University, Palmerston North, and is the author of New Zealand’s first book on planning history; The Unsung Profession.
Caroline Miller graduated from the University of Auckland with a BA, and entered the planning profession in 1980.[citation needed] She worked for the Palmerston North City Council as a planning practitioner.[1] She became associated with Massey University as a teacher in programmes offered by the Property Studies Programme.[citation needed]
In 1995 Miller joined the School of Resource and Environmental Planning.[citation needed] Having obtained a BRP, Miller went on to complete a PhD thesis on the history of the planning profession in New Zealand from 1900-1933.[2] Her continued research interest in planning history led to the release of The Unsung Profession in 2007.[3] Other research interests include urban planning generally, and the relationship between local government structures and planning practice.[4]