Her most recent book is Paternity: The Elusive Quest for the Father (2019), published by Harvard University Press.
In addition to paternity and the family, her scholarly interests include modern Latin America, Chile, law, and social inequality.
Her awards include the Columbia University, Heyman Center Society of Fellows, 2015–16; ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship, 2014–15; and the Grace Abbott Book Award from the Society for the History of Children and Youth (2009) for Children of Fate.
[5] Milanich has received the Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars from the American Council of Learned Societies,[6] and the Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which cited her Families, Class, and the State in Chile, 1800–1930.
[7] She has published in scholarly journals and popular publications including Scientific American;[8] Salon;[9] and Time Magazine.