sj Miller (born March 20,1970)[1] is an American academic whose work commonly centers around social justice,literacy,and the confluence of gender and education.[2] Miller is a Professor of Teacher Education at the Santa Fe Community College.[3]
Miller is a Professor of Teacher Education in the Teacher Academy at Santa Fe Community College,Santa Fe,New Mexico,[10] and holds an additional appointment teaching online courses in the teacher education program at the University of Washington Bothell School of Educational Studies.[11]
Advocacy
In the fall of 2010,Miller helped draft the Beliefs Statement about Social Justice in English Education and helped pass the Resolution on Social Justice in Literacy Education,which informed the newly-vetted CAEP Social Justice Standard 6-the first ever standard in the United States that advances social justice work in teacher preparation for the National Council of Teachers of English.[12][13] In April 2016,Miller was selected for a project hosted by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development to integrate social justice education into the mainstream school curriculum.[12][14] Miller has written and spoken about the impact of bullying on youth,particularly young people whose gender identities are nonconforming and those in the LGBTQIA+ community.[15]
Selected awards and recognition
2005:Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award,Article of the Year,"Shattering Images of Violence in Young Adult Literature:Strategies for the Classroom"[16][17]
2007:Exemplary Book Award,Richard A. Meade Award,National Council on Teacher Education,"Unpacking the Loaded Teacher Matrix:Negotiating Space and Time Between University and Secondary English Classrooms"[17]
2015:Joanne Arnold Courage and Commitment Award,University of Colorado Boulder[2][17]
2017:Exemplary Research Award,American Educational Research Association,Division K,Teaching and Teacher Education,"Teaching,Affirming and Recognizing Trans and Gender Creative Youth:A Queer Literacy Framework"[18]
2019:AERA Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award[19]
Selected publications
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Books
Miller, sj (2007). Unpacking the loaded teacher matrix: Negotiating space and time between university and secondary English classrooms. Peter Lang. ISBN978-0820486765.
Miller, sj (2008). Narratives of social justice teaching: How English teachers negotiate theory and practice between preservice and inservice spaces. Peter Lang. ISBN978-1433101274.
Miller, sj (2010). Change matters: Critical essays on moving social justice research from theory to policy. Peter Lang. ISBN978-1433106828.
Miller, sj; Burns, L.; Johnson, T.S. (2013). Generation BULLIED 2.0: Prevention and intervention strategies for our most vulnerable students. Peter Lang. ISBN978-1433120718.
sj Miller, ed. (2016). Teaching, affirming, and recognizing trans and gender creative youth: A queer literacy framework. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-1-349-92939-9.
Miller, sj (2018). Enseñando, afirmando, y reconociendo a jóvenes trans* y de género creative: Un marco de enseñanza quee. Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. ISBN978-9563571363.
Miller, sj; Mayo, C.; Hoskin, R.; Green, J. (2019). Navigating trans*+ and complex gender identities. Bloomsbury. ISBN9781350061057.
Miller, sj. "Social justice policymaking in teacher education from conception to application: Realizing Standard VI". Teachers College Record. 119 (2): 1–38.
Miller, sj. "Sex and gender in transition in US schools: Ways forward". Sex Education. 18 (4): 345–359.
Miller, sj. "Discussing transgender topics within gay-straight alliances: Factors that could promote more frequent conversations". International Journal of Transgenderism. 7 (19): 119–131.
Miller, sj (2018). Theoretical models and processes of literacy edition 7. Routledge.
Miller, sj. "The Impact and Role of Emotions in Schools for Teachers and Students with Complex Gender Identities". Teachers College Record. 121 (13): 1–16.
Miller, sj. Spaces In-between: Beyond Binary Gender Identities and Sexualities Series. Teachers College Press.
Miller, sj. Social Justice Across Contexts in Education. Peter Lang.
Personal life
Miller enjoys participating in sports, including swimming, running, and cycling, and received a full ride scholarship to U.C. Berkeley to play soccer.[2] Miller is also a cat trainer and owns a cat parkour training business.[20][21]
↑ "Under the Radar: Bullying". ALAN: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE. April 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
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