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Sj Miller

American academic and social justice activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sj Miller
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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]

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Early life and education

Miller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana,[4] and grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, attending Santa Fe High School.[2][5] Miller taught middle and high school English for eight years before going on to earn a PhD in Educational Thought and Socio-Cultural Studies from the University of New Mexico.[2][6]

Miller medically transitioned from female toward male while working as an assistant professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.[4] Miller was disowned by Miller's father after coming out as transgender.[7]

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Career

Miller has held teaching positions at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Missouri-Kansas City,[2] and as associate professor of literacy studies at University of Colorado Boulder.[2] In 2016, Miller was hired as Deputy Director of Educational Equity at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University.[8][9]

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]

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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]
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Selected publications

Books

  • Miller, sj (2007). Unpacking the loaded teacher matrix: Negotiating space and time between university and secondary English classrooms. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0820486765.
  • Miller, sj (2008). Narratives of social justice teaching: How English teachers negotiate theory and practice between preservice and inservice spaces. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1433101274.
  • Miller, sj (2010). Change matters: Critical essays on moving social justice research from theory to policy. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1433106828.
  • Miller, sj; Burns, L.; Johnson, T.S. (2013). Generation BULLIED 2.0: Prevention and intervention strategies for our most vulnerable students. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1433120718.
  • sj Miller, ed. (2016). Teaching, affirming, and recognizing trans and gender creative youth: A queer literacy framework. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-349-92939-9.
  • Miller, sj (2016). Educators queering academia: Critical memoirs. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433134302.
  • Miller, sj (2018). Enseñando, afirmando, y reconociendo a jóvenes trans* y de género creative: Un marco de enseñanza quee. Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. ISBN 978-9563571363.
  • Miller, sj; Mayo, C.; Hoskin, R.; Green, J. (2019). Navigating trans*+ and complex gender identities. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350061057.
  • Miller, sj (2019). About gender identity justice in schools and communities. Teachers College Press. ISBN 978-0807761250.

Publications

Edited series

  • 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.
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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]

Miller is agender and does not use any personal pronouns.[8][6][22]

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