Nicholas E. Miller
EDUCATOR. WRITER. DESIGNER.
PHONE:
(314) 750-8185
EMAIL:
nick@nemiller.com
RESIDENCE:
Hahira, Georgia
Hello! I'm Nick!
I am a dynamic educator with specialized training in literature, writing, and cultural studies. I am also a scholar of comics and media studies, and I use popular culture to develop media literacy skills and to foreground multimodal writing in my classes. When I am not busy teaching or writing, I am either playing with pixels on my laptop, parked in front of a television screen with one of my children, or taking a walk through the neighborhood with my music turned up just a bit too loud.
EXPERIENCE
2018 to Present
Assistant Professor
VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Duties have included teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in American and world literature. Courses have included first-year seminars, surveys, and upper-level electives, and have been cross-listed regularly with African American Studies.
2016 to 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
Responsibilities included teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in American and British literatures. Also taught several interdisciplinary electives on comics and social media, and served as Summer Writing Coordinator for the MFA Dance program.
2015 to 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow
2010 to 2014
Graduate Instructor
WASHINGTON U. IN ST. LOUIS
Responsibilities included teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in literature, writing, and cultural studies. Worked with colleagues across campus to develop interdisciplinary seminars for first-year students and to launch a medical humanities minor.
EDUCATION
December 2014
Doctor of Philosophy
WASHINGTON U. IN ST. LOUIS
English and American Literature
Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow
in American Culture Studies
December 2008
Master of Arts
WASHINGTON U. IN ST. LOUIS
English and American Literature
Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow
in American Culture Studies
December 2006
Bachelor of Arts
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
English Languages and Literatures
Concentration in Creative Writing
WRITING
SKILLS
GOOGLE WORKSPACE — Proficient
MICROSOFT OFFICE — Advanced
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE — Proficient
ONLINE TEACHING — Advanced
EDUCATIONAL TECH — Advanced
SPANISH LANGUAGE — Proficient
TESTIMONIALS
FORMER STUDENT
"I walked away from your class not just having gained knowledge, but passion. You don't just share the 'what'—you share the 'how' and the 'why' and all that fun stuff. There's a big different between inspiring someone to think and inspiring someone to be an inspirer themselves. And you make your students want to be inspirers."
FACULTY COLLEAGUE
"His pedagogical approach, his knowledge of the discipline, and his interaction with students all reinforce what I already knew about his teaching as I walked into the class: that his students, his department, and the university all benefit greatly from having him around. I want to learn from him so that I can be a better teacher myself."
AWARDS COMMITTEE
"The review committee for the article prize enthusiastically praised your essay, calling it 'delightful and innovative,' and stating that 'in its careful consideration of constructions and expressions of feminism in various forms of Archie narratives and paratexts, it serves as an excellent model of how to do transmedia studies.'"