sj Miller

Miller grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, attending Santa Fe High School.[2][7] 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.[8] Miller was disowned by Miller's father after coming out as agender-transgender.[9]

Miller has held teaching positions at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and University of Missouri-Kansas City.[2] Miller served as an associate professor of literary studies at University of Colorado Boulder.[2]

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.[10][11] In April 2016, Miller was selected for a project hosted by UNESCO-MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development) to integrate social justice education into the mainstream school curriculum.[10][12]

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.[5][13]

In 2020, Miller returned to Santa Fe High School as the new girls soccer coach; coaching the same team Miller once played on in the 1980s.[7]

Miller has written and spoken nationally and internationally about the impact of bullying on youth, particularly young people whose gender identities are nonconforming and those in the LGBTQ community.[14]

Following the Donald Trump administration's withdrawal of federal guidance on gender identity under Title IX, Miller spoke out in support of transgender youth in a February 2017 interview on CBSN.[3]

In March 2017, Miller was featured in the CBSN documentary Gender: The Space Between, which focused on gender fluidity.[15]

• Miller, s. (May 2005). "Shattering Images of Violence in Young Adult Literature: Strategies for the Classroom". English Journal. 94 (5): 87–93. doi:10.2307/30047360. JSTOR 30047360.
• Miller, sj; Norris, Linda (2007). Unpacking the Loaded Teacher Matrix: Negotiating Space and Time Between University and Secondary English Classrooms. Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820486765.
• Miller, sj (2008). Narratives of Social Justice Teaching: How English Teachers Negotiate Theory and Practice Between Preservice and Inservice Spaces. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433101274.
• Miller, sj; Kirland, David E. (2010). Change Matters: Critical Essays on Moving Social Justice Research from Theory to Policy. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433106828.
• Miller, sj; Williamson, Peter; George, Marshall; King, Jennifer; Charest, Brian; Bieler, Deborah; Bolf-Beliveau, Laura (October 2011). "Applying the CEE Position Statement "Beliefs about Social Justice in English Education" to Classroom Praxis". English Education. 44 (1): 63–82. JSTOR 23238723.
• Miller, s (2012). "Mythology of the norm: Disrupting the culture of bullying in schools". English Journal. 101 (6): 107–109. [16]
• Miller, sj; Burns, Leslie David; Johnson, Tara Star (2013). Generation Bullied 2.0: Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Our Most Vulnerable Students. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433120725.
• Miller, sj; Alsup, Janet (April 2014). "Reclaiming English Education: Rooting Social Justice in Dispositions". English Education. NCTE. 46 (3): 195–215.
• Miller, s (2014). "Text complexity and "comparable literary merit" in young adult literature". The ALAN Review. 41 (2): 44–55. doi:10.21061/alan.v41i2.a.5.
• Miller, s (2015). "A queer literacy framework promoting (a)gender and (a)sexuality self-determination and justice". English Journal. 104 (3): 37–44. [17]
• Miller, sj (June 21, 2016). Teaching, Affirming, and Recognizing Trans and Gender Creative Youth: A Queer Literacy Framework. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781137567666.
• Miller, sj; Rodriguez, Nelson M. (October 14, 2016). Educators Queering Academia: Critical Memoirs. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433134302.

• 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"[18][19]
• 2007: Richard A. Meade award, National Council on Teacher Education, "Unpacking the Loaded Teacher Matrix: Negotiating Space and Time Between University and Secondary English Classrooms"[19]
• 2015: Joanne Arnold Courage and Commitment Award, University of Colorado Boulder[2][19]
• 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"[20]

Miller enjoys participating in sports and fitness activities, including swimming, running, and cycling, and was formerly an avid soccer player.[2]

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