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Bio for Dr. Peter Miller

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Assistant Professor

Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis (ELPA)
School of Education (SoE)

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1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706-1326
Office: 608/262-3771
Fax: 608/265-3135

pmmiller2@wisc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

Personal Biography

I focus on issues of school and community-based educational leadership, inter-organizational collaboration, and education in contexts of homelessness. If you are interested in learning more about my work, please visit my personal website: http://website.education.wisc.edu/pmmiller2/ (click on the link above).


Education

2005 - Ph D, Educational Leadership and Policy
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

1999 - MA, Teaching
University of Portland
Portland, OR

1997 - BA, Sociology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN


 

 

Teaching Interests

Community-based Educational Leadership; Leadership Theory; Education in Contexts of Homelessness; Social Capital; School-community Collaboration

The following is a representative sample of scheduled teaching.

Fall 2011 - Evaluating and Supporting Quality Classroom Teaching

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 703, Section: 001, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Lecture

Fall 2011 - Independent Reading

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 999, Section: 061, Minimum Credit Hours: 1, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Individual

Fall 2011 - School-Community Relations: Communication, Marketing, and Politics

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 770, Section: 001, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Lecture

Spring 2011 - Applied Research in Educational Administration

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 890, Section: 61, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Individual

Spring 2011 - Independent Reading

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 999, Section: 61, Minimum Credit Hours: 1, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Individual

Spring 2011 - Introduction to Elementary and Secondary Education Administration

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 702, Section: 001, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Lecture

Spring 2011 - Research or Thesis

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 990, Section: 61, Minimum Credit Hours: 1, Maximum Credit Hours: 12, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Individual

Summer 2011 - Applied Research in Educational Administration

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 890, Section: 061, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Individual

Summer 2011 - Independent Reading

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 999, Section: 061, Minimum Credit Hours: 1, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Individual

Summer 2011 - Introduction to Elementary and Secondary Education Administration

Course Prefix: 305, Course Number: 702, Section: 001, Maximum Credit Hours: 3, Course Level: Graduate, Course Delivery Mode: Lecture

Research Interests

My research examines leadership practice as it unfolds in diverse organizational and community settings. It is contextualized within leadership theory and social capital theory. This research work informs (and is informed by) my teaching, which is centered on creative and innovative service-learning and community-based instructional philosophies.

The following is a representative sample of publications.

Miller, P.M. (2011). A Critical Analysis of the Research on Student Homelessness. Review of Educational Research.

Miller, P.M., Brown, T., & Hopson, R. (2011). Centering Love, Humility, Hope, and Faith in the Community: Transformative Urban Leadership Informed by Paulo Freire. Urban Education.

Miller, P.M., & Engel, M. (2011). Forging vertical linkages in the public sphere: Schools, churches, and social justice. Educational Foundations.

Miller, P.M. (2011). Homeless Education and Social Capital: An Examination of School and Community Leaders. Teachers College Record.

Miller, P.M. (2011). Homeless Families' Education Networks: An Examination of Access and Mobilization. Educational Administration Quarterly.

Miller, P.M. (2011). The impact of the McKinney-Vento Act upon the homeless education situation. Educational Policy.

Miller, P.M. (2011). Mapping Educational Opportunity Zones: A Geospatial Analysis of Neighborhood Block Groups. The Urban Review.

Miller, P.M. (2010). Community-Based Education and Social Capital in and Urban After-School Program. Education and Urban Society.

Miller, P.M. (2009). Boundary spanning in the homeless education situation> Notes from an emergent faculty role in Pittsburgh. Educational Administration Quarterly.

Miller, P.M. (2009). Leadership and collaboration for homeless students: Examining community perceptions. The Urban Review.

The following is a representative sample of presentations.

Miller, P.M., Kopish, M., & Lowenhaupt, R. (2011). Developing resourceful social networks through university-school-community collaboration., AERA Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Miller, P.M. (2011). Examining academic and social outcomes of a community-based intervention for homeless and highly mobile families, AERA Annual Meeting, American Educationals Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Kopish, M., Miller, P.M., & Lowenhaupt, R. (2011). Examining Practices that Promote Effective Mentoring and Teacher Learning, AERA Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Miller, P.M., Scanlan, M., & Phillipo, K. (2011). Multi-Level insights into comprehensive community action planning, AERA Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Miller, P.M., & Schreiber, J. (2010). Doubling up, bottoming out, and building bridges: How conditions of homelessness affects families' educational experiences, AERA Annual Conference, American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Miller, P.M., Schreiber, J., & McCowan, R. (2010). The evolving capitals of homeless education, AERA Annual Conference, American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

McCowan, R., Moss, C., Generett, G., & Miller, P.M. (2010). Redesigning the human ecology of educational leadership: Changing the preparers as well as the prepared, AERA Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Miller, P.M. (2010). Homeless students' education networks: A review of the literature, UCEA Annual Conference, University Council on Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.

Scanlan, M., & Miller, P.M. (2010). Urban school/community reform initiatives, UCEA Annual Conference, University Council on Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.

Miller, P.M., Scanlan, M., & Wills, N. (2010). Leadership and collaboration on the social frontier: An examination of the Promise Neighborhood context, UCEA Annual Meetin, University Council of Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.

ELPA Human Resources Committee

Dates of Membership: 2010 - 2011
Committee Member. Period of Service: 2010 - 2011

ELPA Program Committee

Dates of Membership: 2009 - 2010
Committee Member. Period of Service: 2009 - 2010

Partner School Network working group

Dates of Membership: 2009 - 2010
Member. Period of Service: 2009 - 2010

Technology Committee

Dates of Membership: 2009 - 2010
Member. Period of Service: 2009 - 2010

Blended Learning Research Institute

Dates of Membership: 2008 - 2009
Accomplishments: Research collaborative that examines creative modes of teaching and learning in alternative contexts.
Board Member. Period of Service: 2008 - 2009

Duquesne University School of Education Academic Curriculum Committee

Dates of Membership: 2007 - 2009
Member. Period of Service: 2007 - 2009

Duquesne University Black Student Union

Dates of Membership: 2007 - 2008
Co-facilitator, Co-Planner. Period of Service: 2007 - 2008

International Service-Learning Research Conference

Dates of Membership: 2007 - 2008
Committee Member. Period of Service: 2007 - 2008

Educational Administration Quarterly

Dates of Membership: 2006 - 2010
Editorial Board. Period of Service: 2006 - 2010

Duquesne University Leadership Symposium

Dates of Membership: 2006 - 2008
Member. Period of Service: 2006 - 2008

University Council on Educational Administration

Dates of Membership: 2005 - 2011
Reviewer, Conference Paper. Period of Service: 2005 - 2011

Duquesne University Department of Foundations and Leadership search committee

Dates of Membership: 2005 - 2008
Member. Period of Service: 2005 - 2008

American Educational Research Association

Dates of Membership: 2004 - 2011
Reviewer, Conference Paper. Period of Service: 2004 - 2011

The following is a representative sample of professional memberships.

American Educational Research Association(AERA)
Scope of Organization: National

University Council for Educational Administration(UCEA)
Scope of Organization: National

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