EDUCATION
2009- 2010 Coursework in the PhD. Program – Language, Literacy, and Culture.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1987 Master of Arts – Teaching English as a Second Language
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
1975 Bachelor of Arts – Sociology
State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
5/23 – Present Associate Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Global Campus
1/07 – 10/22 Associate Professor, Community College Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
8/06 – 1/07 Assistant Professor, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD
8/05 – 6/06 Instructor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
9/92 – 6/05 Instructor, City Community College of San Francisco, S.F., CA
9/92 – 6/96 Instructor, Academy of Art College, S.F., CA
1/90 – 7/90 Coordinator, Carl Perkins Foundation, Leupp School, AZ
8/89–12/89 Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
8/89-12/89 ESL Teacher, El Rio Learning Center, Tucson, AZ
8/88 – 6/89 Fulbright Junior Lector, English Fakultet (English Teacher Training University), University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Instructor, Radnichki (Workers’ University), Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
8/87 – 6/88 Language Arts Teacher, Leupp Boarding School, Leupp, AZ
1/86 – 6/88 Instructor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Teaching Assistant, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Graduate Assistant, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
3/21 – Present, Private Editing and writing
9/96 – 8/03 Owner/Partner, Loving Things Design and Advertising, S.F., CA
Start-up business-over $350,000/year; from 0 to 8 employees. Sales, Accounting, Office Management, and Promotion.
8/90 – 6/92 Sales Manager, Jontra, Plano, TX
Managed computerized accounts.
6/75–12/83 Owner/Partner, Custom Furniture Business, San Francisco, CA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2016 Educator of the Year – Chesapeake Gateway Chamber of Commerce
2012 CBW – Named to National Executive Board
2009 Won yearly award (INNY – Most Innovative Program of the year) for Proposal Written on The Accelerated Learning Program – From the Conference on Basic Writing
2009 Awarded Summer Grant to Create a new Developmental Course Faculty Guide for Adjuncts and New Hires.
2006 Awarded Grant to study on-line teaching methodology, Arizona State University
2005 Awarded Grant to attend 2005, CATESOL Convention, CCSF
2004 Awarded Grant to attend 2005, TESOL Convention, CCSF
1988 – 1989 Fulbright Award as Jr. Lector
1988 Awarded Grant to attend Fulbright Language Learning Institute
1987 Graduated Summa cum Laude, Northern Arizona University, 4.0 GPA
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
9/20 –10/22 Covid Advisory Committee
3/22 – 7/22 Search Committee – Hiring Full time English Instructor
9/20-5/21 Forum Chair – Essex Campus
9/20-5/21 Vice Chair evaluation Committee
9/20-10/22 Evaluation Committee
9/20- 521 Head of Promotion sub committee-eval
9/20 – 6/20 Academic Standards Committee
9/11 – 6/19 ALP website, Facebook page, and Newsletter
6/12 – 9/12 Creating 2 financial literacy modules for the ALP
9/11 – 5/12 Veteran Faculty Learning Community
1/11- 10/22 Accelerated Learning Program Steering Committee (ALPAC)
9/11 – 10/22 Faculty Learning Community – e-portfolio design
1/11 – 10/22 Learning Outcome Assessment Team for Engl 102
6/09 – 10/22 English 101/102 Committee
3/07 – 6/15 Editor/ Writer – The Word– CCBC English Department Newsletter – Published each semester.
1/09 – 5/11 E-Portfolio Committee
1/10 – 7/10 Search Committee – Hiring Full time Speech Instructor
9/09 – 12/10 GREATS committee (English Dept. Assessment)
9/08 – 5/09 Committee to create new Common Course Outline for First Year Composition Courses.
9/08 – 9/09 Learning Outcome Assessment Advisory Board
8/03 – 01/05 City College of San Francisco Technology Committee
8/00 – 12/02 Campus Computer Committee Chairman
8/03 – 12/04 El Civics Technology Committee
2/03 – 01/05 Created/Completed El Civics Modules
8/03 – 12/04 Campus Testing Coordinator 2003 –2004, CASAS and CCSF Promotion Testing)
8/02 – 12/03 Campus Testing Team CASAS and CCSF Promotion Testing
8/03 – 01/05 Campus Co-editor of ESLetter Newspaper (City College San Francisco ESL Teachers’ Newspaper)
8/04 – 12/04 Member of Peer Review (evaluation) Board
12/86 – 6-89; 12/93-12/95 Course/Curriculum Development Committees
8/95 Initiated Liberal Arts entry into Arts Competition
1/93 – 6/96 Served on Thesis Evaluator Committees
1/93 – 6/96 Advisor for Graduate Students’ Final Project
1/93 – 6/96 Graduate Student Final Project Review Boards
1/90 – 7/90 Developed new program/CALL materials for Native American Junior/Senior High ESL students
1/90 – 7/90 Theater Manager, Directed School Play
8/88 – 12/89 Started English Drama Club – Novi Sad Fakultet
8/88 – 12/89 Started English with Computers – Novi Sad Fakultet
8/88 – 12/89 Started American Cooking Club – Novi Sad Fakultet
8/87 – 6/88 Initiated Successful Student Run Business-Junior High
6/87 – 8/87 Co-developed a new intensive summer ESL course
COURSES TAUGHT
Credit
5/23 – prew\senr WRTH 101, WRTG 102 Online; WRTG 391 Adv. Research (Online)
1/11 – 5/11 English 102 Hybrid ( Blended) Honor’s Course
9/10 – 1/11 English 101 Hybrid (Blended) Course
1/10 – 5/11 Accelerated Learning Program (ALPESOL) –ESOL 052 & ENGL 101
9/08 – 10/22 Accelerated Learning Program ENGL 052 & ENGL 101
9/06 – 10/22; 8/89 – 12/89 Developmental/Advanced Developmental writing
8/05 – 12/05; 9/06-10/22 Computer Mediated Compostion – 1st & 2nd Semester
8/05- 10/22; 8/92-6/96; 8/89-12/89; Freshman Composition – 1st/2nd Semester
9/86-6/88; 9/09 – 10/22; 8/05 – 12/05; Honors Composition – 1st and 2nd Semester
9/95 – 12/95 Creative Writing – First Semester
9/06 – 12/06 Advanced ESL Composition and Reading
8/83-12/83; 6/94-7/94 Advanced ESL Composition
1/92 – 6/96 Academic Multi-skill ESL (High Intermediate, High) Undergraduate/Graduate Classes
1/92 – 6/96 Graduate Research/Thesis writing class
Keyboarding, Word Processing
1/90 – 7/90 CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)
(For Native American ESL Students)
8/88 – 12/89 English for English Teachers-Reading, Writing, Speech, Rhetoric
8/87 – 6/88 Liberal Arts for 7th – 9th Grade Navajo Students
6/87 – 8/87 Intensive Oral Communication
Adult Education (non-credit)
12/89-8/89; 8/92-8/05 Adult Multi-skill ESL classes – Literacy, Beginning, Intermediate, Mixed Level
1/01 – 5/01 ESL Writing Focus Class (High intermediate)
8/00 – 2/00 ESL Listening Focus (High Beginning)
1/03 – 5/03 ESL Listening Focus – (High Intermediate)
8/99– 12/99 ESL Listening Focus (Low Intermediate)
8/01-12/02; 8/03-12/03 CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)
1/05 – 5/05 Distance Learning – by T.V./Email
8/04 –12/04 V.E.S.L. – Janitorial
1/98 – 5/98 V.E.S.L. – Intermediate
8/88 – 6/89 English/Business English to Engineers
PUBLICATIONS
Miller, R. Editor for W. Cox, Storm Warrior and Hunt Series. 80 Books. May 2013-Present.
Miller, R. and W. Cox. Storm Warrior-Vol. 35. Horses for Vallejo. July 2017
Miller, R. and W. Cox. Hunt-US Marshall Vol. 34: The First Blood Gang. July 2017
Miller, R. Storm Warrior-Vol. 34: The Winner’s Circle. June 2017
R. Miller and Chitralekha Duttagupta. The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Basic Writing. 4th Edition. February, 2015
Miller, R. ALP Workbook for The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. Pearson. Spring, 2013.
Miller, R. A Review of: Technological Nature: Adaptation and the Future of Human Life: Peter H. Kahn, Jr. Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge. Issue 23, 2012.
R. Miller, P. Adams, A. Roberts, S. Gearhart. The Accelerated Learning Program: Throwing Open the Gates. Journal of Basic Writing. Spring 2010
Miller, R. 2003, 2004, 2005. Teacher Talk, ESLetter. CCSF
Miller, R. 1990. Alternative Methodologies in TEFL. Yugosolavian English Language Teaching Review
Miller, R. 1989. Stvaranje Vjestackog Pidzina: Primjene u Usajanju Jeskia (Creation of an Artificial Pidgin: For use in Language Acquisition Applications). Uporabno Jesikoslovje (Applied Linguistic Review), Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Miller, R. 1987. Review of “Issues in Communicative Language Teaching”. AZ-TESOL Newsletter
PRESENTATIONS
Miller, R, and J. Jackson. 2022. “Collaborating with Asynchronous and Synchronous ALP Students to Establish Successful Learning Practices in the Post Pandemic Environment”. Paper Presented at CADE.” 2022
Miller, R. and F. Dunstan. 2021. “Navigating Student Affective Filters in ALP in the Online Remote Synchronous Environment.
Miller, R, Paper Presented at Fall Focus. 2021. How Late is Late? CCBC
Miller, R. Paper Presented at AFACCT. 2020. Students Knowing What Has Been to Learn What Can Be.
Miller, R. 2019. Critical Thinking Through Connecting Objectives and Rubrics. Paper presented at Annual Conference on Acceleration. San Diego
Miller, R. and M. Walker, and C. Scott. 2013. Trends in Accelerated Learning Programs. Paper presented at Annual Conference on Acceleration. Baltimore
Miller, R. and M. Walker, and C. Scott. 2013. Trends in Accelerated Learning Programs. Paper presented at 4C’s. Las Vegas.
Miller, R. and M. McCampbell. 2012. E-APS: Connecting Student Success to Faculty Success. Paper Presented at the Fall Focus. CCBC
Miller, R. and L. De La Ysla, H. Johnsen, M. Zollars. 2012. Replicating ALP at Urban and Rural Community Colleges. Paper presented at 4C’s. St. Louis
Miller, R. and R. Lawton.2012. ALPESOL: A Growing Perspective. Paper Presented at MDTESOL, Towson, MD
Miller, R. and A. Rusnak, L. De La Ysla, and F. Dunstan. 2011. Addressing Developmental Writers’ Affective Needs as a Successful Strategy For Student Completion. Paper presented at the CCBC Fall Focus., Baltimore, MD
Miller, R. and F. Dunstan. 2011, ALP and Affective Issues – A Teacher’s Perspective.
Paper Presented at the Annual Conference on Acceleration, Baltimore, MD
Miller, R. 2011, ALPESOL. Paper Presented at the Annual Conference on Acceleration, Baltimore, MD
Miller, R. 2011, ALP and the Replication Project. Paper Presented at the Learning College Summit, Mesa, AZ
Miller, R. 2011, ALPESOL: Triumphs and Pitfalls. Paper Presented at the CCBC WidAct Conference, Baltimore, MD
Miller, R. and F. Dunstan. 2010, The Most Vulnerable Students in ALP and the Ways in Which CCBC Instructors Try to Help The. Paper Presented at Annual Conference on Acceleration, Baltimore, MD
Miller, R. 2010, The Creation of an Accelerated Program involving First Semester English Composition Students and Advanced ESOL Students.. Paper Presented at Annual Conference on Acceleration, Baltimore, MD
Miller, R., Adams P., and De Ya Desla, L. 2010. Reporting on Accelerated Learning Project. Research Results. Paper Presented at CCCC. Louisville, KY.
Miller, R. 2009. The Use of Turnitin.com as a Pedagogical Tool. Maryland Academic Leadership Conference. Catonsville, MD
Miller, R. 2009. The Use of Turnitin.com as a Pedagogical Tool. CCBC training sessions:
Adjunct fair, Educational Stimulus Package
Miller, R. 2009. The Accelerated Learning Program – Is It Really Working? Paper presented atCCBC Professional Development Conference. Catonsville, MD
Miller, R, Jensen, K., Rogers, P. and McCampbell, M. 2009. Creating Institutional Unity at the new “Community” College through Academic Initiatives. Paper presented at CCCC. San Francisco, CA. 2009
Miller, R., Adams, P., and Scott, C. 2008. Accelerated Learning Project – Initial Results. Maryland Academic Leadership Conference. Ocean City, MD
Miller, R., Adams, P. and Scott, Cheryl, 2008. The Accelerated Learning Program. Paper presented at Deam Conference, Essex MD
Miller, R., Scott. C., and Robert, A. 2008. Accelerated Learning Program. Paper presented at 8TH Annual All Employees Professional Developmental Conference.
Miller, R. and Scott, Cheryl. 2008 The Accelerated Learning Program- New Idea for Developmental Education. Paper Presented at the AFFACT Conference – Maryland. Carroll Community College.
Miller, R. 2007. The relationship of Assessment, Learning, and Retention. Paper presented at Association of Faculties for the Advancement of Community College Learning-Maryland, Harford Community College.
Miller, R. 2007. Are college composition instructors who teach audience aware of their own audience? Paper presented at AFACCT, Harford Community College.
Miller, R. and Noel, Mary. 2006. Increasing Student Retention in the Community College Composition Classroom. Paper presented at Maryland K-16 Alignment Conference: College Composition Conversations, Community College of Baltimore, Catonsville, MD
Miller, R. and Huszagh-Lockwood, Deborah. 2005. Distance Learning Utilizing Media for Adult ESL. Paper presented at City College of San Francisco, Professional Development Event Flex Day
Miller, R. 2005. Teacher Created Interactive Video in the Classroom – Low Tech Solution in a High Tech Age. Paper presented at CATESOL Conference, Long Beach, CA
Miller, R. 2005. Use of Teacher Created Interactive Video in the Classroom. Paper presented at City College of San Francisco, Professional Development Event Flex Day
Miller, R. 2002. Using the Computer Lab for the ESL Classroom – Non-Computer Literate Teachers – A Demonstration. Demonstrated at Chinatown/Northbeach, City College of San Francisco
Miller, R. 1989. Methodologies for EFL in Yugoslavia. Paper presented at the Yugoslav English Lectors’ Conference, Yugoslavia
Miller, R. 1987. Subconscious Methods in the ESL Classroom. Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain TESOL Conference, Denver, C)
Miller, R. 1987. Creating an Artificial Pidgin: Uses in Language Acquisition. Paper presented at the LLASSO conference, Dallas, TX, 1987
Miller, R. 1987. Psychological Aspects of Acquisition. Paper presented at the LASSO conference, Dallas, TX, 1987
Miller, R. and Zukowski-Faust, J. 1987 The Use of Language as a Subliminal Method in the Classroom. Paper presented at the Arizona TESOL convention. Phoenix, AZ
MEMBERSHIPS
NCTE National Council of Teachers of English
CCCC College Composition and Communication
References Available Upon Request