KAREN T. MILLER Curriculum Vitae

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1 KAREN T. MILLER Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Ph.D. (expected 2008) - English University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND Dissertation: The Believers (novel), Director: Liz Harris-Behling Comprehensive Exam Topics: Postcolonial Theory and Criticism Nineteenth Century Literature Southern Women Writers of the U.S. Virginia Woolf M.A English (Creative Writing emphasis) University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND Thesis: Line Dancing (short story collection), Director: James Robison Writing Workshops Sewanee Writers Conference - Sewanee, TN Instructors: Barry Hannah and Padgett Powell The University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival - Iowa City, IA Instructor: W. P. Kinsella The University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival - Iowa City, IA Instructor: Lan Samantha Chang Additional Graduate Studies Western Michigan University: twelve hrs. toward MFA in Creative Writing University of Kansas: twenty-four hrs. toward MSW B.S Sociology - Concentration in Social Work [Southwest] Missouri State University - Springfield, MO TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Minnesota, Crookston - Crookston, MN present Courses Taught: Comp Composition I Comp Composition II University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND Courses Taught: Engl College Composition I Engl College Composition II

2 Engl Honors Composition II Engl Business/Technical Writing Engl Introduction to Fiction Engl Introduction to Creative Writing Engl Intermediate Creative Writing INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE University of North Dakota: Coordinator of Student and Public Readings at the annual UND Writers Conference Faculty Facilitator for New Student Orientation Program 2002 Presenter at English Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Training 2003 ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND: Newsletter Editor Spring 2007 Office of Instructional Development Program Assistant Bush Program (Assessment component) Writing Consultant Writing Center Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji Islands: Editor 1996 Education by Extension Program ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Social Worker Various agencies, including: Department of Social Services, St. Louis, MO Council for Extended Care, St. Louis, MO Home Care Management, Inc., Littleton, CO Cass County Mental Health, Cassopolis, MI Missouri Division of Family Services, Kansas City, MO Native American Urban Transition Program, Denver, CO PUBLICATIONS Articles / Reviews: Gen Ed Task Force Finalizes Proposal. On Teaching 16.6 (2007): 1-3.

3 UND Faculty Partner with High School Teachers. On Teaching 16.5 (2007): 3-4. Marilynne Robinson: Embodying Civilization s Passion and Genius, in High Plains Reader, April 2004, Vol. 10, Issue 25. Stories: John Ashcroft Is My Hero. Tartts: Inclusive Fiction from Emerging Writers. Ed. Joe Taylor. Livingston, AL: Swallow s Tale Press, First published in Scrivener Creative Review 27 (2003): Publishers Clearing House Grand Sweepstake Prize. Snake Nation Review 18 (2004): The Ballet. The Griffin (2003): Line Dancing. The Baltimore Review 6.1 (2002): Daisy. Lynx Eye 9.1 (2002): Overlapping Configurations. The Pikeville Review (1998): Quietly Out the Door. Chicago Quarterly Review 1.2 (1994): PRESENTATIONS / READINGS Academic Presentations: Platonic Philosophy in Measure for Measure, Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference, Akron, Ohio, October 12, Reconstructing the Votes for Women Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota, University of North Dakota Graduate School 2006 Scholarly Forum, Grand Forks, ND, February 28, The Shared Ideology of Shakespeare s Measure for Measure and Plato s Phaedrus, The 2006 Red River Graduate Student Conference, Fargo, ND, February 17, Reconstructing the Women s Votes Club in Small Town North Dakota, International Conference of Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI, June 14, Margaret Atwood and Political Content in Fiction, Red River Graduate Student Conference, Fargo, ND, February 19, The Debate Between Feminists: Anglo and Women of Color, International Conference of Arts & Sciences, Honolulu, HI, January 10, Graduate Programs Panel, Upper Midwest Honors Council Conference, Fargo, ND, April 17, Readings: Daisy, 2007 English Graduate Student Convocation, University of North Dakota, April 27, Men s Briefs, University of North Dakota Writing Conference, Emerging Writers Event, March 2001.

4 HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS Intercollegiate Academics Travel Grant [Akron, OH] University of North Dakota 2007 Composition Program Travel Grant [Akron, OH] University of North Dakota 2007 Doris Bakwin Contest Finalist (story collection) Carolina Wren Press 2006 Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society University of North Dakota 2006 Graduate School Travel Grant [Honolulu, HI] University of North Dakota 2005 Intercollegiate Academics Travel Grant [Honolulu, HI] University of North Dakota 2005 Composition Program Travel Grant [Honolulu, HI] University of North Dakota 2005 Pushcart Prize Nomination Livingston Press 2005 Tartt First Short Story Collection Contest Finalist Livingston Press 2005 Graduate School Travel Grant [Honolulu, HI] University of North Dakota 2004 Intercollegiate Academics Travel Grant [Honolulu, HI] University of North Dakota 2004 Composition Program Travel Grant [Honolulu, HI] University of North Dakota 2004 William Budge Scholarship University of North Dakota 2003 Katherine B. Tiffany Scholarship University of North Dakota 2002 Graduate School Travel Grant [Sewanee, TN] University of North Dakota 2000 Intercollegiate Academics Travel Grant [Sewanee, TN] University of North Dakota 2000 Composition Program Travel Grant [Sewanee, TN] University of North Dakota 2000 Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society [Southwest] Missouri State University PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Modern Language Association Loft Literary Center Association of Writers & Writers Programs REFERENCES Lori Robison, Associate Professor - Academic Director of Composition lori_robison@und.nodak.edu, Joan Hawthorne, Assistant Provost for Assessment and Achievement University of North Dakota, Box 7100, Grand Forks, ND joan_hawthorne@und.nodak.edu, Sharon Carson, Professor sharon_carson@und.nodak.edu,

5 Elizabeth Harris-Behling, Assistant Professor William Peterson, Professor - Interim Head of Arts, Humanities, and Social Services Department University of Minnesota, Crookston, 2900 University Avenue, Crookston, MN bpeterso@umn.edu, or