KAREN T. MILLER Curriculum Vitae mill3396@mail.crk.umn.edu 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. 2002 - English (Creative Writing emphasis) University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND Thesis: Line Dancing (short story collection), Director: James Robison Writing Workshops 2000 - Sewanee Writers Conference - Sewanee, TN Instructors: Barry Hannah and Padgett Powell 1995 - The University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival - Iowa City, IA Instructor: W. P. Kinsella 1993 - The University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival - Iowa City, IA Instructor: Lan Samantha Chang Additional Graduate Studies 1990-1992 - Western Michigan University: twelve hrs. toward MFA in Creative Writing 1982-1984 - University of Kansas: twenty-four hrs. toward MSW B.S. 1976 - Sociology - Concentration in Social Work [Southwest] Missouri State University - Springfield, MO TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Minnesota, Crookston - Crookston, MN 2005 - present Courses Taught: Comp 1011 - Composition I Comp 1013 - Composition II University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND 2000-2006 Courses Taught: Engl 110 - College Composition I Engl 120 - College Composition II
Engl 120 - Honors Composition II Engl 125 - Business/Technical Writing Engl 224 - Introduction to Fiction Engl 226 - Introduction to Creative Writing Engl 305 - Intermediate Creative Writing INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE University of North Dakota: Coordinator of Student and Public Readings at the annual UND Writers Conference 2001-2005 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 2002-2007 Bush Program (Assessment component) Writing Consultant 1999-2000 Writing Center Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji Islands: Editor 1996 Education by Extension Program ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Social Worker 1977-1999 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.
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, 2005. 91-98. First published in Scrivener Creative Review 27 (2003): 38-43. Publishers Clearing House Grand Sweepstake Prize. Snake Nation Review 18 (2004): 93-98. The Ballet. The Griffin (2003): 27-31. Line Dancing. The Baltimore Review 6.1 (2002): 8-13. Daisy. Lynx Eye 9.1 (2002): 43-49. Overlapping Configurations. The Pikeville Review (1998): 7-21. Quietly Out the Door. Chicago Quarterly Review 1.2 (1994): 15-18. PRESENTATIONS / READINGS Academic Presentations: Platonic Philosophy in Measure for Measure, Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference, Akron, Ohio, October 12, 2007. 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, 2006. The Shared Ideology of Shakespeare s Measure for Measure and Plato s Phaedrus, The 2006 Red River Graduate Student Conference, Fargo, ND, February 17, 2006. Reconstructing the Women s Votes Club in Small Town North Dakota, International Conference of Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI, June 14, 2005. Margaret Atwood and Political Content in Fiction, Red River Graduate Student Conference, Fargo, ND, February 19, 2005. The Debate Between Feminists: Anglo and Women of Color, International Conference of Arts & Sciences, Honolulu, HI, January 10, 2004. Graduate Programs Panel, Upper Midwest Honors Council Conference, Fargo, ND, April 17, 2004. Readings: Daisy, 2007 English Graduate Student Convocation, University of North Dakota, April 27, 2007. Men s Briefs, University of North Dakota Writing Conference, Emerging Writers Event, March 2001.
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 1974-76 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, 701-777-4306 Joan Hawthorne, Assistant Provost for Assessment and Achievement University of North Dakota, Box 7100, Grand Forks, ND 58202 joan_hawthorne@und.nodak.edu, 701-777-4684 Sharon Carson, Professor sharon_carson@und.nodak.edu, 701-777-2764
Elizabeth Harris-Behling, Assistant Professor eharrisbehling@und.nodak.edu 701-777-2703 William Peterson, Professor - Interim Head of Arts, Humanities, and Social Services Department University of Minnesota, Crookston, 2900 University Avenue, Crookston, MN 56716 bpeterso@umn.edu, 218-281-8265 or 218-281-8261