Biography
Prof. Miller is a longtime journalist, having worked at the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Weekly and a variety of other publications. He has served as a photojournalist, features writer, crime reporter and columnist. In 2010, he launched JUMP, a quarterly print music magazine (with digital components) that documents the Philadelphia music scene.
He was the director of Philadelphia Neighborhoods, the journalism department's capstone program, from 2013 through 2018.
He served as the associate dean for academic affairs at Temple University, Japan Campus from 2018 through 2021.
For academic year 2021-2022, he is on sabbatical, researching the relationships between universities and their surrounding communities, focusing on developing best practices for the two parties to work together in a mutually beneficial manner.
Research Interests
- Miller has long studied journalism start-up organizations
- learning about how they develop their content and business strategies. In 2008
- he created a class called "The Entrepreneurial Journalist
- " which encourages students to recognize opportunities and build media outlets to inform under-served communities. Over the years
- many students turned their class projects into actual businesses. Since 2018
- he has researched the historically tense relationships between universities and their surrounding residential communities. He expects to complete his doctoral dissertation on the topic in 2022.
Education
Degree | Field | School |
|---|---|---|
Master of Liberal Arts | - | University of Pennsylvania |
MJ | Journalism | Columbia University |
BA | - | Loyola College of Maryland |
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
JRN 2396 | Magazine Article Writing | Undergraduate |
BA 5486 | Capstone Experience: Internship | Graduate |