CURRICULUM VITAE
EMILY MILLER, Ed.D.
Currently living in Fayetteville, AR
EDUCATION
• 2022, 200 Hr. RYT Yoga Teacher Training Certification - AR Yoga Center, Fayetteville, AR
• 2009-2014, Ed.D. Educational Leadership - Appalachian State University - Summa cum laude
Dissertation (2014) “Craftonomics: Homo Aestheticus, Homo Economicus, and Poiesis”
• 2009, Graduate Certificate, Expressive Arts Therapy - Appalachian State University
• 2000-2003, MA English, Education, with Concentration in Community, Jr. & Tech Coll Teaching - Appalachian State University - Summa cum laude
• 1997-1999, BA English, BA Psychology, Concentration in Creative Writing - Appalachian State University - Summa cum laude
• 1994-1997, University of Arkansas- Fayetteville
CONTINUING EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ARTS COURSES
Wood Working (26 semesters) – Wilkes Community College
Introductory Woodworking – Appalachian State University
Oil Painting (5 semesters) – Alleghany County, NC
Basket Weaving (5 semesters) – Alleghany County, NC
Blacksmithing – Appalachian Community Arts
Watercolor Painting – ASU Express Yourself
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
2013-2014 and 2000- 2004, Adjunct Faculty Appalachian State University, English Department
2011-2013, Curriculum Instructor Wilkes Community College, English Department
2009-2013, Curriculum Instructor Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute, English Department
2009-2011, Curriculum Instructor Gardner-Webb University, GOAL Program
2008-2009, Instructional Design, Bladen Community College, Continuing Education Department
2000-2010, Continuing Education / Distance Education Instructor, Randolph Community College
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2021-Present, Owner/Operator - Point Remove Brewing Company, Morrilton, AR
2014-2018, Owner/Operator - Online Craft Sales
I owned and operated an online craft business involving leathercraft, woodworking, and fiber arts.
2004-2008, Systems Analyst and Production Manager Cooling and Applied Technology, Inc. Russellville, AR
In this position, I implemented a system wide enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and streamlined production for a $40 Million/year poultry processing equipment manufacturing company.
ARTISTS WORKSHOPS – INSTRUCTOR
• Leather Working - Community Creative Center - Fayetteville, AR (2022)
• Stained Glass - Community Creative Center - Fayetteville, AR (2022)
• Shibori Indigo Dyeing, Senior Series - Community Creative Center - Fayetteville, AR (2022)
• Leatherworking for Kids – Girl Scouts - Lenoir, NC (2015-2018)
• Collaborative Storytelling and Storyboard Workshop – Davenport A+ Elementary (2013)
• ArtFields Lecture Series – South Carolina (2013)
• Weaving and Fabric Art – North Carolina Cooperative Extension Alleghany County, Laurel Springs (2012)
• Fabric Art & Technology Workshop – Orchesis Community Expressive Arts Organization Appalachian StateUniversity (2012)
• Fabric Art & Coping with Loss – Express Yourself Workshop Appalachian State University; Turchin Community Art School (2011)
• Quilted Wall Hangings & Grief Quilts – North Carolina Cooperative Extension Alleghany County, Laurel Springs (2011)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
• ASU Doctoral Program Policy Committee (2010 – 2013)
• Caldwell Arts Council Board of Directors (2014-2018)
• Sustainability and the Arts Committee (2013-2014)
• Caldwell County Education Foundation Board Member (2015-2017)
• Caldwell County Youth League Soccer Coach (2015-2017)
• Caldwell Arts Council Board of Directors - President (2015-2018)
• Arts Council Executive Director Hiring Committee - Chair (2016)
• Caldwell County Public Library Board of Directors (2016-2018)
• Caldwell County Public Library Board of Directors - President (2017-2018)
• Library Executive Director Hiring Committee - Chair (2017)
• Parent Faculty Council - Haas Hall Academy (2018-2020)
• Odyssey of the Mind Coach - McNair Middle School (2019-2020)
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Miller, E. (2013). The lifecycle of a virtual collaboration. In Digital tools in qualitative research.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Clark/Keefe, K., Gilway, J., & Miller, E. (2013) Maps, flesh, and the radicant: Mobilizing the
expressive arts and arts-based research to do a conceptual translation of science as usual. Poiesis: A Journal of the Arts and Communication. Volume 15, 90-105.
Friedel, J., Killacky, J., Katsinas, S. & Miller, E. (Eds.). (2014). Fifty State Systems of Community
Colleges: Mission, Governance, Funding and Accountability, 2nd Edition. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain P. In Press.
Miller, E.C. Craftonomics: Homo aestheticus, homo economicus, and poiesis. Appalachian State
University, 2014.
Clark/Keefe, K., Gilway, J., & Miller, E. “Crafting maps, attuning to flesh, and dancing the radicant
mobilizing the expressive arts and arts-based research to do a conceptual translation of ‘science as usual.’” New Developments in Expressive Arts Therapy: The Play of Poesis, edited by Levine, E.G. and Levine, S.K., Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017, 281-300.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Miller E. (2013) TED Talk. Craftonomics: The Importance of Being a Maker. TEDxHickory
Conference for Technology, Entertainment and Design, Hickory, NC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBhkhBtbnCs
Miller, E. “A Transdisciplinary Theory of Arts Practice and Wellbeing.” International Expressive Arts
Therapy Conference, 2013, Berkeley, CA.
Miller, E. “The Liquid Life – ARTography in the Altermodern.” The Ninth International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry, 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.
Miller, E. “Expressive Arts Inquiry Methodology.” The Ninth International Congress of Qualitative
Inquiry, 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Miller, E. “The Dissolution of Hybrids: An A/R/Tographic Rupturing of the Research/Practice
Binary.” The Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 2012, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.
McNeal, L. & Miller, E. “Cyborg, Goddess, or Geek? Technology and Identity Construction.”, The
Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 2012, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
Miller, E. “Producers versus Consumers: Impact of the Economic Metanarrative on Craft
Behaviors.” Celebrate, Educate, Appreciate Diversity CEAD Conference, 2012, Appalachian State University
Miller, E. “HomoAestheticus: Social Barriers to Art Behaviors.” North Carolina Extension
Community Association Club, 2012, Cultured Arts Program, Alleghany County, NC
Miller, E. “The Architecture of Expressive Arts Inquiry in Higher Education Classrooms.” South
Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society (SAPES), 2012, Appalachian State University
Miller, E. “ A/R/Tographic Rupture: Transposing the Binaries.” South Atlantic Philosophy of
Education Society (SAPES), 2012, Appalachian State University
Miller, E. “Producers Vs. Consumers: Education, Economics, and Inequality.” South Atlantic
Philosophy of Education Society (SAPES), 2012, Appalachian State University
Hackler, J., Miller, E. & Waring, D. “Performance on computerized multiple choice tests: effects of
having breaks and cognitive response style.” Southeastern Psychological Association Conference, 1999, Savannah, GA
EXHIBITIONS
Miller E. (2018). World Maker Faire (Juried Entrance). Flushing, NY
Miller, E. (2013). Caldwell Visual Arts (Juried Competition). Best in Show. Lenoir, NC
Miller, E. (2013). ArtFields Exhibitor (Juried Competition). Lake City, SC
Miller, E. (2012). GLOW: Orchesis Art Exhibit. (Sculpture) Poietic Knowing. Boone, NC.
Miller, E. (2012). Sustainability: A Process, Not an End. The Looking Glass Gallery. Story Hands.
(Visual Art) Appalachian State University. Boone, NC.
Miller, E. (2011). Alleghany County Cultured Art Competition. First Place. Weaving. (Visual Art)
Sparta, NC.
Miller, E. (2010). Alleghany County Chair Cultured Art Competition. Second Place. Welcome to the
World. (Visual Art) Sparta, NC.