Instructor of English
Email: laura.l.miller@jsums.edu
Phone: 601.979.1129
Office Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4th floor, Office #402
DEGREES:
M.A., Jackson State University, English
B.A., Jackson State University, English
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Primary research interests include the impact of emergent technologies on teaching, learning, and student retention.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Composition I
Composition II
World Literature
Advance Composition
Professional Writing
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
National Council of Teachers of English
National Education Association
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND/OR CREATIVE WORKS:
“Cultivating Metacognitive Learners: Merging Pedagogy, Content, and Technology” (Jackson State University’s Fall Faculty and Staff Seminar, 2016)
“The Returnee’s Struggle: Leaving a Citizen, Adopting New Citizenship, Returning a Foreigner” (Mississippi Philological Association, Mississippi University for Women, 2016)
“The Struggle between Nostalgia and Indifference in the Quest for Home among Millennial Returnees (Mississippi Philological Association, Delta State University, 2017).
Composition and Composition and Research Supplementary E-Books (The Digital Core Cyberlearning iBook Teaching with Technology Initiative, Jackson State University, 2016)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Coordinator of Freshman English
Faculty advisor for The Student Advisory Council
Faculty advisor for Essence of a Lady Tiger