{"id":411,"date":"2016-03-10T20:42:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2022-05-02T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:49:31","slug":"christopher-a-miller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/appalachian-center-home\/faculty-and-staff\/christopher-a-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher A. Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Associate Director & Curator in the
\nLoyal Jones Appalachian Center &<\/em>
\nCollege Curator for Berea College
\n<\/em>At Berea College since 1993
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/h3>\n

Stephenson Hall 225
\nCPO 2196
\nEmail: millerc@berea.edu
\n<\/a>Office Phone: 859-985-3373<\/p>\n

Office Hours<\/h3>\n

I am in my office daily.\u00a0 I step in and out often and have scheduled project work times.\u00a0 On-campus people are welcome to stop in, but are encouraged to scheduled an appointment.\u00a0 Off-campus visitors must schedule an appointment in advance. The best way to contact me is via email.\u00a0 My public calendar<\/a> is usually up to date.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2599″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Degrees<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Currently a doctoral student in College of Communication & Information, University of Kentucky<\/li>\n
  • M.A., History, University of Delaware<\/li>\n
  • Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, University of Delaware<\/li>\n
  • B.S., Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Specific Interests<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • Curation — digital and material<\/li>\n
    • Material-culture-based pedagogy = encounters with artifacts as a mode for teaching and learning.<\/li>\n
    • Place-based pedagogy = encounters with the place around as a mode for teaching and learning.<\/li>\n
    • Project-based pedagogy = doing media projects as a framework for learning.<\/li>\n
    • Interpretation-based pedagogy = learning through explaining to a non-expert audience.<\/li>\n
    • The history of Berea College Crafts and its predecessor, Berea College Student Industries.<\/li>\n
    • Visual and material ethnography.<\/li>\n
    • Content analysis.<\/li>\n
    • Comparative study of American Appalachia and Carpathian Ukraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Biography<\/h3>\n

      Christopher A. Miller has spent most of his career exploring application of museum-derived modes of teaching and learning within the context of higher education.\u00a0 These modes are interpretation, curation, and encounters with artifacts and visuals.\u00a0 He has also been deeply involved in thinking about place<\/em>, in Appalachia, and beyond.<\/p>\n

      During 2011 and 2014, Miller was a Fulbright Scholar<\/strong> to Ukraine. \u00a0In 2011, he taught at the Vasyl Stefanik Precarpathian National University Institute for Tourism. \u00a0In 2014, he taught at the Ivano-Frankivsk State College for Technology and Business. \u00a0His Fulbright research explored the role of material culture and public visuals in constructing and portraying highlander identity in Carpathian Mountain Ukraine and comparing this construction to that which happens in American Appalachia.\u00a0 He continues to research and explore highlander identity-work in both regions, through the lenses provided by communication theories.<\/p>\n

      Miller has been at Berea College since 1993, initially appointed as Director of Berea College’s Appalachian Museum (closed 1998). At Berea, he has also served as Interim Director & Acting Director of the Appalachian Center, and Networked Services Administrator. Prior to Berea College, Miller worked in two public museums: The Minnesota History Center (St. Paul, Minnesota) and the Outagamie Museum & Houdini Historical Center (Appleton, Wisconsin) [now called the Museum at the Castle]<\/span>.<\/p>\n

      He was also a pioneer in digital humanities in Kentucky, first putting virtual exhibitions online in 1995 and Quicktime VR 3-D imaging of artifacts in 1999.\u00a0 He continues to work in the area of computer mediated access to artifacts, virtual exhibitions, and computer-assisted content analysis.\u00a0 He is currently pursing a PhD in Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky focused on the intersections of communication, material culture, and place in human lives.<\/p>\n

      Miller also has been highly involved in the Berea College Community having served on the General Faculty Executive Council, the Strategic Planning Committee, Sexual Harassment Policy Review Committee, and many more.\u00a0 He also chaired the Campus Information Resources Committee for three years during the era when Berea moved from computer labs to universal access.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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