Uzoma Miller

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Education

Ph.D. in Transformative Inquiry from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco

M.A. in Political Science from Jackson State University in Mississippi

B.A. in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta

Biography

Uzoma Miller, Ph.D., is an interdisciplinary educator whose research-related activity focuses on Auto-Ethnography, the intersections of African-derived music forms and their penetration in public spaces, HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Place-Consciousness, Africana Experiential Learning, and Inclusive Pedagogy. He currently serves in the following roles: as an Assistant Professor of Instruction and the department’s Undergraduate Advisement Coordinator; the Offices of the Provost and Diversity & Inclusion as a Faculty Fellow; the College of Arts & Sciences as Faculty Fellow for Experiential Learning, and for Alumni Relations, Advancement, and Partnerships; and he was a 2023-2024 Office of the Provost Emerging Leader Fellow.

Since arriving at Ohio University in the fall of 2022, Miller has had 13 proposals accepted from leading professional conferences in the field, from across the nation and region, and he has been invited to professionally speak at eight regional preservation societies and campus-wide institutes and centers. Upon recent submission of a book review for Do You Remember? Celebrating 50 Years of Earth, Wind & Fire (2023), current progress is being made on the following articles: “Content Analysis as Pedagogy: African American History from the Margins to the Classroom,” “Anatomy of Africana Experiential Pedagogy at a Southeast Ohio University,” and “Sampling as an Art Form and Its Utility as a Tool for Intergenerational and Cross-Genre Black Resistance.” Professor Miller’s scholarship, service, and teaching were recognized by the African Student Union in 2023, where he received the Community Member of the Year Award, then again as the Faculty Member of the Year in 2024. He is serving as a Lead Mentor for OU's Diverse Faculty Mentoring Program, 2024-2025.

Courses Taught

• Africana Media Studies
• Africana Arts & Artists
• Introduction to Hip Hop-Based Education
• History of Injustice in America
• Black Music Criticism: Hip Hop History, Culture, & Politics
• Blacks in Contemporary American Cinema
• History of the African American Worker
• Constitutional Law: Pre-Civil Rights Movement
• Introduction to Africana Studies
• African American History I
• African American History II