Biography
Michelle Hughes Miller was most recently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she taught and researched issues related to gender and justice. She also designed and taught a seminar for graduate students on pedagogy. Her current research projects include a feminist critique of mothers of criminals in film, a situational analysis of hiring practices in higher education, mothering under state paternalism and competing definitions of sexual harassment.
For the past three years she also spent half of her time as the Director of University Women's Professional Advancement (UWPA). Her director responsibilities involved creating and implementing programming such as the UWPA Women's Leadership Series, development of a campus Status of Women report, and working with faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to further the advancement of women in those disciplines. She is really excited to join the faculty at the University of South Florida as a tenured Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies.
For the past three years she also spent half of her time as the Director of University Women's Professional Advancement (UWPA). Her director responsibilities involved creating and implementing programming such as the UWPA Women's Leadership Series, development of a campus Status of Women report, and working with faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to further the advancement of women in those disciplines. She is really excited to join the faculty at the University of South Florida as a tenured Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies.
Courses
Introduction to Women's Studies
The Politics of Motherhood (graduate)
Women and Social Justice
The Politics of Motherhood (graduate)
Women and Social Justice