Margery Staman Miller
Professional Title: Professor of Education
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Classroom inquiry and its impact in the school setting; adolescent literacy and implications for instruction and assessment; disciplinary literacy; the connection of reading and writing and professional development, and the role it plays for teachers.
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Literacy; reading specialists
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Practicum: Interactive Assessment and Instruction for Literacy Learning; Directed Study: Reading and Language Arts; Field Experiences in Literacy Settings
Education: Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Simmons College
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Bromfield, M., Catteneo, M., Deane, H., Miller, M.S. & Roffman, E. (2011) Community embedded practice: Lesley’s approach to professional preparation. In C. Brown & M. Forinash (eds) Lesley University: A century of Innovation. Frederick, MD: Publish America.
- Allan, K.K. & Miller, M.S. (2005). Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Strategies for Middle and Secondary School Teachers (2nd Ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin
- Miller, M.S. & B. Steckel with 8 reading alumna. Session for the 43rd Annual Massachusetts Reading Association Conference, April, 2012, Practical and Useful Practices to Liven Up Your Literacy Instruction. Concurrent Roundtable Presentations.
- Miller, M.S.& B. Steckel with three Specialist Teacher of Reading alumna. Session for the Annual Massachusetts Reading Association Conference. April 2010. Someone Else Does Not Have the Answers: Using Teacher Inquiry to Improve Reading and Writing Instruction”.
- Miller, M.S. with M. Pabian & B. Govendo with six students representing the elementary, special needs and reading programs, 2nd Lesley University Scholarship Day. “Finding and Answering Our Own Questions: Reflections on the Inquiry Process.”
Dr. Miller is the director of the Language and Literacy Division. A leader in the field of language and literacy, Dr. Miller's books include the best-selling "Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Strategies for Middle and Secondary School Teachers." At Lesley, Dr. Miller has had a variety of roles, with much of her work focused on literacy and preparing students to be reading specialists. She has had the opportunity to work closely with students as a faculty advisor, mentor, and teacher.
mmiller@lesley.edu