Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller

Division

  • Graduate Faculty

Classification

  • Associate Professor

Contact

eae47@msstate.edu
662-325-3644

Address

  • 2008 Lee Hall

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park. 2016.
  • M.A. University of Alabama. 2011.
  • B.A. Mississippi College. 2009.

Teaching Interests

  • Rhetorical history and theory
  • digital rhetoric
  • academic writing

Elizabeth Ellis Miller teaches courses in rhetorics of social change, first-year and professional writing, and theories of composition. Her work appears in College Communication and Composition, College English, Rhetoric Review, Journal for the History of Rhetoric, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, and edited collections. Her current project, "The Mothers of Rhetorical Invention," examines inquiry through the lens of women and the body. 

Books

Liturgy of Change
Liturgy of Change, 2023

Recent Publications

  • “The Moves of Civil Rights: Examining the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.”  Journal for the History of Rhetoric vol. 26. No. 2, Summer 2023.

  • With Cameron Mozafari, Justin Lohr, and Jessica Enoch. “Thinking about Feeling: The Roles of Emotion in Reflective Writing.” College Composition and Communication vol. 74, no. 3, Feb. 2023, pp. 485-521. 

  • “Between Enclave and Counter-public: Doubled Rhetorical Space and the Civil Rights Mass Meeting.” Rhetoric & Public Affairs vol. 23, no. 2, Summer 2020, pp. 225-254. 

  • “Remembering Freedom Songs: Repurposing an Activist Genre.” College English vol. 81, no. 1, Sept. 2018, pp. 50-72.

 

  • Carl Bode Dissertation Prize (University of Maryland), 2017.
  • CCCC Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship Award, 2014.
  • Center for Teaching Excellence Distinguished TA Award (University of Maryland), 2014.
  • James A. Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching (University of Maryland), 2014