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Dr. Miller joined CNU’s faculty in 2004. Her primary area of academic expertise is contemporary Latin American theatre, which she approaches theoretically via gender and cultural studies. She has published journal articles about Costa Rican and Mexican theatre. She currently serves on Latin American Theatre Review’s Editorial Board and the International Advisory Board of Escena: Revista de las Artes and is the contributing editor for Central American, Caribbean, and Mexican drama for the Library of Congress's Handbook of Latin American Studies.

Dr. Miller teaches broadly within the Spanish curriculum, offering language classes at the beginning and intermediate levels. At the advanced level, she teaches grammar and composition and translation and interpretation as well as content classes about Latin American film, literature, and culture. She has worked with students on service learning and undergraduate research projects. She and her students have translated documents and provided interpretation services for Newport News Public Schools and non-profit organizations. Dr. Miller has sponsored student conference presentations and publications. She also staged with her seminar students Costa Rican playwright Miguel Rojas’s Carnaval de manso rebaño salvaje, hosting the dramatist for for a two-week artistic residency on campus.