Faculty & Staff Profile

Karen Miller
Associated Majors
Courses Currently Teaching
COMM 3008-E90: Business Writing
Research Interests
Composition Pedagogy
Postcolonial Theory and Literature
Southern Writers of the U.S.
Women in Literature / Feminism
Awards, Distinctions, and Honors
Doris Bakwin Contest Finalist (story collection), Carolina Wren Press 2006
Pushcart Prize Nomination “John Ashcroft is My Hero,” Livingston Press 2005
Tartt First Short Story Collection Contest Finalist
Selected Publications
“Daisy.” Lynx Eye 9.1 (2002): 43-49. Print.
“Gen Ed Task Force Finalizes Proposal.” On Teaching 16.6 (2007): 1-3. Web.
“Holocaust Remembrance.” North Country (2000): 26. Print.
“John Ashcroft Is My Hero.” Tartts: Incisive Fiction from Emerging Writers. Ed. Joe Taylor. Livingston, AL: Swallow’s Tale Press, 2005. 91-98. Print.
“Line Dancing.” The Baltimore Review 6.1 (2002): 8-13. Print.
“Marilynne Robinson: Embodying Civilization’s Passion and Genius,” Rev. of The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought, by Marilynne Robinson. High Plains Reader 10.25 April 2004: 11. Print.
“Men’s Briefs,” Chicago Quarterly Review 14 (2012): 68-73. Print.
“Overlapping Configurations.” The Pikeville Review (1998): 7-21. Print.
“Publishers Clearing House Grand Sweepstake Prize.” Snake Nation Review 18 (2004): 93-98. Print.
“Quietly Out the Door.” Chicago Quarterly Review 1.2 (1994): 15-18. Print.
“Ruthie’s Diet.” North Country (2001): 40-44. Print.
“The Ballet.” The Griffin (2003): 27-31. Print.
“The Lake.” North Country (2002): 38-42. Print.
“UND Faculty Partner with High School Teachers.” On Teaching 16.5 (2007): 3-4. Web.
“Visiting with the Family.” North Country (2003): 26-29. Print.
“Waiting in Jerusalem.” North Country (2004): 4-8. Print.
Educational Background
M.A. in English (Creative Writing emphasis) from University of North Dakota
Ph.D. in English from University of North Dakota
B.S. in Sociology from Missouri State University