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Dr. Joyce E. Kyle Miller

Curriculum and Instruction

Office Location: Education South, Office 132

Phone: 903-886-8773

Email: joyce.miller@tamuc.edu

Professional Vita



Presentations

International Presentation

Brazzolotto, M., Phelps, C., Miller, J. (2020). ZOBRAŽEVANJE TALENTOV TALENT EDUCATION, ZBORNIK/Book of papers V. mednarodna (Slovenija, Francija, Nizozemska, Nemčija, Hrvaška ...) znanstvena konferenca 2020/ V. international (Slovenia, France, The Netherland, Germany, Croatia ...) scientific conference 2020, What Can Gifted Learn from Reggio Emilia Approach? 58-64.

Brazzolotto, M., Phelps, C., Miller, J. (2020). ZOBRAŽEVANJE TALENTOV TALENT EDUCATION, ZBORNIK/Book of papers V. mednarodna (Slovenija, Francija, Nizozemska, Nemčija, Hrvaška ...) znanstvena konferenca 2020/ V. international (Slovenia, France, The Netherland, Germany, Croatia ...) scientific conference 2020, Summer Enrichment Camp Experiences and the Dual Pandemic of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism 65-68.

Miller, J. E. and Houston, L. (2020). Removing the Language Veil that Cloaks the Identification of Talented and Gifted African American Language/Ebonics (AAL/E) Speakers, Conference of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented. Virtual.

Miller, J. E. (2020). Comparison of Creative Pedagogy from Reggio Emilia and Gifted and Talented Classroom, The Marconi Institute for Creativity, International Society for the Study of creativity and Innovation. Virtual.

Miller, J. E., Gang, I., (2019). Computational Thinking: Gt Applications Beyond the Math Classroom and Across the Curriculum. Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Phelps, C., Miller, J. E., LaFollette, J., Boreas, V. (2019). Diverse Gifted Learners, Professional Learning and Professional Standards. Conference of the International Centre for Innovation in Education, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2017). Ignite the Spark; Fuel the Fire: Impactful Service, Authentic Professorship. 22nd Biennial World Conference, World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Miller, J. E. (2017). An Analysis of Student to Student Discussion Posts in an Online Graduate Gifted Education Class. 22nd Biennial World Conference. World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

 Miller, Joyce E. Kyle Miller. (2016). The Application of Edward DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats in Crafting Discussion Prompts and Designing Class Projects and Activities in an Online Graduate Course. International Conference of the Center for Scholastic Inquiry. Phoenix, Arizona.

Miller, J. E. (2015). “A Qualitative Analysis of Discussion Prompts and

Discussion Posts in an Online Graduate Gifted Education Course,” World Conference for Gifted and Talented Children, World Council for Gifted And Talented Children, Odense, Denmark.

 Miller, J. E., (2014), Crafting Discussion Prompts and Promoting Critical and Reflective Thinking in an Online Class, 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium, Sloan-C 7th Annual Sloan Consortium International Symposium, Dallas, Texas.

Govan, Charissa and J. E. Miller, (2013). Exploring the Underachievement Of Elementary Gifted Students: Analysis of Classroom Achievement and Standardized Test Performance, 20th Biennial World Conference, World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, Louisville, Kentucky.

National Presentations

Miller, J. E. (2020). Conceptual Foundations: Applying the Integrative Curriculum to STEM in Gifted Education, NAGC, National Association for Gifted Children, Poster Presentation, Virtual.

Miller, J. E. (2019). Enhancing Thinking Through Algorithms, Patterns, Abstraction, Decomposition. Conference of the National Association for Gifted Children. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Miller, J., (2018. Strategies to Affirm Students of Color and the Impact on the Teacher. National Council for Teachers of English, NCTE, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. and Gang, I. (2018). Computational Thinking for the GT Student: The Joys and the Agony. National Association for Gifted Students, NAGC 65th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Miller, J. E. (2018). Computational Thinking: A “Taste of Home” for the Gifted Student, Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented and Creative. 40th Anniversary, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.

Miller, J. E. (2018). Teacher Attitudes Toward the Gifted and Talented: Implications For Professional Development and Teacher Education. 15th Annual Research Conference: Education Today: Trends and Research, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2017). Shining the Light on Gifted Children by Using

 Technology in Online Teacher Training and Development. Conference of the National Association for Gifted Children, NAGC, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Miller, J. E. (2017). Personalizing Online Professional Development for Gifted Educators, National Association for Gifted Children. 64th Annual Convention, NAGC, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Miller, J. E., (June 5-6, 2012). Cultural Diversity Training in an Online Class Format. 24th Annual Conference, Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Cedarville, Ohio.

Miller, J. E., (2009). The Effectiveness of an Online Gifted Education Course. Education Today: Trends and Research. 6th Annual Education Research Conference, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (June 5-6, 2009). Cultural Diversity Training in an Online Class Format. 21st Annual Conference, Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Cedarville, Ohio.

State Presentations

Majority, K., Lamb, K., Kabil, Alex, Lewis, K., Troxclair, D., Miller, J., Dearman, C. (2019). Diving Deeper: Research Update Social-Emotional Issues in the Gifted World. TAGT Conference, San Antonio.

Miller, J. E. and Hendricks, L. (2019). A Study of the Impact of a Civil Rights Tour of Mississippi and Tennessee on the Acquisition of Civil Rights Knowledge and Knowledge of Self. Lamar University, College of Education and Human

Development, Education Research Conference, Beaumont, Texas.

Miller, J. E. and Gang, Isaac. (2018). Computational Thinking: Interdisciplinary Curricular Applications. Transforming Curriculum With Technology, Ignite18, Texas ASCD. Irving, Texas.

Lewis, Katie, Troxclair, Debbie, Miller, J. E., Voss, Marcy, et.al. (2018). Diving Deeper, Research Update “Equity and Access: Fair Outcomes, Treatment, and Opportunities” for the Gifted. TAGT Leadership Conference, Plano, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2017). Themes and Generalizations: Creating A Qualitatively Differentiated Curriculum. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT GiftEd17, Houston, Texas.

Dearman, Christina, Kathryn Schaeffer, Miller, J.E. (2017). Diving Deeper: Research Update, On Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented. TAGT Leadership Conference, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (March, 2017). Energize, Educate, Empower, and Online Instruction. Texas Black Personnel in Higher Education 44th Annual State Conference. Austin, Texas.

Miller, Joyce E. Kyle. (March, 2016) Study and Analysis of an Online Gifted Education Graduate Course Taught from 2006 – 2013. 13th Annual Research Conference Education Today: Trends and Research. Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Miller, Joyce E. Kyle Miller. (November, 2016). Moving to the Next Level with Appropriate Themes and Generalizations. State Conference of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented. Dallas, Texas.

Dearman, Christina, Kathryn Schaeffer, Debbie Troxclair, Katie Drake, Miller, Joyce E. Kyle Miller. (November, 2016). Diving Deeper: What We Can’t Ignore: Research Update on the Socio-Emotional Needs of the Gifted. State Conference of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Dallas, Texas.

Dearman, Christina, Kathryn Schaeffer, and Miller, Joyce, (April 13- 14, 2015). “Diving Deeper: Underrepresented Populations,” Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas,.

Dearman, Christina, Kathryn Schaeffer, Miller, Joyce E. Kyle Miller. (April, 2016). Diving Deeper: Program Options and Design. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Dearman, Christina, Kathryn Schaeffer, and Miller, Joyce, (2015). “Diving Deeper: Underrepresented Populations,” Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J.E. (, 2015). “Texas College and University Honors Programs,” Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2015). “Diving Deeper: Program Options and Design,” Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Dearman, Christina, Kathryn Schaeffer, and Miller, Joyce, (2015). “Diving Deeper: Underrepresented Populations,” Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2014). ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence: A Responsive Learning Environment for African American and Hispanic Learners. Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development, Grapevine, Texas.

Miller, J. E., Nicole Johnson, Reyna Sotelo. (2014). A Culturally Responsive Learning Environment for and African American and Hispanic Learners. Texas Science Education Leadership Association, Fort Worth, Texas.

Govan, Charissa and J. E. Miller, (2014). Exploring the Underachievement of Elementary Gifted Students: Analysis of Classroom Achievement and Standardized Test Performance, Texas Association for Gifted and Talented, Leadership Conference, TAGT, Austin, Texas..

Miller, J. E., (2014), Priming the Pump for Legitimate Teacher and Student Action Research, Texas Association for Gifted and Talented Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Conroy-Beam, Teddi and J. E. Miller, (2014), What Works: Identifying Populations of Underrepresented Gifted Students, Texas Association for Gifted And Talented Leadership Conference, TAGT, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2014). Gifted All Over the World: The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Conference of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented. Fort Worth, Texas.

Miller, J. E., Ferris, Laila, and Hunt, Jerusha (2014) Dual Language Programs in Texas. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented. State Conference. Fort Worth, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2013). Professional Development and Gifted Minority Students: A District/University Partnership Progress Report, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, TAGT Conference, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2013). The high potential black male student. TAGT Leadership Conference, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2012) Building Connections: Empowering Parents and Teachers in Preparing Students for College, Dallas, Texas

Miller, J. E. (2012), High Potential African American Students, TAGT Leadership Conference.

Miller, J. E. (2012), Parent Advocacy and the Culturally Different GT Learner, TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2010). Dual Language Programs in Texas: A Panel Discussion. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Annual State Conference. Fort Worth, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2010). Creating A Culturally Responsive Learning Environment. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2009). Retention of ELL and Low SES Students. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2009). The Effect of a Web-Enhanced and a Web-Based Cultural Diversity Graduate Class on Perceptions of In-Service Teachers. The Texas Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education, 8th Annual Region 6 Texas NAME Conference, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2009). Supporting the Needs of the Gifted English Language Learner and the Culturally Diverse Learner. Professional Development Conference, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2009). ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, Scientific Olympics. Professional Development Conference, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2009). Qualitative Research: Developing and Teaching Online Classes in Gifted Education. Professional Development Conference, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2008). Inspiring, Educating, and Nurturing the

African American Gifted Learner. State Conference of the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators, Galveston, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2008). Inspiring, Education, and Nurturing the

African American Gifted Learner. State Conference of the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators, Galveston, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2008), Status of Gifted Education in Texas: A Research Study Conducted by the TAGT Research Division.

Miller, J. E., (2008), Social and Emotional Dynamics of the

Gifted African American Learner. Professional Development Conference of theTexas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Dallas, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2008). A Philosophical and Practical Framework for The Identification of Gifted Culturally Different Learners, TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2007), Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the African American Gifted Learner. TAGT Annual Professional Development Conference for Educators and Parents, Houston, Texas.

Miller, J. E., (2006). Solutions to the Challenges of the Dual Language- Multicultural Educator. TAGT Leadership Conference, Austin, Texas

Miller, J. E. (2005). Curriculum and Instructional Strategies for the Gifted. Annual Professional Development Conference for Educators and Parents, TAGT State Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2005). The Model UN: A Curricular Approach

For the Gifted Student. Annual Professional Development Conference for Educators and Parents, TAGT State Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2005). Identification and the African American Gifted Student. Annual Professional Development Conference for Educators and Parents, TAGT State Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Regional

Miller, J.E., (2015) Socio-Emotional Need of the Gifted and the

Impact on the 4 C’s, Region 3 Education Service Center, Victoria,

Texas

Miller, J. E., (2010). A Qualitative Analysis of Discussion in an Online Course. Southwest Educational Research Association 33rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Miller, J. E., (2007). African American Literature. Small Schools Conference, Region VII. Kilgore, Texas.

Local Presentations

Miller, J. E. (2018). Promotional Opportunities in Teacher Education: There is Room at the Top. Career and Technical Education Staff Development. Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center - Garland ISD Garland ISD.

Miller, J. E. and Gang, Isaac. (2018). Computational Thinking. Professional Development Day, Texas A&M University Commerce. Mesquite Metropex Center, Mesquite, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2015). The Gifted Learner: Addressing Social and Emotional Needs. Bill Martin Symposium, Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, Texas

Miller, J. E. (2014), Above and Beyond: Addressing the Socio-Emotional Need of The Gifted and Talented, Bill Martin Symposium, Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (May, 2013). The Underachieving Gifted Student, Bill Martin Symposium TAMUC, Commerce, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2011). Teaching Gifted Students : Lifting Minds and Thinking Toward the Gestalt, 7th Annual Bill Martin, Jr Memorial Symposium, Commerce, Texas.

Miller, J. E. (2010). A Qualitative Analysis of Discussion in an Online Course. Southwest Educational Research Association 33rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Miller, J. E. (2010). Cultural Diversity for Culturally Competent Teachers. 6th Annual Bill Martin Jr. Memorial Symposium, Commerce, Texas.

Inservice Presentations

Miller, J. E. (, 2018). Promotional Opportunities in Teacher Education: There is Room at the Top. Career and Technical Education Staff Development. Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center - Garland ISD Garland ISD.

Miller, J. E. (2015), Differentiation and Strategies for Gifted and Talented Students, Garland Independent School District, Garland, Texas.

Miller, Joyce, (2012, February, 2013, March, 2014), Meeting the Needs of the Culturally Different Gifted Learner, Rockwall Independent School District.

Miller, Joyce, (2007). GT Update: Creating Culturally Responsive Gifted Atlanta ISD, Region 7 Education Service Center.

Miller, Joyce, (2007). GT Update: Creating Culturally Responsive GT Curriculum. Region 8 Education Service Center.

Miller, Joyce, (2006- 2007), GT Update: Creating Culturally Responsive GT Curriculum, Region 8 Education Service Center.

Miller, Joyce, (2007), The Social and emotional Needs of the Gifted African American Learner, Region X Education Service Center.

Miller, Joyce, (2006). Nature and Needs of African American GT Students And African American Parent Advocacy. Fort Bend ISD, Fort Bend, Texas.

Miller, Joyce, (2006). GT Update: Creating Culturally Responsive GT Curriculum. Winfield ISD, Region 7 Education Service Center.

Miller, Joyce, (2005). The African American Gifted: Current Research and Best Practices, Region X Education Service Center, TAMU-C Mesquite Metroplex Center.

Miller, Joyce, (2005- Present). The Underachieving Gifted Learner, Garland Independent School District, Gifted and Talented Education Department, Inservice Presentations

Miller, Joyce, (2005), Gifted Teacher Training. Education Service Center. Region 8 and Region 10.

Miller, Joyce, (2005), Gifted/Talented Curriculum Writing Project for Elementary And Middle Schools. Dallas Independent School District, DISD.

Reviewer

Miller, J. (2020). Analysis on Students’ Learning readiness in Junior High Schools of Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung, Horizon Research Publishing Journal.

Miller, J. (2015). Child and Adolescent Development, Pearson’s Publications. Miller, J. Child and Adolescent Development, Pearson’s Publications, 2015.

Miller, J. Texas Public School Administration and Organization, 12th Edition, James Vornberg, Editor, Served as a reviewer for a chapter from this book.

Miller, J. TAGT Editorial Board Reviewer, Served as a reviewer, reading manuscripts and Providing written reviews, 1996 - Present

Miller, J. Reviewer for Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2012

Miller, J. Philosophical Documents in Education, Provided a review of this philosophy text for Pearson’s Publications.

Miller, J. National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), Research and Evaluation Network’s 2012 Graduate Student Research Gala, Manuscript Reviewer. 2012.

International

2013-2015 Delegate, World Conference for the Gifted and Talented, Odense, Denmark

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