Career Trajectory
I started my career as a political director on a congressional campaign, so naturally I transitioned into education. I received my Masters from NAU in school counseling and matriculated to UH where I completed my Phd in Global and International Education. During my time at UH I worked as a graduate assistant for a research project through the Curriculum and Research Development Group and then as an academic counselor with UH Student Athlete Academic Services. Following my graduation, I became a full time school counselor in California and then shortly after transitioned into my current role: Coordinator of Student Support and Guidance. My Phd is invaluable in my role as a district administrator; it allows me to apply my research, writing, and evaluation knowledge to education practice and elevates the services we provide students! I have also continued writing, but intentionally chose to move away from academic writing and move into fiction. 🙂
Location
- Original: San Diego, CA U.S.
- Current: Fresno, CA U.S.
Program & Year
PhD in Education: Global & International Education, 2023
Publications
Conferences, Presentations, and Reviews
- Miller, S., & Wiggins, G. (09/2019). Third Culture Kids and Their Community: Unique Problems Require Unique Solutions. Presentation at the European Based American Counseling Association Annual Conference. Vienna, Austria.
- Miller, S. (12/2020). Third Culture Kids in International Schools: Challenges and Evolution. Presentation at Oceania Comparative and International Education Society (online).
- Miller, S. (2021) Peer Reviewer. International Graduate Student Conference. East-West Center, Hawai’i, United States.
- Miller, S (2022) Peer Reviewer. International Graduate Student Conference. East-West Center, Hawai’i, United States.
- Miller, S. (2022) Peer Reviewer. Journal of Psychology and Theology. “Effect of Cultural Identification on Peer Social Support and Coping for Missionary Kids.”
- Miller, S. (2023) Peer Reviewer. Social Sciences and Humanities Open. “International school educator perspectives on third culture kid identity development: a qualitative multi-case study.”
Publications
- Miller, S., Wiggins, G., & Feather, K. (2020). Growing up Globally: Third Culture Kids’ Experience with Transition, Identity, and Well-Being. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling, 42(4), 414-423.
- Harrison, G. M., Andersen, L., Ho, K., Miller, S., & Miles, N. (2021). Comprehensive local needs assessment to inform the state of Hawaii’s Perkins V planning. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Curriculum Research & Development Group.
- Okitsu, T., Edwards, B., Mwansa, P., & Miller, S. (2023). Low-Fee Private Preschools as the Symbol of Imagined ‘Modernity’? – Parental perspectives on early childhood care and education (ECCE) in an urban informal settlement in Zambia The International Journal of Educational Development, 97, 1-18.
Dissertation Title
- Transition Support for Third Culture Kids: An International School Case Study of the Development and Implementation of a Transition Program