Melissa Miller
Dr. Mimi Miller is a literacy educator who teaches and supervises pre-service teachers in the Multiple Subject Credential Program. Her scholarly work focuses on teacher preparation, literacy instruction across disciplines and the meaningful use of assessment processes for student learning and teacher development.
During her 20+ years at Chico State, Dr. Miller has served in leadership roles including Multiple Subject Program Coordinator and Director of Assessment and Accreditation for the School of Education.
Dr. Miller’s grant-funded work promotes innovation and equity in teacher preparation. She was the founding Co-Director of the CSU Center for Transformational Educator Preparation Programs (CTEPP)--a CSU systemwide initiative focused on developing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive educator teacher workforce for California’s Students. In addition, Dr. Miller has served in various capacities to develop and support teacher residency programs, including the Rural Teacher Residency Program (RTR) and the CLASS Program (Computational Literacy Across Secondary Subjects). Other roles include co-principal investigator of the Triad Project, which supported new and veteran teachers in implementing the Next Generation Science standards.
Dr. Miller's record includes service to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing as team lead on accreditation visits and as a committee member for bias reviews of Teaching Performance Assessments and revisions of CA Teaching Performance Expectations.
An advocate for policy change, Dr. Miller has presented invited testimony to the California state legislature. She collaborated to write legislation that resulted in an overhaul of the way that new teachers are prepared and assessed for reading instruction in California.
Dr. Miller earned her BA in English and Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and her PhD in Education from Stanford University. Dr. Miller holds multiple and single subject teaching credentials from San Francisco State and taught in diverse settings, including urban San Diego and the Navajo Nation.