Miller, Char Char Miller Page 1 of 2 Char Miller, Professor and Chair Miller specializes in American environmental, social, and cultural history. He was named a Piper Professor for teaching excellence in 2002, a state-wide prize awarded by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation; in 1997, he was awarded the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching at Trinity University. He has the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. Vita A Senior Fellow of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, Miller is a Contributing Writer of the Texas Observer, serves on the Editorial Board of Environmental History, Pacific Historical Review and the Trinity University Press, and is on the Board of Directors of the Forest History Society; in San Antonio, Miller is on an advisory board for the Witte Musuem, and has served on the City of San Antonio's Open Space Advisory Board and its Tree Preservation Ordinance Panel. Because Miller likes to talk, (and that's being kind), he has had fun working with news outlets around the country; in recent years has been cited in the Albuquerque Journal, Arizona Republic, Boston Globe and Boston Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas Morning News, Detroit News, The Economist, Hartford Courant, Mexico City News, Miami Herald, NPR, Newsweek, New York Times, Orange County Register, San Antonio Express-News, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and The Washington Times. Photo: In August 2002, Miller traveled to Ecuador, for a visit to the Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS), jointly operated by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Boston University, especially its Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology. The trip was organized by Carol Walton, of Rainforest Workshop (Austin, Texas), who oversaw the construction of the site in the mid-1990s. http://www.trinity.edu/departments/history/faculty/Miller/miller.html 12/1/2003 Char Miller Page 2 of 2 Mayer Rodriquez, an Ecuadorian naturalist, Miller, and Walton are standing on the upper deck of one of the station's two 120-foot canopy towers, where they spent hours day and night observing an extraordinary diversity of birds and monkeys (and were observed in turn). Course Syllabi Hist. 1331 US History Since Reconstruction Progressive Era Readings Hirabayashi Readings How to Write a Book Review Essay, by David Sartorious, TU 1995 Hist. 3305: The City in History How to Write a Book Review Essay, by David Sartorious, TU 1995 Hist. 3305: The City in History Summer 2000 Hist. 3334: American Life and Thought to 1900 Hist. 3335: 20th Century American Culture Hist. 3336: African American History Chronology of the History of Slavery Steven Mintz, ed., Excerpts from Slave Narratives Nat Turner's Rebellion: documents African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project Art of the Harlem Rennaisance (The Haywood Gallery) Hist 4330: American Environment History The Civil War and the Environment (Jack Temple Kirby) Nature Transformed: the Environment in American History Birthplace of American Forestry GNED 1300: First Year Seminar Send email to Dr. Miller Back to History Home http://www.trinity.edu/departments/history/faculty/Miller/miller.html 12/1/2003 Char Miller Page 1 of 25 Char Miller Office: History Department Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200 210-999-7608 210-999-8334 FAX fmiller@trinity.edu Education/Academic Positions/Courses Taught/Publications/Books/ Edited Volumes & Journals/Articles & Chapters/Essays & Commentary/Reviews/Presentations EDUCATION: The Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. (1981) M.A. (1977) Pitzer College B.A. (1975) (Honors in History and Political Studies) ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Interim Director, Urban Studies Trinity University, 2001- Chair, History Department Trinity University, 1998- Professor Trinity University, 1992- Associate Professor Trinity University, 1986-92 Assistant Professor Trinity University, 1981-86 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Miami, 1980-81 Back to top COURSES TAUGHT: Lower Division The Reform Tradition The City in History U.S. History to Reconstruction U.S. History since Reconstruction First-Year Seminar: Freedom and Responsibility Upper Division African American History http://www.trinity.edu/departments/history/faculty/Miller/vita.htm 12/1/2003 Char Miller Page 2 of 25 American Life and Thought The Family in U.S. History Modern American Culture Hawaii and the Pacific Urban Studies Seminar U.S. Environmental History Women in American History Back to top PUBLICATIONS: Books Surging Waters: The 1921 Flood and the Reconstruction of San Antonio, (Austin: University of Texas Press, under contract) Urban Scrawl: Essays on Modern San Antonio, (San Antonio: Trinity University press, forthcoming). Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2001). (Awards: 2003 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award, Forest History Society; 2002 Independent Publishers Association Biography Prize; 2002 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography; ForeWord Magazine's Gold Award for Biography; Connecticut Center for the Book Biography Prize, 2002. Citations: Booklist's Pioneering Environmentalists Core List; Booklist's Top Ten Biographies of Social Activists; Academic Magazine's Core 1000 List) The Greatest Good: 100 Years of Forestry in America, (Washington, D.C.: The Society of American Foresters, 1999). With Rebecca Staebler. (Winner: 2000 Society of National Association Publications "Excel Gold Award"; 2000 Washington Book Publishers Awards: "First Place" and "Second Place," for book design; 2000 APEX Award for Publication Excellence; 2000 Outstanding Forestry Book, The National Woodland Owners Association) Gifford Pinchot: The Evolution of An American Conservationist, The Pinchot Lecture Series, (Milford, PA: Grey Towers Press, 1993.) Fathers and Sons: The Bingham Family and the American Mission, (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982). In the series, American Civilization, edited by Allen F. Davis. Back to top Edited Volumes Fifty Years of the Texas Observer, (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, forthcoming). The Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History, (New York: Routledge, 2003). On The Border: An Environmental History of San Antonio, (cloth: Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001; paper: San Antonio: Trinity University Press, forthcoming). http://www.trinity.edu/departments/history/faculty/Miller/vita.html 12/1/2003 Page 1 of 2 RE: Weeks Act & Ronald Epp From "Char Miller" To "eppster2@myfairpoint.net" Date 02/26/2011 12:16:54 PM Ron - I am thrilled! what a great connection! Michael and I have been talking on and off about Cornell's emerging role as a key publisher of enviro history in the east. He has a ton of energy adn from what you describe has a keen appreciation for what you are writing-- go for it!! char miller, director w.m. keck professor of environmental analysis environmental analysis program pomona college 185 e. sixth street claremont ca 91711 909-607-8343 char.miller@pomona.edu From: eppster2@myfairpoint.net [eppster2@myfairpoint.net] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:31 AM To: Char Miller Subject: RE: Weeks Act & Ronald Epp Dear Char, Glad to hear from you. I intended to write and inform you that one of the two references that you sent me turned out to be promising. The Island Press passed on the manuscript but last Thursday I got a call from Michael McGandy. Michael did not ask to see the manuscript as a whole. Instead, over a half hour conversation he suggested how I might reframe the content to make the title more reader-friendly: rethink the title to draw in those interested in the Rockefeller and Eliot families, start the book with a transformational incident, give greater attention to the Dorr-Eliot-Rockefeller relationship, make Acadia as a place more akin to a central character, and revise the Table of Contents, returning it to him for further consideration. He mentioned that the director of the CUP frequently visited Mount Desert Island and was interested in seeing "The Making of Acadia" (my likely new title) brought to light. After much reflection, I decided to follow their lead and have begun the suggested revisions. I'll keep you abreast of events. As a consequence, I am greatly indebted to you! Thank You!! P.S. How did you come to know Michael? When I found out that like me he had a Ph.D. in philosophy and published essays on American philosophy in some of the same journals as I have, I felt a real kinship. All the Best, Ron Epp Quoting Char Miller : > ack - looks like I have been sending you some emails intended for one of my > students - so sorry! > > > char miller, director > w.m. keck professor of environmental analysis https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=8024 2/26/2011 Page 1 of 1 RE: Weeks Act & Ronald Epp From "Char Miller" To "eppster2@myfairpoint.net"