Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Communication and Creative Arts


   Dr. Alyson Miller

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Position Associate Lecturer in Literacy Studies
Email alyson.miller@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Communication & Creative Arts
Phone N/A
Campus Geelong
Location Waurn Ponds
Teaching responsibilities ALL101: The Stories We Tell: Inventing Ourselves and Others
AAR410: Honours Research Methods
AAR412: Literary and Cultural Theory
ACM337: US Study Tour
Research interests * Scandalous literature, contemporary and classic
* Anxieties about literature and the literary
* Literature and gender
* Postmodern fairytales and myths
Service to the University,
discipline or community  		 Alyson Miller is currently involved in a number of projects involved in encouraging
young writers to pursue creative writing and literary studies, and to help students
from low-SES backgrounds to aspire to further education. These projects include:

- Running poetry and creative writing workshops in Geelong secondary schools;
- Editing and producing Imagine, an online journal for Geelong secondary school
and Deakin University students;
- Editing and producing Windmills, a literary zine attracting work from local,
national and international writers;
- Organising a poetry 'slam' for Geelong school students, to be held in October,
2013.
Awards 2011: Deakin University Commendation for Excellence in Teaching
2011: Deakin University Teacher of the Month, Faculty of Arts and Education
2010: Deakin University Faculty Sessional Staff Teaching Excellence Award
2010: Deakin University Commendation for Excellence in Teaching
Qualifications BA (Hons.)
PhD (Literary Studies)
Memberships Victorian Writers Centre
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Additional URLs

Imagine, a journal of student writing

Windmills literary zine

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22nd April 2013