JORDAN FORREST MILLER

CURRICULUM VITAE

March 12, 2017

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: jordanforrestmiller@gmail.com
Phone number: 423-552-8596

EDUCATION

2021 PhD, Georgia State University, Atlanta (Sociology).

Concentration: Gender and Sexuality

2016 MA, Georgia State University, Atlanta (Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies).
Thesis title: I Wanna Know Where the Rule Book Is: YouTube as a Site of Counternarratives
to Transnormativity. Thesis Committee: Dr. Megan Sinnott (chair), Dr. Amira Jarmakani, and
Dr. Julie Kubala

2013 BSED, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Major: Kinesiology; Minor: Philosophy).

PUBLICATIONS
zamantakis, alithia, Jordan Forrest Miller and Alexandra Chace. TRANSforming Higher
Education. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Gender and Sexuality
Knowledge Community White Paper, Fall 2017 issue.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

Teaching Assistant
Activism, Protest, and Revolution (1 session, Spring 2017)
Gender and Society (4 sessions, Fall 2016Spring 2017)
Girls (1 session, Fall 2016)
Queer Identities (2 session, Fall 2016Spring 2017)
Writing Consultant
Introduction to Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (1 session, Fall 2014)

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Research Experience
Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Education and Competence. Multicultural Center, Georgia State
University. August 2015May 2016.

Community Outreach Student Intern. Knox County Health Department, Knoxville. August 2012May
2013.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2016 Top Graduate Student Paper Award ($100). Annual Meeting, Georgia Sociological Association.

Student Travel Award ($100). Annual Meeting, Georgia Sociological Association.

Student Travel Award ($75). Trans*studies: An International Transdisciplinary Conference on

Gender, Embodiment, and Sexuality.

Conference Travel Grant ($250). Multicultural Programming Council, Georgia State University.

Conference Travel Award ($300). Students Promoting Education through Activism and
Knowledge (SPEAK), Georgia State University.

2014 Courage to Climb Award. Division of Student Life, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

2013 Voice & Action Award: Top 10 Leaders in Action. Campus Pride.

LGBT Student Leadership Award. Chancellors Commission for LGBT People, University of
Tennessee at Knoxville.

Conference Travel Grant ($1,500). Ready for the World, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Conference Papers and Presentations

2017 The Political Economy of Trans YouTube. Console-ing Passions: International Conference on
Television, Video, Audio, New Media, and Feminism, Greeneville, North Carolina, July 2729.

But You Dont Sound Like Youre from the South: An Appalachian Trans Travel Narrative.
Queer Rural/South Identities and Issues Panel (Sponsored by Sociologists for Women in Society-
South), Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Greeneville, South Carolina,
March 29April 1.

The Political Economy of Trans YouTube. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Womens
Studies Association, Atlanta. March 2325.

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 The Political Economy of Trans YouTube. SPEAK Graduate Symposium, Georgia State
University, Atlanta. February 24.

2016 Transnormativity, New Media, and Public Health. Center for Civil and Human Rights LGBT
Institute Symposium, Georgia State University, Atlanta. November 1820.

TRANSforming Higher Education. LGBTQ+ in the Academy Conference, East Tennessee

State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. November 5. With alithia zamantakis.

Searching for Community: YouTube as a Site of Counternarratives to Transnormativity.

Annual Meeting of the Georgia Sociological Association, Savannah, Georgia. October 2628.

Searching for Community: YouTube as a Site of Counternarratives to Transnormativity.

Trans*studies: An International Transdisciplinary Conference on Gender, Embodiment, and
Sexuality, University of Arizona, Tucson. September 710.

YouTube as a Site of Counternarratives to Transnormativity. Doing the Body in the 21 st

Century Conference, Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh. March 31April 2.

2015 Reimagining Campus Responses to Student Activism & Social Unrest. 7th Annual Diversity
and Leadership Conference, Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia. October 2. With Laci
Lee Adams and Dr. Jeffrey Coleman.

Panels Moderated
2017 Feed the Green: Feminist Voices for the Earth Documentary Screening and Discussion with
Jane Caputi. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Womens Studies Association, Atlanta. March
2325.

Language and Activism Today. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Womens Studies
Association, Atlanta. March 2325.

Trans Issues and New Media. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Womens Studies
Association, Atlanta. March 2325.

2016 Media and Self-Representation. Trans*studies: An International Transdisciplinary Conference on

Gender, Embodiment, and Sexuality, University of Arizona, Tucson. September 710.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Invited Talks
2017 Presenter of We Are Not a Monolith: Says Trans People Everywhere. Graduate Sports
Psychology Class, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. April 6.

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 Panelist for Representing Gender in Quantitative Data. Queer/Trans Collaborative at Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University. March 16.

2016 Facilitator for Community Conversations: LGBT Identities. Multicultural Center, Georgia State
University, Atlanta. October 25.

Co-facilitator for Coffee Talks: Trans Issues and Heteronormativity. Office of Civic
Engagement, Georgia State University, Atlanta. October 4. With Laci Lee Adams.

Co-presenter of Transgender Lives and Why #UTDiversityMatters. Graduate Sports

Psychology Class, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. April 28. With Charlie Clifton.

2015 Facilitator for Coffee Talks: Student Activism. Office of Civic Engagement, Georgia State
University, Atlanta. September 8.

2012 Panelist for LGBTQ Issues for Human Rights Week, Amnesty International, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. April 5.

2011 Co-presenter for LGBT 101. Undergraduate Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Class,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. March 4. With Juliet Meggs.

Graduate School Involvement

Sociologists for Trans Justice, National Initiative.
Eliminating Transphobia and Cissexism in Sociology Committee (January 2017present).

Sociology Graduate Student Association (SGSA), Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Executive Committee SGSA Representative (January 2017present);
Trans Week Co-Director (August 2016present);
Administrative Chair (September 2016present).

Multicultural Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Safe Zone Facilitator (January 2016May 2016).

Students Promoting Engagement through Activism and Knowledge (SPEAK), Georgia State University,
Atlanta.
Trans Week Director (April 2015August 2016);
Co-President (April 2015May 2016);
Member (August 2014April 2015).
Undergraduate Student Involvement
Lambda Student Union, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
OUTstanding LGBT Seminar Director (August 2012October 2013);
President (January 2012December 2013);
Member (August 2009January 2012).

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Chancellors Commission for LGBT People, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Voting Member (January 2012May 2013).

Clinic Vols, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Vice President (April 2012May 2013);
Friday Night 5k Director (October 2011October 2012);
Head Chair (August 2011April 2012);
Elementary School Chair (August 2010August 2011);
Clinic Volunteer (August 2009April 2012).

Womens Coordinating Council, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Member (August 2011May 2012).

Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Member (August 2009December 2011).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (January 2017present);
Southeastern Womens Studies Association (December 2016present);
Southern Sociological Society (November 2016present);
Georgia Sociological Association (October 2016present).

MEDIA COVERAGE

2016 Maxouris, Christina. Georgia Joins the Bathroom Gender Battle. The Signal, August 30.

Urquhart, Vanessa Vitiello. Yes, Trans People Can Feel Positive About Their Bodies While
Also Changing Them. OUTWARD: EXPANDING THE LGBTQ CONVERSATION. Slate
Magazine, July 5.

2015 Urquhart, Vanessa Vitiello. What the Heck Is Genderqueer? OUTWARD: EXPANDING THE
LGBTQ CONVERSATION. Slate Magazine, March 24.

2014 Elgin, Gary. Notes from the Lavender Table: TRANSforming Ourselves. Out & About
Nashville, February 4.

2013 YouTube, What's Your Big Idea? - Equality. Big Orange, Big Ideas Campaign, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. September 3.

Wascom, Shelly. Voices of Change: OUTstanding Seminar at University of Tennessee.

Community Shares. With Charlie Clifton.

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 Boehnke, Megan. After Lots of Press and a Little Education, UT Sex Week Wraps Today.
Knox News Sentinel, April 11.

Brundige, Hayley. LGBT Seminar to Address New Vantage Points. | The Daily Beacon. The
Daily Beacon Latest News RSS. The Daily Beacon, October 24.

Gryboski, Michael. Tenn. University Cuts Funds to Sex Week Observance. Christian Post,
March 23.

Hayes, Lacy. Students Dress in Drag, Support Lambda | The Daily Beacon. The Daily Beacon
Latest News, April 15.
Vogt, RJ. Gender Neutral Housing, Equal for All? The Daily Beacon Latest News, January 9.

2012 Joo, Justin. Chick-fil-A Upsets UT's LGBT | News. Chick-fil-A Upsets UT's LGBT | News. The
Daily Beacon, September 19.

Joo, Justin. Council, Sorority Hold Bake Sale | The Daily Beacon. The Daily Beacon Latest
News, March 6.

Joo, Justin. Event Held to Promote Awareness of LGBT Community, Prevent Bullying,
Suicide. The Daily Beacon Latest News, April 23.

Joo, Justin. LGBT Center Questions Ranking | The Daily Beacon. The Daily Beacon Latest
News, August 27.

Joo, Justin. Slam Poet, Activist to Host Workshop on Gender Theory. The Daily Beacon,
October 24.

O'Neal, Gabrielle. TNJN - Lambda Student Union President Reacts to Chancellors' Same-sex
Benefits Letter. TNJN Lambda Student Union President Reacts to Chancellors' Same-sex
Benefits Letter, October 29.

Schumacher, Owen. Clinic Vols Hold Successful Zombie-themed 5K | The Daily Beacon. The
Daily Beacon Latest News, October 29.

Strating, Jill. TNJN - UTK Panel Discusses LGBTQ Community's Challenges on Campus.
TNJN UTK Panel Discusses LGBTQ Community's Challenges on Campus, April 6.

Wright, Victoria. Panel Discusses LGBTQ Issues with Students. The Daily Beacon, April 10.

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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