Marla R. Miller is an American public historian.
Miller's scholarship focuses on the work of women in the United States prior to industrialization, with a focus on material culture and craft. She holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1] Miller is well known for her work on Betsy Ross which challenges popular narratives about Ross' involvement with the creation of the United States flag. [2]
Miller served from 2001 to 2021 as the Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [1] Miller was elected vice president/president elect of the National Council on Public History Board of Directors in 2016. [3] Her term as NCPH president concluded in 2020. [4] She is a speaker in the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program. [5]
In addition to her academic work Miller has worked as both an editor and a public history consultant. She has sat on the editorial board of The Public Historian, Journal of the Early Republic, and the New England Quarterly. [1] She is the founding editor of the University of Massachusetts Press series "Public History in Historical Perspective." Miller's co-authored 2012 report Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service which won the National Council on Public History prize for Excellence in Consulting in 2013. [6]
Marla R. Miller is an American public historian.
Miller's scholarship focuses on the work of women in the United States prior to industrialization, with a focus on material culture and craft. She holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1] Miller is well known for her work on Betsy Ross which challenges popular narratives about Ross' involvement with the creation of the United States flag. [2]
Miller served from 2001 to 2021 as the Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [1] Miller was elected vice president/president elect of the National Council on Public History Board of Directors in 2016. [3] Her term as NCPH president concluded in 2020. [4] She is a speaker in the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program. [5]
In addition to her academic work Miller has worked as both an editor and a public history consultant. She has sat on the editorial board of The Public Historian, Journal of the Early Republic, and the New England Quarterly. [1] She is the founding editor of the University of Massachusetts Press series "Public History in Historical Perspective." Miller's co-authored 2012 report Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service which won the National Council on Public History prize for Excellence in Consulting in 2013. [6]