George Miller

Focus Areas: Media, Journalism, Writing

George Miller is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

He was a photojournalist and reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News and later published a local music magazine in Philadelphia called JUMP. His words and images have been published by news organizations around the world.

Before arriving at the Graduate School of Journalism, Miller was on the faculty of the Journalism Department at Temple University. He taught magazine writing, documentary photography, entrepreneurial journalism, and a multimedia reporting class called Philadelphia Neighborhoods, as well as many other classes. From 2018 through 2021, he also served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Temple University’s Japan Campus in Tokyo.

He has taught in summer multimedia journalism programs in Cagli, Italy; Armagh, Northern Ireland; and London.

He is a graduate of Loyola University of Maryland. He earned master’s degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his doctorate in higher education leadership from Wilmington University.

At SIPA, Miller teaches Policy Communication and Advocacy.

Education

• EdD in Higher Education Leadership, Wilmington University
• MLA in Creative Writing, University of Pennsylvania
• MS in Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
• BA in Communications, Loyola University

Honors and Awards

• 2023 Honors Program Professor of the Year, Temple University
• 2022 Manager of the Year, Philadelphia Amateur Baseball League
• 2016 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, Temple University