Vita: Sally McMillan – 1
Sally McMillan
Education Building
Mail Stop 1071
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409
(806) 742-1997 ext. 309
E-mail –
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Doctor of Philosophy, Education; May 2001
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dissertation Title: Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s Hope Leslie: Clues to A
Woman’s Journey
Master of Arts, Education; May 1997
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bachelor of Science, Education; August 1987
Major: English, Minor: speech
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Language Orientation Project, summer 1986
Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Academic Honors
Candidate for Who’s Who in America (2007, 2008)
MacDonald Excellence in Teaching Award (2005)
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Nominated for a Wall of Tolerance Award
Southern Poverty Law Center (2002, 2005)
Nominated for Teacher of the Year Award,
College of Education, Texas Tech University (2002)
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Louisiana State University’s Feminist
Dissertation of the Year Award (2001)
Professional Experience
Louisiana State Department of Education
Administrative Experience
1993 - 1997
Education Program Specialist, Bilingual / ESOL Section, Louisiana Department of Education
Research and Grant Writing
1993 - 1997
Research Assistant for Title VII Louisiana Bilingual Education / ESOL Annual Report.
1993 - 1995
Co-Researcher for Title IV Louisiana National Origin Desegregation Annual Report
Testing and Teacher Training
1993 -- 1997
Implemented English as a Second Language testing and in Louisiana Public Schools K – 12
1993 – 1997
Teacher trainer in ESL strategies in Louisiana Public Schools K – 12.
Conference Development and Coordination
1997
Louisiana Association of Bilingual Educators (LABE) Annual Seminar, Louisiana Department of Education
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High School, Middle Level & Elementary
Teaching Experience
1993 – 1997
Implemented K-12 ESL strategies with classroom teachers in Louisiana public schools
1989 - 1993
West Feliciana High School, St. Francisville, Louisiana.
Literature, speech, drama teacher, Grades 7-12;
Language Arts Textbook Selection task force (1990)
Peer Buddy Club Sponsor / Special Education Mainstreaming
Drama Coach
Constructed Speech I, II, III Courses for High School Students
Constructed Middle School Speech / Drama Elective
Co-wrote Six Week Plays With Middle Level Students
Directed High School Children’s Theatre for Elementary Schools
Glass Apple Award (1990 – 1991)
Spring 1989
English teacher, Grades 9-12, Trafton, the Chapel Schools, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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University Teaching Experience
Summer 2007
Session II – Taught Graduate Level Curriculum Development
& Alternative Certification Course: Issues in Secondary Education
Spring 2007
Team taught Naturalistic Inquiry
Research Seminar with Dr. Margaret Price
Fall 2004 – Fall 2007
Project REAL Course Enacted at
Professional Development School
(Lubbock High School)
Fall 2005; Spring 2006
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
Site-Based Improving Instruction (Project REAL)
Secondary Language Arts Methods
Improving Instruction
Adolescent Literature – Middle Level
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Summer I, 2005
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
Curriculum Design
Children’s Literature
Fall 2004; Spring 2005
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
Improving Instruction
Site-Based Improving Instruction (Project REAL)
Secondary Language Arts
Adolescent Literature -- Middle Level
Curriculum Theory
Fall 2003; Spring 2004
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education,
Improving Instruction,
Curriculum Design,
General Secondary Methods
Fall 2002; Spring 2003
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education,
Improving Instruction,
Secondary Language Arts Methods.
Summer I, 2003
Assistant Professor,
Curriculum Theory,
Improving Instruction.
Fall 2001; Spring 2002
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education,
Issues in American Secondary Schools,
Secondary Language Arts Methods.
Summer I, 2002
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education,
Foundations of Curriculum Theory, Secondary Education;
Children’s Literature, Language and Literacy.
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Fall, 1998; Spring, 1999; Fall, 1999; Spring 2000;
Summer 2000; Spring 2001
Graduate Assistant Instructor, Children’s Literature;
Curriculum and Instruction, Louisiana State University.
Fall 1997
Graduate Assistant Instructor, Introduction to College Studies; Curriculum and Instruction, Louisiana State University.
Spring 2000
Co-instructor, Graduate Seminar, Engendering Curriculum;
Curriculum and Instruction, Louisiana State University.
University Committee Assignments
University Level
Teacher Education Committee (2004)
Mentor Tech (Fall 2006 – Spring 2007
College of Education
Graduate Affairs Committee (2001 – 2005)
Chair of Graduate Affairs Committee (2004 – 2005)
Graduate Affairs Subcommittee for Writing Orientation Course (2002)
Chair of Graduate Affairs Subcommittee for Grade Challenges (2005)
Undergraduate Affairs Subcommittee for Grade Challenges (2002; 2006)
Faculty Council (2003 – 2006)
Faculty Council Promotion and Tenure Handbook Subcommittee (2005)
Middle Level Program Planning (2005 – 2006)
Secondary Level Program Planning (2005 – present)
Secondary Level Program (Fall 2001 – present)
Language and Literacy Program (2002 – 2006)
Language and Literacy Program Literature Festival Planning (2003, 2004; 2005)
Curriculum Studies Course Development Committee (2005 –2006)
Curriculum Studies / Teacher Education Program (2004 – present)
College-Wide Ad Hoc Doctoral Committee (2007)
Curriculum & Instruction Ad Hoc Doctoral Committee (2007)
Program Coordinator of Curriculum Studies / Teacher Education (Fall 2007)
Promotion & Tenure Selection Committee; Elected Position (2007)
Other University Experience
Co-development of Professional Development School Alternative Certification Program (Project REAL)
Integrated Best Practice Principles Throughout Five Alternative
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Certification Courses for Project REAL
Organized Student Recruitment for Project REAL (2006).
University Supervision of Student Teachers (Louisiana State University).
Assisted Professor with Constructing and Implementing the Doctoral Level Course, Engendering Curriculum (Louisiana State University).
Mentored Texas Tech Doctoral Student in Arts-Based Language Arts and Science Instruction in Local Middle School.
Joint Interdisciplinary Project Between Texas Tech and Local Middle Level Teachers.
Wrote and Directed Readers Theatre Research Performance, The Crossover - a Thematic Collage: An Oral History of Desegregation in East Baton Rouge Schools. (Louisiana State University). Session Chair: October 2000, National Council of Teachers of English
Annual Conference.
Collaborated with College of Education and Honors College Professors / Astronomer to Conduct an Interactive “Moon Finale” (Bench Mark Lesson) at Irons Junior High School as part of an Interdisciplinary Project Between Texas Tech Professors and Middle Level Teachers.
Publications Submitted
McMillan, S. & Anderson, C. (2007).Novel Identities: Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s Hope Leslie as a Mentoring Framework for Curriculum Studies
Publications in Press
McMillan, S. (2008) Introduction. The Journal of Thought. Vol.42
McMillan, S. (2008) Editor’s Introduction. The Journal of Thought. Vol. 43.
Publications
Myers, S., McMillan, S., Anderson, C., Price, M., Transition to Teaching Federal Grant Three Year Interim Report (Summer 2007).
Myers, S., McMillan, S., Price, M., Anderson, C., Fives, H. (2006). Partnering with Secondary Schools to Prepare Highly Qualified Teachers: Alternative Certification through a Professional Development School Model. The Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification.
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Trousdale, A. & McMillan, S. (2006). "Cinderella was a wuss": A young girl's response to feminist and patriarchal folktales. In: P. Hunt (Ed), Children's literature: Critical concepts in literary and cultural studies. Routledge (in press; reprinted from Children’s Literature in Education).
McMillan, S. & Wilhelm, J. (2006). Students’ stories: Adolescents constructing multiple literacies through nature journaling. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Vol. 50:5, pp. 370 – 377.
McMillan, S. and Simpson, D. (2006). Introduction. The Journal of Thought. (Winter): 3-7.
Wilhelm, J., McMillan, S., Hintze, E., and Walters, K. (March 2006). Phasing In Lunar Observations. Science Scope, p. 64-66.
McMillan, S. and Price, M. (2005). Teachers Representations of Self.
In Jere Brophy & Pinnegar (Eds.); Learning From Research on Teaching,
Perspectives, Methodology & Presentation.
McMillan, S. and Simpson, D. (2005). Introduction. The Journal of Thought. (Fall): 3-8.
McMillan, S. (2004). Janie’s Journey: Zora Neal Hurston’s Framework for an Alternative Quest. Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South.
12: 1 & 2 (Spring / Summer): 79-93.
McMillan, S. and Simpson, D. (2004). Introduction. The Journal of Thought. (Winter): 3-8.
Wilhelm, J. and McMillan, S. (2004). Moon Investigations: Students Forging New Literacy and Scientific Identities. The Electronic Journal of Literacy Through Science.
McMillan, S. (2003) Catharine Maria Sedgwick. In: Lawrence Baines (Eds,)
How To Get A Life, Volume II. Humantics.
McMillan, S. (2003). Fairy Tales or Historical Records: Tales of the
Natchez Trace in Eudora Welty's “The Robber Bridegroom.” Southern
Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South. (Spring / Summer).
Wilhelm, J., Cooper, S., and McMillan, S. (2004). Pre-service teachers experiencing mathematics through moon projects and spinning tops. In D. McDougall and J. Ross (Eds.) Proc. of the 26th Annual Meeting of the North
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American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Toronto: OISE/UT. Vol 3, p. 1167-1174.
Trousdale, A. and McMillan, S. (2002)."Cinderella Was A Wuss": A Young Girl's Response to Feminist and Patriarchal Folktales. Children's Literature in Education (An International quarterly) 34: 1-28.
Publications in Progress
McMillan, S. Melodramatic Methods: E.D.E.N. Southworth's the hidden hand as cultural and educational critique. Southern Studies: An interdisciplinary journal of the south.
Price, M. & S. McMillan. Wrestling for Recognition: Who Can Determine the Legitimacy of Performance and Narrative Research in Graduate Courses? Journal of Qualitative Research.
Presentations at Academic and Professional Conferences
Anderson, C. & McMillan, S. Alternate Route Educators: A New Day for School Staffing. (April 2008). National Association of Alternative Certification (NAAC) Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Myers, S., McMillan, S., Price, M., Anderson, C., Sanderson, S. (2007) Partnering with Secondary Schools to Prepare Highly Qualified Teachers: Alternative Certification through a Professional Development School Model. The Holmes Partnership Conference. (San Antonio, Texas).
McMillan, S. (2006). Creative Drama: Setting the Stage for Literacy; Texas Tech University, Language and Literacy Conference.
McMillan, S., Wilhelm, J., and Walters, K. (2005). Nature Journaling as a Path to New Literacy Identities. Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. (Montreal, Canada).
Wilhelm, J., McMillan, S., and Bunuan, R. (2005). Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers Engage in Astronomical Inquiry. Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. (Montreal, Canada).
McMillan, S. (2005). Creative Drama: Setting the Stage for Literacy; Texas Tech University, Language and Literacy Conference.
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McMillan, S. and Wilhelm, J. (2003)
Moon Phase Investigations: Students Forging New Literacy and Scientific-Mathematical Identities. Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. (Chicago, Illinois).
McMillan, S. and Price, M.A. (2003)
A Representative Journey of Teachers’ Perceptions of Self (presented as a montage of voices within a readers theatre script), April 2003, AERA Annual Conference. (Chicago, Illinois).
Wilhelm, J. and McMillan, S. (November, 2003)
Moon Investigations: Students Forging New Literacy and Scientific / Mathematical Identities; NSTA Annual Conference. (Kansas City, Missouri).
McMillan, S. and Wilhelm, J. (November, 2003)
Moon Journaling: Students, Teachers, and Families Partnering to Form New Literacy Identities; NCTE Annual Conference. (San Francisco, California).
McMillan, S. (2003)
Classroom Dramatics: Setting the Stage for Literacy; October 2004, Texas Tech University, TAIR Conference.
Munro, P., Porche-Frilot, D., DeMoor, E., McMillan, S., Quinn, M. & Kwa Salaam, T. (2002). Sensuous Women: Spirituality and Embodied Ways of Knowing. American Educational Researchers Association (AERA) Annual Conference. (alphabetical order; Petra Munro, Chair).
Davis-Pierce, D. & McMillan-Tyler, S. (2001).
Something Old, Something New: Nineteenth Century Writers and Teachers Constructing Classroom Knowledge. Panel/ National Conference of Teachers of English Annual Conference. (alphabetical order).
McMillan-Tyler, S. (2000, February). Nineteenth -Century American Women Novelists: Re-imagining Cultural History. Third Annual Women's & Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, Louisiana State University.
Frilot-Porche, D., McMillan-Tyler, S. & Smith, P. M. (1999). Reimagining Narrative Connections Between Past, Present, and Future. Panel / Readers’
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Theatre Session National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. (alphabetical order).
McMillan-Tyler, S., (February, 1998). Listening To Our Mothers' Voices: Alternative Forms of Expression from 19th Century Women. First Annual Women's & Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, Louisiana State University.
Davis, D.R., Haw, H. M., Scott, A., McMillan-Tyler, S. & Washington D. P. (1997). The Crossover - a Thematic Collage: An Oral History of Desegregation in East Baton Rouge Schools. Poster session, University Council for Educational Administration, Convention. (alphabetical order) .
Trousdale, A. M. (Ph.D.) & McMillan-Tyler, S. (1997). Using Readers’ Theatre in the Multi-cultural Classroom. Co-presented session and directed limited English proficient conference strand, State Title I Conference.
McMillan-Tyler, S. (1997). Creative Activities for Middle School Students
Louisiana Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (LATESOL) Conference.
McMillan-Tyler, S. (1997). Listening To Our Mothers' Voices: Alternative Forms of Expression from 19th Century Women. Louisiana State University / University of New Orleans Curriculum Theory Camp.
McMillan-Tyler, S. (1995). Using Multicultural Children's Literature in the Classroom. Louisiana Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (LATESOL) Mini-Conference.
Aguirre, N. & McMillan-Tyler, S. (1994). Introduction to Galaxies of Thinking and Creative Heights of Achievement (GOTCHA): A Title VII Academic Excellence Program. Southeast Regional TESOL Conference.
Tyler, S. M. (1993). Using Drama in the ESL Classroom. (1993). Louisiana Association of Bilingual Education (LABE) Annual Conference, 1993.
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Additional Scholarly Endeavor
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Associate Editor of The Journal of Thought (2004 to the present).
Editorial Board of Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South
(2004 to 2006).
Editorial Board of Secondary English (an online journal)
(2002-2004).
Reviewer for The Journal of Thought (2004 to the present).
Reviewer for Secondary English (2002 to the present).
Reviewer for Urban Education (2004)
Creative Writing Group Leader for Secondary English Graduate Students (master’s level) (2002 & 2003).
Grants Funded
Department of Education (DOE) Federal Grant (funded for 5 years): 1.3 million dollars. Proposal Title: Recruiting Educators Through Alternative Licensure (Project REAL). (5 Primary Investigators in alphabetical order: Connie Anderson, Helenrose Fives, Sally McMillan, Susan Myers, and Margaret Price.)
AERA/IES Research Grant, (funded for two years): $25,000.
Proposal Title: Moon Investigations: Students Forging New Literacy and Scientific-Mathematical Identities. Sally McMillan and Jennifer Wilhelm.
COE Research Grants Program, 2003-2004: $2,000.
Proposal Title: Interdisciplinary Narratives: Students Forging New Mathematical and Literacy Identities. Jennifer Wilhelm and Sally McMillan.
COE Course Release Grant, Spring Semester 2003: $8,000.
Texas Tech University. Interdisciplinary Study. Sally McMillan and Jennifer Wilhelm.
Graduate Student Advisement
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Outside Committee Member for Two EPSY Division Doctoral Defenses
Doctoral Student Committees
*Dominic Imperiale (2003-2005)
*Eileen Kendrick (present)
Kolyesnikova, Nataliya (College of Human Sciences) (2005)
Beccy Hambright (present)
Lois Stark (2003-2006)
Saundra Wimberley (present)
Renee Collins (Co-Chair with Dr. Douglas Simpson; present)
Heather Wid (current advisor)
*Proposed Committee Chair
Masters Student Committees
Kelly Jones (2002)
*Dayna Marshall (2003) Kendra Walters (2005)
*Heather Medley (2003) Emma Carrasco (2005)
*Darnise Nicole Hester (2003) *Adrienne Akers (2005)
Andrea Bentley (2003) *Angela Watson (2005)
Emily Koth (2004)*Ofelia Arenas
Julie Merrit (2005)
*Committee Chair
Areas of Professional Interest
Narrative Theory
Interdisciplinary & Middle Level Education
Curriculum Studies
Language Arts Education
Adolescent Literature
19th-century American Women’s Literature
Interdisciplinary Instruction
Professional Organizations
National Council of Teachers of English
American Educational Research Association
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(Invisible College)
American Association of University Women
International Association for the Development of Curriculum Studies
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