KATHRYN
ANNE MILLER
Pitzer College
1050
N. Mills Ave.
kathryn_miller@pitzer.edu
M.F.A.
Studio Art, University of California,
Santa Barbara, California,1992
Emphasis: Sculpture
Mixed
media
Photography
M. A. Biology,
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 1979
Emphasis: Botany
Ecology
Soil
science
Thesis: The Effects of Sewage Effluent Irrigation on
Nitrogen-fixing Soil Algae
B.Sc. Biology,
George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1975
Emphasis: Invertebrate Zoology
Botany
Physiology
Graduate Studies: Master of Fine Arts
Program, Syracuse University, 1989-90.
Undergraduate
studies: Environmental Design, U.C. Berkeley, 1990
Completion of requirements for a B. A.
in Art, Sonoma State University, 1984-1989.
Geology, Plant
Pathology, U.C. Berkeley, 1976.
2004-present Professor of Art,
(with an interdisciplinary emphasis in
environmental studies) Pitzer College, Claremont, California.
1999-2004 Associate Professor
of Art, Pitzer College, Claremont, California.
1993-1999 Assistant
Professor of Art, Pitzer College, Claremont, California.
1993-2002
Adjunct Faculty Member, Art Department, Claremont Graduate
University,
Claremont, California.
1992-1993 Lecturer,
Art Department, College of Creative Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara, California.
1990-1992 Graduate
Teaching Assistant, Art Studio Department,
University of California, Santa
Barbara, California.
1989 Associate Lecturer, Art Department, Syracuse University, N.Y.
1987-1989 Instructor, Beginning and Advanced
Ceramics, summer sessions, Sonoma State University Extension, California,
1989 Teaching Assistant, Drawing, Art
Department, Sonoma State University.
1977
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Botany laboratory section, Biology Department, Sonoma
State University.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTION
Courses taught:
· Beginning Sculpture
· Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture
· Installation/Exhibition
· Senior Projects/Exhibition
· Beginning 2-D Drawing and Design
· Intermediate/Advanced Drawing
· Mixing It Up - Mixed Media Sculpture and Ceramics
· Beginning Ceramics
· Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics
· From Earth-art to Eco-art (Graduate course only)
· Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA)
· Independent Studies with undergraduate students
· Individual units with graduate students
· Environments Workshop
· Environments, Arts + Action
· Making an Impact : Artists in the Environment
· Field Projects
· Landscape as Art: The Search for Ecological Paradigms
· Plants and People
· Community, Ecology and Design
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Completely set up and maintained a sculpture studio. Ordered supplies and materials, purchased and repaired tools.
· Maintained the Salathe Gallery, coordinated shows, and worked with seniors to set up their senior solo exhibitions.
· Served on Graduate MFA Advancement and Thesis committees in art and in environmental studies.
· Academic advisor/mentor to undergraduate students (approx. 50-60 students/year)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
· Art Department, Chair
· Environmental Studies Department member and curricular liaison
· Academic Standards Committee, Chair
· Curriculum Committee, Chair
· Campus Aesthetics Committee, Chair
· Academic Events Committee, Chair
· Judicial Committee
· Ad hoc Governance Committee
Kathryn
Miller
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE continued
· ad hoc Facilities Committee (Master Planning for Pitzer campus)
· Faculty searches for tenure-track positions
· Faculty promotions
· Faculty five-year reviews
· WASC Report/Art Department
COMPUTER LITERACY
• PhotoShop
• PowerPoint
• Digital Imaging
VOLUNTEER WORK
· Maintaining small native plant gardens on campus and working on campus clean-up days
· Lectures for potential incoming Freshmen
· Alumni Weekend art projects and lectures
· Community tile and mosaic projects, courtyard restoration projects
Faculty Research Grant, Pitzer
College, Claremont, California 2005
Summer Fellowship in the
Social Sciences, Pitzer College, Claremont, California 2004
Faculty Research Grant,
Pitzer College, Claremont, California 2003/4
National Endowment for the Arts Grant 2002
Faculty Research Grant, Pitzer College, Claremont, California 2001
Faculty Research Grant, Pitzer College, Claremont, California 2000
Salathe Grant
for the Arts, Pitzer College, Claremont,
California 1999
Faculty Research Grant, Pitzer College, Claremont, California 1997
Faculty Research Grant, Pitzer College, Claremont, California 1996
Faculty Research Grant, Pitzer College,
Claremont, California 1994
Research
Travel Grant, Academic Senate, University of
California, Santa Barbara. 1993
Art Studio Teaching Fellowship, University of
California, Santa Barbara. 1992-93
Thesis
Exhibition Presentation,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
1992
Abrams
Award, University of California, Santa
Barbara. 1992
William
Dole Memorial Graduate Fellowship, U. of
California, Santa Barbara. 1991
Art Studio Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara. 1991
Graduate
Teaching Assistantships, University of California,
Santa Barbara. 1990-92
Full
Graduate Tuition Scholarship,
Syracuse University, New York. 1989-90
Full
Graduate Teaching Assistantship,
Syracuse University, New York. 1989-90
Fluent Portuguese
Practical knowledge of Spanish
Practical knowledge of French