Toby Miller
Encyclopedia
Toby Miller is a British
/Australian
-American
interdisciplinary social scientist
with areas of concentration including cultural studies
and media studies
. He is also the author of several books, numerous articles, and is a guest commentator on television and radio programs across the globe. He is chairperson of the Department of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside
(UCR). Prior to his academic career, Miller worked in broadcasting, banking, and civil service.
Miller was born in the United Kingdom
and grew up in Australia
. He earned a B.A. in history and political science at Australian National University
in 1980 and a Ph.D. in philosophy and communication studies at Murdoch University
in 1991.
In July 2004, Miller became a full-time professor at UCR following a stint as a visiting professor. Formerly, he was a professor in the Departments of English, Sociology, and Women’s Studies, as well as director of the program in film and visual culture. As of December 2008, he chairs the new Department of Media & Cultural Studies.
Preceding his professorship at UCR, Miller was a professor at New York University
, and held previous appointments at Murdoch University, Griffith University
, and the University of New South Wales
.
, Japanese
, Swedish
, and Spanish
.
Books and monographs
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
/Australian
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
interdisciplinary social scientist
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
with areas of concentration including cultural studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
and media studies
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
. He is also the author of several books, numerous articles, and is a guest commentator on television and radio programs across the globe. He is chairperson of the Department of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
(UCR). Prior to his academic career, Miller worked in broadcasting, banking, and civil service.
Miller was born in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and grew up in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He earned a B.A. in history and political science at Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
in 1980 and a Ph.D. in philosophy and communication studies at Murdoch University
Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Australia. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975...
in 1991.
In July 2004, Miller became a full-time professor at UCR following a stint as a visiting professor. Formerly, he was a professor in the Departments of English, Sociology, and Women’s Studies, as well as director of the program in film and visual culture. As of December 2008, he chairs the new Department of Media & Cultural Studies.
Preceding his professorship at UCR, Miller was a professor at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, and held previous appointments at Murdoch University, Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
, and the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
.
Selected publications
Miller's work has been translated into ChineseChinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
, and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
Books and monographs
- Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention (2008)
- Cultural Citizenship (2007)
- Cultural Citizenship: How Conservatives and Neoliberals Captured the Cultural Politics of Television and How We Can Take it Back (Temple University Press)
- Cultural Policy (with George Yudice; London, Thousand Oaks, and New Delhi: Sage, 2004)
- Global Hollywood (with Nitin Govil, John McMurria, and Richard Maxwell; London: British Film Institute, 2001; Berkeley: UC Press, 2001)
- Sportsex (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001);
- Globalization and Sport: Playing with the World (with Geoffrey Lawrence, Jim McKay, and David Rowe; London, Thousand Oaks, and New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001)
- Popular Culture and Everyday Life (with Alex McHoul; London, Thousand Oaks, and New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998)
- Technologies of Truth: Cultural Citizenship and the Popular Media (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 1998)
- The Avengers (London: British Film Institute, 1997; Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1998)
- Contemporary Australian Television (University of New South Wales Press, 1994)
- The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture and the Postmodern Subject (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993)