~~ Rickie Miller ~~

 
General

Department of Appointment:

  • Elementary Education and Specialized Studies

Rank:

  • Associate Professor

Tenure Status:

  • Tenured

Date of Appointment:

  • May, 1992

Area(s) of Specialty:

  • Curriculum & Instruction (Science, Mathematics, and Technology)

Ethnicity:

  • White (Non-Hispanic)

Academic Background:

  • 1994:  Ph.D., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Technology; Minor in Statistics)

  • 1990:   M.A., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (Curriculum & Instruction)

  • 1970:  B.S., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (Elementary Education)

Professional Experience

University:

  • 12 years (10 as tenure-track)

P-12 School Settings:

  • 10 years

Faculty & Administrative Workload

 Fall  2001:

  • Assistant Chair

  • EDUC 437 (2 sections)

  • Program Coordinator – Curriculum & Instruction

Spring  2002:

  • Assistant Chair

  • EDUC 437 (1 section)

  • Program Coordinator – Curriculum & Instruction

Other University Assignments

Department, College, University Committees:

Department

  •  Field Guides

  •  Program Coordinators

  •  Curriculum

College

  • NCATE Assessment

  •  TECC

  •  GPCC

  •  Coordinating Council

University

  • Student Affairs Committee

Graduate Advising: 

  • 32
Thesis Chair:

  • 1
 Dissertation Chair:

  • 2
Professional/Academic Memberships:

  • National Science Teachers Association

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

  • National Middle School Teachers Association

  • American Educational Research Association

  • GLOBE

  • Idaho Space Grant Consortium
Teaching Certification(s) & Credential(s):

  • K-8 License III from the State of New Mexico
Honors and Awards (since 1995):

  • 1999:  Soroptomist International of Boise, Women Helping Women Award

  • 1995:  Selection for inclusion in the Eighth Edition of America’s

  • 2000:  Most Notable Women
Grants and Awards (since 1995):

  • 1995-2002:  A Idaho Space Grant Consortium, Boise State University Total Amount: $10,000/year

  • 2000:  NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Special Projects Grant: Investigations in the Atmosphere-Migrant Summer Camp Total Amount: $5,000.00

  • 1999:  Co-writer NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Special Projects Grant: Atmospheric Investigations-Migrant Summer Camp Total Amount: $5,000.00

  • 1998:  Co-writer Faculty Research Grant: Parent Academic Involvement and Mathematics Efficacy of Secondary Students Total Amount: $5,000.00

  • 1998:  Co-writer Research Associate Grant: Parent Academic Involvement and Mathematics Efficacy of Secondary Students Total Amount: $1,950.00
Publications (since 1995):

  • Miller, R. & Singletary, T. (1995). Linking minds: Using telecommunications to engage teachers and students in learning. IOSTE Yearbook, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press.
Presentations (since 1995):

  • 2002:  National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA Teaching Inquiry Science: An Integrated Approach

  • 1999:  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA (invited research presentation) Parents Academic Involvement and Its Effect on Mathematics Efficacy

  • 1998:  National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Hand’s On Activities that Sustatin Young Girls in Science and Mathematics

  • 1997:  National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Project GET SMArT: Nurturing young girls in science, mathematics, and technology

  • 1997:  American Association of University Women (AAUW) Regional Meeting, Boise, ID, Girls in the middle: What the research tells us

  • 1996:  National Science Teachers Association Global Conference, San Francisco, CA, Gender equity training in science, mathematics and technology

  • 1996:  International Organization of Science and Technology Education (IOSTE), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Linking minds: Using telecommunications to engage teachers and students in learning

  • 1995:  Boise State University Summer Core in EducationIntegrating technology into the classroom

  • 1995:  National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Regional Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, workshop entitled Whole language + whole science whole learning

  • 1995:  American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA, New developments for teacher educators in mathematics, science, and technology about gender equity

  • 1995:  National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Computer mediated communication: Linking students, scientists and teachers

Back to Vita List