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Professor of English and the Program for the Study of Women and Gender
Director of Institutional Diversity,
Assistant to the President
College Hall 31, (413)585-2141
njmiller@email.smith.edu
OID Walk-in hours: Monday 3:00-4:00
Naomi Miller is Professor of English and the Study of Women and Gender, and Director of Institutional Diversity and Assistant to the President. She received her A.B. from Princeton and her A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard. In addition to academic articles for The Chronicle of Higher Education and scholarly journal articles, she has published: Reading Mary Wroth (1991), Changing the Subject: Mary Wroth and Figurations of Gender in Early Modern England (1997), Maternal Measures: Caregiving in the Early Modern Period (2000), and Reimagining Shakespeare for Children and Young Adults (2002). A book on "Sibling Relations in the Early Modern Period" is coming out in 2006, and she is currently at work on a novel that adapts Shakespeare's The Tempest for young adult audiences. Her teaching interests include Shakespeare, women in the Renaissance, lyric poetry of all periods, and children's literature.
As Director of Institutional Diversity and Assistant to the President, Naomi Miller oversees efforts to create and maintain a diverse community at Smith. She is responsible for administering the college’s strategic plan for diversity, including programs that foster a diverse workforce and student body. The office administers equal opportunity policies and grievance procedures relative to equity issues. All matters pertaining to civil rights fall within the domain of her office.