Faculty and Staff
Sarah Miller, PhD
Title: | Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Professor of History |
Department: | History USC Salkehatchie |
Email: | semiller@mailbox.sc.edu |
Phone: | 843-782-8665 or 803-812-7337 |
Education
Ph. D., University of Toledo, History
M. A., Wright State University, Public History
B.A., Miami University, History
Publications
“Ohio” Native Americans State by State, ed. Daniel Murphree (ABC-Clio), 2012.
“’Foolish Young Men’ and the Contested Ohio Territory 1783-1795” Contested Territories: Native Americans and Europeans in the Lower Great Lakes 1750-1850, ed. Charles Beatty Medina and Melissa Rinehart, (Northern Michigan Press), 2012
“’Were You Entitled to an Answer: ’General Anthony Wayne and Major William Campbell on the Banks of the Ohio” Proceedings of the South Carolina History Association, Spring 2011.
“Indian Leadership and Consensus Opinion in the Old Northwest Territory 1783-1795” Proceedings of the South Carolina History Association, Spring 2009.
“Send Sisters, Send Polish Sisters: Americanizing Catholic Immigrant Children in the Early Twentieth Century” Ohio History, Spring 2007.
Teaching Awards
USC Salkehatchie Teacher of the Year – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017
Palmetto College John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching – 2009
Governor’s Professor of the Year – finalist – 2010, 2014
Walterboro-Colleton Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year – 2011
Daughters of Colonial Wars National American History Teacher of the Year – SC 2011, National 2012
Service Awards
Walterboro -Colleton Chamber of Commerce Humanitarian Award - 2019
Palmetto College Chris P. Plyler Excellence in Service Award – 2016
USC Salkehatchie Faculty Service Award – 2015
Scholarship Recognition
USC Salkehatchie Nominee for Palmetto College Denise Shaw Excellence in Scholarship – 2019, 2020.
Selected Projects
Documentary Film
“The Burnt Church: An Exploration of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease,” historic consultant, preservation expert, 2018
Exhibit and Program
“Walterboro’s House” exhibit and open house at the Bedon-Lucas House, 2016
Book
Salkehatchie: A Celebration of 50 Years, with Rodney Stewart, 2015
Research Grants:
“Watching over the Ruins: the Cemetery at Pon Pon Chapel of Ease,” RISE Grant, Summer 2020
“Pon Pon Chapel of Ease: Preservation and Interpretation,” RISE Grant, Summer 2019
“Walterboro’s House: History Viewed from Home,” RISE Grant, Summer 2017
Professional Associations
Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society, President
South Carolina Historical Association, Board Member