sj Miller

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  • home
  • about me
  • Collaboration
  • gender identity consulting
  • social justice consulting
  • publications and media
    • books >
      • about gender identity justice in schools and communities
      • Navigating Trans *+ and Complex Gender Identities
      • Teaching, Affirming, and Recognizing Trans and Gender Creative Youth
      • Enseñando, a rmando, + y reconociendo a jóvenes trans* y de género creativo
      • Educators Queering Academia
      • Generation BULLIED 2.0
      • Change Matters
      • Unpacking the Loaded Teacher Matrix
      • Narratives of Social Justice Teaching
    • book series
    • peer-reviewed articles
    • book chapters
    • media work
    • guest blogger
  • critical resources for educators
    • critical curriculum for educators
    • anti-bullying
    • young adult literature
    • hip hop literacy
  • blog
  • news
  • contact

gender identity expert
consulting

TEDMED
Gender Identity Justice Educator
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                                        Working Philosophy


I want to be a thought-partner with your team and support you in making the work environment a place where everyone wants to be without question; where Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Inclusivity and Belonging+ (DEIAB+) are the anchors for the working community. This is not easy work and it takes diligence, mindfulness and a collective willingness to embrace the desire to change. But change is not enough. We must look deeply into the root causes of systemic and structural issues, unpack and challenge them, and then envision the direction you want your organization to go. It is not enough to make change, we must work to sustain changes that can and will lead to broad-scale transformation. This process of transformation is centered in the Social Justice Framework of Miller & Kirkland (2012), which situates  work as Reflective, Change-Oriented and Solutions-based. ​ ​

Together, our work leverages, strengthens, and builds capacities for individuals and groups from any context to frame understanding, relational-development, and support about gender identity through anti-bias, prejudice reduction, and equity-centered practices within curriculum, pedagogy, and in local, state, and national policies. 

Together, we can decide what is the best path forward for your organization's needs and goals.

examples of professional development
these can be adapted for all work contexts

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Gender identity expert
​Consulting Brochure
GENDER IDENTITY EXPERT
in-person and on-line 

Descriptions anmd modules
MEDIA WORK
Column I editED for the English Journal- Beyond Binary Gender Identities
  • SEPT, 2018:  THE LAST MAN, BY DAVID LEE CARLSON
  • NOV, 2018: NOT THE GIRL EVERYONE SEES: A TRANSGENDER TEEN’S EXPERIENCES IN A FAITH- BASED SCHOOL BY JUDITH DUNKERLY- BEAN AND CAMDEN ROSS
  • JAN, 2019: YOUTH RESEARCHERS WRESTLING WITH GENDER AND SEXUALITY BY TIFFANY DEJAYNES
  • MAR, 2019: WELCOMING DISCUSSIONS OF GENDER IDENTITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY AILA ALVINA BOYD

​types of support​
(see specific content below)


Small, whole group, and one-to-one

Training trainers

Research-based solutions grounded in social justice and equity

Short or long-term
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Presentations and keynotes

Dissertation coaching:  preparation, writing, editing,
rehearsing, submission, and publishing 

​Conference proposal writing, preparation, submission, and rehearsing

​Writing coaching for all ages

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​Institutional audits

Short and long-term strategic planning

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​institutional foci

(public and private)

K-12 Schools and Districts

Community Colleges

Universities

Small Businesses

Non-profits

​Human Resources


Behavioral health and Mental health settings

Medical, law, dental, tech, and other professional settings

Law enforcement and fire personnel 

constituents served


​Administrators (e.g., superintendents, principals, department chairs, Deans)

Staff, support staff, school personnel, learning specialists, instructional coaches

Teachers and/or faculty

Students at all academic levels

Parents and/or guardians

Community Organizations

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Advisory and Governing Boards

Grant funders

Behavioral health
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Social workers and counselors

​Doctors, lawyers, dental health and other professionals (just ask)
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Policy makers


Human resources

Police, Firefighters and EMTs
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possible outcomes

Advancing knowledge, dispositions, and pedagogical capacities about supporting the well-being of students' personal and social-emotional legitimacies

Experiencing the increased confidence to engage with and motivate both personal and student learning

​Expanding personal, social and institutional awareness

​Strengthening pedagogical and practical daily and long-term tools for application
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Developing concrete understanding and awareness about how to create external and internal safety for individuals

Having more equitable contexts

some topics covered

​TRANS*+ AND GENDER CREATIVE/EXPANSIVE HUMANS
Unpacking Germane Language and Terms
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Gender and Sex

Trans*+ 101 (names, pronouns, etiquette)

Trans*+ Microaggressions

Reflecting on and Understanding Cisgender privilege

Developing (a) Gender Self-determination

Teaching, Affirming and Recognizing Trans*+ and Gender Creative/Expansive Youth

Trans*+ing Literacy Practices (crossing disciplinary lines)

Auditing and Shifting School Curriculum and Workplace Practices to be Inclusive of Gender Identity

Shifting Policies and Practices in Schools and Workplace Contexts

Bathrooms, Locker Rooms, and Playgrounds

Creating School and Workplace Environments to achieve External and Internal Safety

Working with Parents (administrators, staff) around Trans*+ Issues

Community Engagement with and for Trans*+ Students

Understanding Intersectional Trans*+ Identities

Transgender History and implications in Schools and Society 
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Disrupting Trans*+-focused Bullying

Expanding Language Practices to be Inclusive of and for Trans*+ Youth
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We Just Need to Talk About…
​TEACHING, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EQUITY PEDAGOGY
Unpacking Discourse in Syllabi: Teaching, Affirming and Recognizing All Students in Courses

Creating Internal and External Safety: Motivating Student Learning and Increasing Engagement
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A Pedagogy of Love: Calling in our Classes

Spatializing Social Justice Research Across Curriculum

Moving Social Justice Research from Theory to Policy

Social Justice Policymaking in Teacher Education from Conception to Application

Standard VI: Realizing Social Justice Dispositions in Teaching and Teacher Education

Conceptualizing, Integrating, and Assessing Artifacts for Social Justice

Perspectives on Educational Accountability to Children and Communities

Teaching Social Justice Using the Queer Literacy Framework

Critically Assessing Social Justice in Assessments
Writing the Story of Teaching for Social Justice in English Education

Achieving Social Justice for LGBT*+ GC/EIAQ People in Schools: Learning from the Stories of Students, Families, Teachers, Administrators and Other School Personnel and Community Members

The Politics of Policy and Practice. The Possibilities of Social Justice
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Interrogating Patterns in Teaching for Social Justice
​LGBT*+IAGCQ
TOPICS
Reflecting on and Understanding Cisgender, Heteronormative, and Gender-based Privilege

Trans*+ing Classrooms: The Pedagogy of Refusal as Mediator for Learning

Trans*+ing Different Work and Organizational Contexts
 

Auditing Organizations for Gender Identity Inclusivity    
          
How To Effectively Support Trans*+ and Gender and Creative Clients

Unpacking Trans*+ Microaggressions: Creating Safe, Inclusive, and Affirming Spaces 

Action Plans for Advocacy: LGBT*+ GC/EIAQ Voices of Empowerment 

Achieving Social Justice for LGBT*+ GC/EIAQ People in Schools: Learning from the Stories of Students, Families, Teachers, Administrators and Other School Personnel and Community Members
ANTI-
​BULLYING

Moving an Anti-bullying Stance into Schools

Heteronormative Harassment: Queer Bullying and Gender Non-conforming Students


Unpacking The Mind of a Bully: The Neuroscience of Bullying

Connecting the “Anti” to “Bullying”:  Addressing LGBT*+ GC/EIAQ Issues in Classrooms

Addressing and disrupting work place violence and bullying; Interrupting workplace microaggressions

Recognizing and Interrupting Microaggressions Against Trans*+ and Gender Creative/Expansive Students
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LGBT*+ GC/EIAQ Issues in Education: Coaching Teachers and Students to Combat Bullying





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​communities served 
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​National

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Alabama 
  •  Tuscaloosa


California
  •   Carlsbad
  •   Fresno
  •   Los Angeles 
  •   San Diego
  •   San Francisco

Colorado
  • Aurora
  • Boulder
  • Denver
  • Estes Park
  • Fort Collins
  • Golden
  • Thornton

Florida
  • Orlando

Georgia
  • Atlanta
  • Athens

Indiana
  • Bloomington
  • Muncie

Illinois
  • Chicago
  • Elmhurst

Louisiana
  • New Orleans

Maryland
  • Annapolis

Massachusetts
  • Boston

Michigan
  • Kalamazoo
  • Ypsilanti

Minnessota
  • Minneapolis

Missouri
  • Columbia
  • Independence
  • Kansas City (KS and MO)
  • Olathe
  • Overland Park

Nevada
  • Reno

New Mexico
  • Albuquerque
  • Gallup
  • Grants
  • Las Cruces
  • Santa Fe
  • Taos

New Hampshire
  • Keene

New York
  • Albany
  • Brookyln
  • Bronx
  • Buffalo
  • Cortland
  • Long Island
  • New York City
  • Syracuse
  • Yonkers
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Oklahoma
  • Enid
  • Norman
  • Tulsa

Ohio
  • Columbus

Oregon
  • Portland

Pennsylvania
  • Greensburg
  • Harrisburg
  • Homer City
  • Indiana
  • Philadelphia 
  • Pittsburgh
  • Wilkes-Barre

Tennessee
  • Knoxville
  • Memphis
  • Nashville

Texas
  • San Antonio

Utah
  • Logan
  • Salt Lake City

Virginia
  • Richmond

Washington DC

Wisconsin
  • Madison




INTERNATIONAL

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Australia 
  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne 
  • Sydney

Canada
  • Montreal
  • Toronto
  • Vancouver, BC

Chile
  • Santiago
  • ​Iquique
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India
  • Bangalore

New Zealand
  • Christchurch

Phillipines
  • Manlla

South Africa
  • Bloemfontein
  • Cape Town
  • Johannseburg

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​communities served 
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featured videos 
​(professional development and activist works)

MEDIA WORK

featured keynote

​Queering Literacy Instruction: Moving Trans*+ness into the Classroom Western
New York Network of English Teachers Speakers Series | ​Buffalo State University | November, 2016

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