Assistant Professor of Spanish
Faculty Affiliate, Latin American Studies Program
Director, Oak Institute for Human Rights
Colby College
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Faculty Affiliate, Latin American Studies Program
Director, Oak Institute for Human Rights
Colby College
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Tiffany D. Creegan Miller's research is situated at the crux of cultural studies, anthropology, and decolonial critical theory. A first-generation Assistant Professor of Spanish at Colby College with a PhD in Latin American cultural and literary studies from the University of Kansas (2014), Miller also serves as the Director of the Oak Institute for Human Rights. Working across Hispanic and K’ichean (Kaqchikel, K’iche’, and Tz’utujil Maya) literary and cultural traditions, her research and teaching focus on contemporary Indigenous studies and new media, with an emphasis on orality, performance, and linguistic revitalization initiatives.
She is the author of The Maya Art of Speaking Writing: Remediating Indigenous Orality in the Digital Age (University of Arizona Press, May 2022). Drawing from ethnographic research in the Guatemalan Highlands (2010-2019), Miller's work has been supported by the Tinker Foundation, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, and Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education to study Kaqchikel Maya. The theoretical framework of this book was also informed by an NEH Summer Institute in Digital Technologies in Theatre and Performance Studies (co-directed by David Saltz and Sarah Bay-Cheng), which took place at the University of Georgia in the summer of 2018.
Miller currently serves as Conference Co-Chair for the Guatemala Scholars Network and the Secretary of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples (ERIP) for 2022-2024. Prior to serving on the ERIP board, she was the Secretary of the LASA section on Central America in 2018-2019. Miller is also a regular contributing editor for the Central American fiction section of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, which is published by the University of Texas Press.
As a speaker of Kaqchikel Maya, Miller actively promotes Kaqchikel Maya language revitalization initiatives beyond the academy. She promotes bilingual education initiatives (Spanish - Kaqchikel Maya) in Guatemala and is an advisor for Wuqu’ Kawoq: Maya Health Alliance, a medical NGO which provides health care and promotes Indigenous language rights and literacy in Guatemala. To support this work, Miller will participate in an NEH Summer Institute, April - October 2024, through Johns Hopkins University, titled "Health Humanities: Dismantling Structural Injustice in Healthcare." Given Miller's experiences with global health in Indigenous Guatemala, she is a regular contributor for Synapsis, an online medical humanities journal organized by Columbia University. For her recent pieces in Synapsis, please click here.
She is the author of The Maya Art of Speaking Writing: Remediating Indigenous Orality in the Digital Age (University of Arizona Press, May 2022). Drawing from ethnographic research in the Guatemalan Highlands (2010-2019), Miller's work has been supported by the Tinker Foundation, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, and Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education to study Kaqchikel Maya. The theoretical framework of this book was also informed by an NEH Summer Institute in Digital Technologies in Theatre and Performance Studies (co-directed by David Saltz and Sarah Bay-Cheng), which took place at the University of Georgia in the summer of 2018.
Miller currently serves as Conference Co-Chair for the Guatemala Scholars Network and the Secretary of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples (ERIP) for 2022-2024. Prior to serving on the ERIP board, she was the Secretary of the LASA section on Central America in 2018-2019. Miller is also a regular contributing editor for the Central American fiction section of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, which is published by the University of Texas Press.
As a speaker of Kaqchikel Maya, Miller actively promotes Kaqchikel Maya language revitalization initiatives beyond the academy. She promotes bilingual education initiatives (Spanish - Kaqchikel Maya) in Guatemala and is an advisor for Wuqu’ Kawoq: Maya Health Alliance, a medical NGO which provides health care and promotes Indigenous language rights and literacy in Guatemala. To support this work, Miller will participate in an NEH Summer Institute, April - October 2024, through Johns Hopkins University, titled "Health Humanities: Dismantling Structural Injustice in Healthcare." Given Miller's experiences with global health in Indigenous Guatemala, she is a regular contributor for Synapsis, an online medical humanities journal organized by Columbia University. For her recent pieces in Synapsis, please click here.