AASU Art Professor Named Director of Honors Program

Savannah, GA—May 28, 2004—Jill Miller, assistant professor of art, has been named director of the Honors Program at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Miller has served as assistant director of the Honors Program since 2002.

Miller holds a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on identity issues and visual culture during the decades immediately before and after the year 1900. Her publications include "Les enfants des ivrognes: Concern for the Children in Montmartre" in the Rutgers University Press volume, Montmartre and the Making of Mass Culture. She also authored entries about to appear in the Telfair Museum of Art's new catalogue of collections. Miller is also a winner of Armstrong Atlantic's Brockmeier Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty Members and the Outstanding Advisor Award.

The Honors Program offers talented and motivated students the chance to take advanced and smaller classes, special classes in their major, and to pursue independant projects. The program is largely student-directed, with a community of about 150 students enjoying a variety of extracurricular opportunities. Students are responsible for soliciting and evaluating suggestions for new courses, publishing newsletters and web pages, organizing social events, and reaching out to prospective new students. The Honors Program offers numerous opportunities for students interested in taking leadership positions on campus.