Susan Miller-Cochran

Interests

Teaching

Higher education, general education, rhetoric and composition, first-year writing, multilingual and second language writing, teacher preparation, composition theory, writing program administration, computers and writing, distance learning, instructional technology

Research

General education, writing across the curriculum, curricular design, rhetoric and composition, writing program administration, instructional technologies, multilingual and second language writing, labor practices in writing programs and higher education, scholarship of teaching and learning

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Miller-Cochran, S. (2022). Making Administrative Work Visible: Data-Driven Advocacy for Understanding the Labor of Writing Program Administration. Utah State University Press.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2022). An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing (3rd edition). Macmillan.
• Stamper, R. S., Cochran, W. S., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2022). An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing. Macmillan Learning (Bedford/St. Martin's).
• Miller-Cochran, S., Cochran, W. S., & Stamper, R. (2019). An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing (2nd edition). Macmillan Learning.

Chapters

• Buck, R., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2021). Advocating Together: Pros and Cons of Cross-Rank Collaboration as a Strategy for Advocacy. In Transformations: Change Work Across Writing Programs, Pedagogies, and Practices.
• Mapes, A. C., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2019). Framing Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation around Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. In (Re)Considering What We Know: Learning Thresholds in Writing, Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy(pp Chapter 11). Utah State Press.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2021). Reflecting on and Learning from the Past to Imagine the Future. In Pedagogy Perspectives on Cognition and Writing(pp vii-xi). Parlor Press.
• Schwaller, E. J., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2020). Writing Pedagogy Education: Preparing and Professionalizing Graduate Students as Writing Instructors. In Graduate Student Development and Preparation. Josey-Bass.
• Miller-Cochran, S., & Mapes, A. C. (2019). Framing Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation around Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. In (Re)Considering What We Know: Learning Thresholds in Writing, Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy(pp Chapter 11). Utah State Press.

Journals/Publications

• Graziano, L., Halasek, K., Miller-Cochran, S., Napolitano, F., & Szymanski, N. (2020). A Return to Portland: Making Work Visible through the Ecologies of Writing Program Administration at Five Institutions. WPA: Writing Program Administration.
• Adler-Kassner, L., Cox, A., Elston, M. M., Garcia de Mueller, G., Kumari, A., Manivanna, V., Miller-Cochran, S., Moroski, K., Olejnik, M., O'Neill, P., Poe, M., Powell, A., Reid, S., & Roundtree, S. V. (2019). Building a Twenty-First Century Feminist Ethos: Three Dialogues for WPAs. WPA: Writing Program Administration, 42(2), 13-36.

Presentations

• Miller-Cochran, S. (2021, April). Aligning Curricular Design with Outcomes, Assessment, and Values: Lessons from the Gen Ed Refresh. Student Success Conference. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2021, August). How to Teach WID in First-Year Writing Without Being an Expert in Every Discipline. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Online (originally Ft. Collins, Colorado): Association for Writing Across the Curriculum.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2021, March). Compassionate Leadership: A WPA’s Guide to Wellness Literacies and Ecologies of Well-Being in Writing Programs. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Online (originally Spokane, WA): National Council of Teachers of English.
• Miller-Cochran, S., Horton, A., & Christen, J. (2021, August). Scaffolding from Foundations: Connecting Foundations Writing with General Education Writing Requirements. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Online (originally Ft. Collins, Colorado): Association for Writing Across the Curriculum.
• Miller, T. P., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2020, January). Resisting Corporatization and Developing Well-Being through Collaborative Leadership. Conference on Writing and Well-Being. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Conference on Writing and Well-Being.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2020, February). On the Importance of Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines. ASU Composition Conference. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2020, February). Writing Transfer from Foundations to the Major. University of Arizona Student Success Conference.
• Miller-Cochran, S., & Rodrigo, R. (2020, July). Engaging Mobile Devices. Back to School Better Conference. Online: Cengage Publishing.
• Miller-Cochran, S., Mayorga, J. M., & Anderson, B. (2020, January). "Promoting Students' Well-Being: Positive Approaches to Reimagining College Writing". Conference on Writing and Well-Being. University of Arizona.
• Miller-Cochran, S., Ramirez, C. D., Kohler, A. T., Frey, J. J., Maid, B., Morse, T. A., & Saidy, C. (2020, January). Fostering Well-Being in Writing Programs. Conference on Writing and Well-Being. University of Arizona.
• Anderson, B., Cochran, W. S., Frey, J. J., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2019, April). Writing to Flourish and Sustainable Well-Being. Symposium on Writing and Well-Being. National University of Ireland--Galway.
• Cochran, W. S., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2019, October). An Interactive Symposium on Writing to Flourish: A Positive Approach to Writing. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2019, December). Working with Multilingual Student Writers. Professional Development Day. Davis, CA: University of California, Davis.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2019, July). Ecologies of Well-Being in Writing Programs. Annual meeting of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. Baltimore, MD: Council of Writing Program Administrators.
• Miller-Cochran, S. (2019, March). Reflective Practice, Stress Reduction, and Self-Efficacy in Graduate School. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburgh, PA.