
Timeline
About me
Head, USC Hoose Library of Philosophy; Associate University Librarian; Associate Prof. for USC Marshall School & Bovard College, USC M.Heritage Conservation 26’
Education

Usc heritage conservation programs
2018 - 2026Usc school of architecture, master of heritage conservation (mhc)
Usc marshall school of business
2013 - 2014Master of management in library and information science (m.m.l.i.s.) magna cum laudeGraduation: December 17, 2014

Pasadena city college
2009 - 2011Associate of arts (a.a.) humanities
Pasadena city college
2009 - 2011Associate of arts (a.a.) social and behavioral sciences
Usc rossier school of education
2015 - 2018Doctor of education (ed.d.) in educational leadership educational psychology with a cognitive science approach to motivation and learning.
Usc dornsife college of letters, arts and sciences
2011 - 2013Bachelor of arts (b.a.) psychologyGraduation: May 17, 2013USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Experience

The home depot
Jan 1992 - May 2009*Collaborated with IT and HR to evaluate, assess and recommend system enhancements including the Training Tracking system, production reports and ad hoc report tools/processes*Developed and designed Best Practices*New hire training and development *Planned and prepared advertising and promotional material to increase sales of products or services, working with customers, company officials, sales departments and advertising agencies *Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/Best Practices for West Coast Purchasing accounts for designated departments for 395 stores*Hiring and training new staff*Escalation resolution*Major account management and reconciliation which involved new and existing stores from vendor product allocation and relations to working with the finance department by resolving the monthly purchase journals for several multi-million dollar accounts.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Feb 1991 - May 2009Senior Manager Executive Administrator
Jan 2005 - Jan 2006West Coast Region Assistant Advertising Manager
Jan 2004 - Jan 2005West Coast Region Assistant Purchasing Merchant
Jan 2001 - Jan 2004West Coast Logistics Coordinator
Jan 2000 - Jan 2001District Operational Auditor
Jan 1999 - Jan 2000Operational Receiving Administrator
Jan 1992 - Jan 1999

White cap
Jan 2006 - Jan 2009West coast region operations manager - hd supply/whitecap*Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) or Best Practices for West Coast assigned departments and purchasing accounts and wireless communications accounts, streamlined, automated, and simplified all customer-facing and branch-level processes *Reconciled monthly invoices for multi million dollar corporate wireless communication accounts*Resolved escalation requests*New store vendor allocation, existing store resets*Loss prevention and risk management

University of southern california
Mar 2012 - nowCreated surrogate records for the Dick Whittington digital images collection for the USC Digital Library using Dublin Core metadata standards using CONTENTdmCreated copy cataloging recordsExperience with formats for bibliographic, holdings, and authority data Process and shelve incoming journals and periodicalsCollect materials for binderyProcess interlibrary transfers through SIRSI Workflows systemMain circulation desk customer service and processing
Faculty Member
May 2013 - nowHead, Hoose Library of Philosophy / Faculty Librarian, Humanities
Jan 2018 - nowLibrary Supervisor
May 2013 - Dec 2017USC Metadata Cataloger and Monograph Cataloger
May 2012 - May 2013USC Library Assistant
Mar 2012 - May 2013

Usc master of management in library and information science
Jan 2019 - nowAssociate professor
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate

Graduate certificate in landscape architecture
Usc school of architectureMar 2025 - View certificate

Faculty fellows leadership institute, center for excellence in teaching (cet)
Usc center for excellence in teachingApr 2023
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Melissa Miller, Ed.D.ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS -
- Awarded to Melissa Miller, Ed.D.Grant Awarded USC Visions & Voices Event - USC Provost Arts and Humanities Initiative (2016-2017) Grant: $25,000Project Organizers: Melissa Miller, Tyson Gaskill, Jade WinnCo-presented with the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study and USC LibrariesEvent title: Uncanny Valleys: Thinking and Feeling the Age of Synthetic Humanshttp://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/events/listing.php?event_id=679169
- Awarded to Melissa Miller, Ed.D.Grant Awarded USC Visions & Voices Event - USC Provost Arts and Humanities Initiative (2015-2016) Grant: $3,000Project Organizers: Melissa Miller, Eric Haas, Marje Schuetze-CoburnCo-presented with the USC Libraries, USC School of Architecture, USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic StudyEvent title: Microlibraries in the Everywhere
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer
Issued by Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
Associated with Melissa Miller, Ed.D.Volunteer
Issued by Orangewood Children's Foundation
Associated with Melissa Miller, Ed.D.Volunteer
Issued by KaBOOM!
Associated with Melissa Miller, Ed.D.
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