Alexandra Miller

Graduate Research Assistant

U.S. History: Spatial History, Environmental History, Urban Studies, Childhood, Gender, Race, Sports, US Progressive Era, Modern Europe

Alexandra Miller is a doctoral student at George Mason University. She works as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Miller researches green spaces, most recently urban parks and playgrounds in the American Progressive Era. Her primary interest is in using spatial history as an investigation method, and she has applied this methodology to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender. Miller has previously worked in museums and archives, including the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, the Missouri Judicial Archives, the Del and Norma Robison Planetarium, and the John Wornall and Alexander Major Historic Homes. She is most proud of organizing a rock concert, publishing her book and podcast, and making good pie.

Selected Publications

LeComte, Hannah, Alexandra Miller, Savannah Scott, and Ashleigh Williams. Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c1bf986aba7a43cd8811e03591414a66.

Miller, Alexandra. “The Neighborhood Nuisance: One Woman’s Crusade To Shape Brooklyn.” The Metropole. September 5, 2023. https://themetropole.blog/2023/09/05/the-neighborhood-nuisance-one-womans-crusade-to-shape-brooklyn/.

Education

MA Public History, University of South Carolina

BA History, Truman State University