Andrea Miller

Andrea Miller is the Dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma and the Sue Rainbolt Van Natta Chair in Journalism.  Prior to that, she served as Dean of the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration in LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. Miller received her doctorate from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, her master’s degree from Texas Christian University and her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University.

Additionally, Miller was an award-winning television news producer for a decade. Miller has published articles on television news and crisis coverage in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Media Psychology, Visual Communication Quarterly, and the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. Additionally, Miller has three books: Oil & Water (with Shearon Roberts and Victoria LaPoe, 2014) details the media lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disaster, News Evolution or Revolution? (with Amy Reynolds, 2014) explores the future of the newspaper industry using the New Orleans Times-Picayune as a microcosm of the industry, and Public Relations and Journalism in Times of Crisis, A Symbiotic Partnership (with Jinx Broussard, 2019) includes communication case studies explored from both the public relations and journalistic perspectives. A forth coming book project with Keren Henderson of Syracuse will explore the history of television news from a labor perspective and was a winner of the AEJMC-Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series. 

Miller was an advisory board member for the UNT Advanced Environmental Research Institute, also served as an associate board member of the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, was named a Columbia School of Journalism Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma Academic Fellow, and has conducted media crisis communication training for the military, politicians, and K-12 school leadership.