Marla Miller


Marla Miller is an American public historian.

Career

Miller's scholarship focuses on the work of women in the United States prior to industrialization, with a focus on material culture and craft. She holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Miller is well known for her work on Betsy Ross which challenges popular narratives about Ross' involvement with the creation of the United States flag.
Miller currently serves as the Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Miller was elected vice president/president elect of the National Council on Public History Board of Directors in 2016. She is currently serving as NCPH president. She is a speak in the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program.
In addition to her academic work Miller has worked as both an editor and a public history consultant. She has sat on the editorial board of The Public Historian, Journal of the Early Republic, and the New England Quarterly. Miller's co-authored 2012 report Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service which won the National Council on Public History prize for Excellence in Consulting in 2013.

Publications