1. Joseph Gresham Miller
90 East 700 North, Apartment L • Orem, UT 84057
801-471-8087 • jgm.kaleko.txakur@gmail.com
Education
PhD • Classical Studies
Duke University • 2006–2013
Dissertation: “Democritus and the Critical Tradition” (José M. González, chair)
Examination Fields: Ancient Astrology (J. Clare Woods) • Hesiod (José M. González)
BA • Classical Studies
Brigham Young University • 2004–2006
Professional Experience
Adjunct instructor • Utah Valley University • 2015—present
Courses taught: Ancient History (to 1500 CE) • Modern History (1500 CE to the
present) • Roman Imperial History (Late Republic to 476 CE)
Teaching fellow • Lewis Dept of Humanities • Illinois Institute of Technology • 2012–2014
Courses taught: Ancient Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Cicero, Augustine,
Boethius) • Great Philosophers: Democritus, Seneca • Industrial Culture from Prehistory
to Modernity
Graduate instructor • Department of Classical Studies • Duke University • 2009–2012
Courses taught: Beginning Latin • Intermediate Latin • Intensive Greek • Perspectives on
Romanitas: Lucretius, Vergil, Sallust, and Tacitus • Polis Culture from Homer to Plato •
Intensive Latin for Graduate Students
Teaching assistant • Department of Classical Studies • Duke University • 2009
Course taught: Ancient Myth (J. Clare Woods)
Assistant to the editor • Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies • 2008–2012
Assistant to the editors • Homer and the Papyri (online database) • 2007
Research assistant • Department of Humanities • Brigham Young University • 2004–2006
Publications
Co-authored with Jason Robert Combs. “A Marriage-Gift of Part of a Monastery from
Byzantine Egypt.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48 (2011): 79-88.

2. Interests
Greek and Roman philosophy • Greek and Roman rhetoric • epic poetry • history of ideas
Book Reviews
Review of P. S. Horky, Plato and Pythagoreanism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). The
Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (Fall, 2014).
Review of D. W. Graham, Science Before Socrates: Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the New
Astronomy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). The Journal of the International
Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 4.1 (2014): 212-215.
Presentations, Colloquia, & Conference Papers
“Democritean Kulturgeschichte” presented to the Lewis Department of Humanities
Colloquium • Illinois Institute of Technology • February 2014
“Rethinking Democritean Theology” • presented to the Lewis Department of Humanities
Colloquium • Illinois Institute of Technology • November 2013
“Understanding the Determinism of Democritus” • presented to the Lewis Department of
Humanities Colloquium • Illinois Institute of Technology • May 2013
“Democritus the Paradox” • presented to the Lewis Department of Humanities Colloquium •
Illinois Institute of Technology • November 2012
“Practical Paideia: A Modern Reading of Democritus’ Ethical Fragments” • presented at
AFGLC/ICHS • February 2011
Awards & Honors
Commendation from the Dean (for Excellent Teaching) • Illinois Institute of Technology • 2013
Fay Horton Sawyier Teaching Fellowship • Illinois Institute of Technology • 2012–2014
Jenkins Family Graduate Research Fellowship • Duke University • 2011
James B. Duke Fellowship in Classical Studies • Duke University • 2006–2012
Graduated summa cum laude • Brigham Young University • 2006
Edwin S. Hinckley Scholarship • Brigham Young University • 2005–2006
Brigham Young Academic Scholarship • Brigham Young University • 2004–2005
Eta Sigma Phi Greek translation award • 2004
Professional Service & Personal Development
Alumnus • 14-Day Field Course • Boulder Outdoor Survival School • 24 May–6 June 2015
Coach • APPE Ethics Bowl Team • Illinois Institute of Technology • Fall 2013–Spring 2014

3. Modern Languages
Spanish • Fluent reading, speaking & writing ability • Lifelong exposure
French • Strong reading & moderate speaking ability • 2 semesters of formal study
German • Strong reading & moderate speaking ability • 2 semesters of formal study
Russian • Moderate reading & speaking ability • 2 semesters of intensive formal study
Arabic • Basic reading & speaking ability • 3 semesters of formal study