Sylvia Miller

Sylvia Miller is Director, Scholarly Publishing and Research Development at the Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI).  

Drawing on her decades of experience in scholarly publishing in New York and her experience writing and managing large collaborative grants at UNC and Duke, Sylvia consults with faculty and graduate students on their publishing and funding proposals.  She also manages the Book Manuscript Workshops; spearheads Publishing Humanities Initiative events; and liaises with the Library, Duke University Press, and other campus units and programs on publishing-related issues and collaborations.  With the Office of Research & Innovation, she serves as a Research Navigator.

Sylvia has served as Duke University Press's Tech Consultant and Advisor for the Carlyle Letters Online, and she served as Publications Manager for the Mellon-funded Humanities Futures publishing platform, which includes 70 "think pieces" by leading humanities scholars from around the world.

Sylvia earned a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. from Columbia University, both in Comparative Literature with a focus on poetry.  She co-leads Triangle Book Arts and serves on the board of CBAA, the association for book arts education.