Tamara Miles

Energetic English Literature Teacher known for delivering effective lectures in the classroom. Polished professional with expertise in curriculum development and student activity advisement.

• Miles, Tamara. "Path Back to Wholeness, to the Self." Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women's Writing, edited by Hemont Verma, Ajit Kumar, and Rafseena M., Cambridge Scholars, 2024.
• Miles, Tamara. "To the Roof of the Greenhouse." Jasper Magazine, 2023.
• Featured in Poetry of the People with Al Black, The Jasper Project, 2024.
• Earth Gospel, (event chapbook), 2019.
• Mind Gravy Poetry in Columbia, SC, several occasions in 2019.
• Eco Fab Festival in Columbia, SC in August, 2019.
• Bucks Mills Poetry Festival in Devon, England in May, 2019.
• Covent Gardens, London, England in May, 2019
• Charleston Poetry Festival, Charleston, SC, September, 2018
• Blue Chair Community Poetry in Sewanee, TN, July 2017
• Poetry in Fall Lines: A Literary Convergence (2016).
• Conference papers presented: SCTEA (2011 and 2019); Pedagogy Conference, Catalyst (PTK National Conference) in Orlando, FL (2019); Conference on Composition at Virginia State University (2004); Georgia University Symposium (2004); American Literature Association Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2003)
• Connected24 (Navigate 360), Aurora, Colorado, 2024
• AVID Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2022
• Coaching Strategies with InsideTrack at St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2017
• Cooperative Learning in Martinsville, Virginia at Patrick Cooper University; faculty trainer.
• Sewanee Writers Conference, 2016
• Rivendel Writers Colony, 2017
• Published poems and other writings and art in a variety of journals and anthologies including The Tishman Review, Apricity, Verity La, Burrow Press, Ghost Parachute, Apeiron Review, The Bookends Review, The Cenacle, and others. Additional publications are listed at Sylvia’s Daughter Says, my website.
• D.J. of “Where the Most Light Falls,” my own radio show featuring poetry and music at SpiritPlantsRadio.com.

Can provide several professional references at OCtech as well as other references from University of West Georgia, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Jacksonville State University, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference upon request.

• President of the Poetry Society of South Carolina
• Prior Vice President of Jubilee Circle Center for Spirituality and the Arts
• Prior Board Member, Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Region

• Faculty of the Year, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
• Horizon Award for Faculty Advisors, Phi Theta Kappa

• ACUE Teaching Framework Certification
• Basic Grant Writing Certification
• Writing Across the Curriculum Certification