Whitney McIntyre Miller

Dr. Whitney McIntyre Miller

Associate Professor
Education, Attallah College of Educational Studies
Expertise: Peace Leadership; Community Development; Postconflict Societies; Student Philanthropy
Office Location: Reeves Hall
Education:
University of Pittsburgh, Bachelor of Arts
University of Pittsburgh, Master of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Master of Social Work
University of San Diego, Ph.D.

Biography

Whitney McIntyre Miller is an Associate Professor of Leadership Studies in the Attallah College of Educational Studies and the Assistant Director of the PhD in Education program. Dr. McIntyre Miller is the leading scholar of the integral peace leadership framework. Her scholarship has a particular focus on international community-based and educational work. Dr. McIntyre Miller has published over 35 articles and book chapters and edited two journal special issues. She is the author of Integral Peace Leadership: Theory and Practice for Creating Peaceful Change and a co-editor of a forthcoming peace leadership volume. 

Dr. McIntyre Miller has experience in community and international development, refugee resettlement, nonviolence, and election monitoring. She has worked in and traveled to over 60 countries. Dr. McIntyre Miller takes an active role in international education and global study and has led multiple study abroad programs. She also serves as the co-director of the Chapman University Panther Experiential Philanthropy Project. She is a founding member of the Peace Leadership Collaborative and sits on several global advisory boards of peacebuilding organizations.

Dr. McIntyre Miller received her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego and holds master's degrees in International Development and Social Work, as well as a bachelor's degree in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh.


Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

McIntyre Miller, W. (2024). Symposium: Leadership competencies for peace leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies.
Satterwhite, R., Sheridan, K., & McIntyre Miller, W. (2023). Teaching Sustainability through Leadership Education. New Directions in Student Leadership, 223(179).
Atwi, R., McIntyre Miller, W., Abdou, A.S., Alomair, M.O., Irwin, N.J., Hilt, L., Lotfi, N., murray, s., & Richmond, G. (2022). Peace leadership education: Stories of growth, training, and development. In E. Schellhammer (Ed.) Evolution of peace leadership and practical implications (pp. 101-123). IGI Global.
Irwin, N., McIntyre Miller, W., Lotfi, N., Thomas, C., & Zuwayed, O.W. (2022). A peaceful view of leadership studies. In E. Schellhammer (Ed.) Evolution of peace leadership and practical implications (pp. 61-77). IGI Global.
Satterwhite, R., Sheridan, K., & McIntyre Miller, W. (2022). Tensions in sustainability leadership. In K. Guthrie & K. Priest (Eds.), Navigating complexities in leadership: Moving towards critical hope (pp. 27-38). Information Age Publishing.
Satterwhite, R., Sarid, A., Cunningham, C., Goryunova, E., Crandall, H., Morrison, J., Sheridan, K., & McIntyre Miler, W. (2020). Contextualizing our leadership education approach to complex problem solving: Shifting paradigms and evolving knowledge: Priority 5 of the National Leadership Education Research Agenda 2020-2025. Journal of Leadership Studies
McIntyre Miller, W., & Alomair, M. (2019). Peace leadership for sustainable change: Lessons from Women PeaceMakers. In H. E. Schockman, V. A. Hernández Soto and A. Boitano de Moras (Eds.) Peace, reconciliation and social justice in the 21st Century: The role of leaders and followers (pp. 227-244). Bingley, England: Emerald Group.
McIntyre Miller, W. (2019). Through community eyes: The role of international organizations in postconflict community development in Sierra Leone. Journal of Community Practice, 27, 60-77.
McIntyre Miller, W. and Wundah, M. (2018). Integral peace leadership: The case of Christiana Thorpe of Sierra Leone. S. Byrne and S. Alamas (Eds). Peace leadership: The quest for connectedness. Routledge.
McIntyre Miller, W. and Grogan, M. (2017). Aung San Suu Kyi: A leadership journey toward peace and democracy In T. Normore and J. Brooks’ Leadership Lessons: Great Thinkers on Equity, Justice and Education. Teachers College Press.
McDonald, D., McIntyre Miller, W. & McDougle, L. (2017). Connecting through giving: Understanding the impact of the Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. 7(2) p. 110-122
Olberding, J. C., & McIntyre Miller, W. (2017). Building community together: A study of inter-neighborhood collaboration and development in Cincinnati, Ohio. Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, 49, 175-190.
McDougle, L., McDonald, D., Li, H., McIntyre Miller, W., and Xu, C. (2016). Can philanthropy be taught? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. p. 1-22
McIntyre Miller, W. (2016). Toward a Scholarship of Peace Leadership. International Journal of Public Leadership. 12(3) p. 216-226.
Olberding, J. and McIntyre Miller, W. (2016). Grassroots community development as special events. In J. Olberding (Eds) Special Events as Social Entrepreneurship. (pp. 145-159). New York, NY: Routledge.
McIntyre Miller, W. (2015). Leadership. In P. Lachapelle (Author) Perspectives and current issues. In R. Phillips and R.H. Fittman (Eds.) An introduction to community development (2nd ed.). (363-374). New York, NY: Routledge.
McIntyre Miller, W. (2015). Moving forward in Sierra Leone: Community-based factors for postconflict development. In B. Hales, N. Walzer, and J. Calvin Innovative Community Responses to Disaster. Routledge.
McIntyre Miller, W. (2015, June). Peace leadership theories for community leadership. Vanguard- Community Development Society Newsletter.
McIntyre Miller, W. (2014, April). Emerging Leadership Theories for Community Leadership. Vangaurd- Community Development Society Newsletter.
Reilly, S. and McIntyre Miller, W. (2012). Petitioners as a reflection of their community. In S. Reilly and R. Yonk (Eds.) Direct Democracy in the United States: Petitioners as a Reflection of Society (pp. 80-101).