Dr. Heidi A. Miller is the director of the Doctor of Ministry program and is associate professor of Spirituality and Christian Ministry at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. Her teaching and scholarship focus on transformative aspects of leadership, spirituality, spiritual guidance, trauma, justice, and worship, on which she has spoken and taught throughout North America and across the globe. She has spoken and resourced in the area of trauma, resilience, spirituality, and values-based leadership with congregations, spiritual directors, business and healthcare leaders, denominational judicatories, and church assemblies, including the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society and the National Council of Churches.
Dr. Miller received her Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., writing on ritually enacted narrative, and also studied at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Goshen College. Prior to her joining the faculty at Mercer University in 2022, she served as a director of the Master of Practical Theology program and associate professor at Pfeiffer
University; staff and adjunct faculty at Duke University; assistant professor of worship at Southern Methodist University, and assistant professor of spiritual formation and ministry at Eastern Mennonite University. She also co-founded and served as a managing director in non-profit organizations seeking to engage leaders and in collaborative and contextual mission. Dr.
Miller has served as clergy in the Virginia Mennonite Conference and is a member of Spiritual Directors International, North American Academy of Liturgy, and Society for Christian Spirituality.
Prior to earning her Ph.D., Dr. Miller worked as a Medical Social Worker and a counselor in the
public school system.
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