Lee Miller has been a full-time Ethics Instructor at SPC since 1992.  She has also taught Composition in the Communications Department.

Background

BA--1978, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana--English, French
Graduated cum laude, with high honors, and as a Christ College
Scholar.  Participated in Overseas Study Program in Cambridge, England

M.A.T.--1980, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois--Master of
Arts in Teaching English Education

Taught high school English, French and Speech for 6 years (1980-86) at Dixie Hollins
 High School--St. Petersburg, FL

J.D.--12/1988, Stetson University College of Law--Recipient of the
Torts II American Jurisprudence Book Award, the State Constitutional
Law Book Award, graduated with high honors, Dean's List, recipient of
the Raphael Steinhardt Award, and Jan Eric Cartwright Award for
excellence in State Constitutional Law, Tutorial Fellow during second
and third years of law school

Practiced law for 3.5 years--professional malpractice, eminent domain, family law, and insurance defense litigation.

 
Interests and Achievements

 Nominated several times for Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Nominated for Professor of the Year Award. 
Sponsor of Ethics in Action Organization on SP/G campus for over 20 years.  This is a college organization which provides help to those in need. 
Members have conducted food and clothing drives for CASA, the homeless, and military veterans.
The group has also conducted animal drives which benefitted the Humane Society, Pinellas County Animal Services, and the SPC Veterinary Technology Program.
Ethics in Action on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs campus initiated the first full service pantry on any campus, the Students Helping Students Food Pantry, which provides free food, toiletries, and household items to SPC students in need. 
For several years the organization has presented the Diversity Through the Arts Program, during fall and spring semesters.  These events promote multiculturalism on the campus, and are very well attended by 100-200 students at each event.  

Personal

For over 25 years, I worked with veterinarians and a federally registered rehabilitator to rehabilitate and release federal and state protected songbirds, as well as other wildlife animals.  
My philosophy is quite simple:  Find a cause bigger than your own self-interest, and have the compassion to help others, human and non-human alike.  We are all connected;  we are all one.  To render aid to any being in distress is the highest form of love and respect we can offer during our lives.