Toby Miller

{{Short description|British/Australian-American cultural studies and media studies scholar (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Toby Miller | image =  | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Bruce Toby Andrew Miller | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = British, Australian | nationality = | fields = Social sciences; incl. Cultural studies, Media studies | workplaces = {{ubl|New York University (1993–2004}|University of California, Riverside (2004–2013)}} | alma_mater = Australian National University (B.A., 1980)<br />Murdoch University (PhD, 1991) | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | religion = | website = http://www.tobymiller.org/ | signature =  | footnotes = }}

'''Bruce Toby Andrew Miller''' (9 August 1958) is a British/Australian-American cultural studies and media studies scholar. He is the author of several books and articles. He was chair of the Department of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of the open-access journal ''Open Cultural Studies''.

==Biography== Miller was born on 9 August 1958 in the United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Miller, Toby, 1958- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93027794.html |access-date=25 February 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> and grew up in England, India, and Australia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bruce T Miller: Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate Division |url=https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/tobym |access-date=25 February 2026 |website=University of California, Riverside}}</ref> He earned a B.A. in history and political science at Australian National University in 1980 and a PhD in philosophy and communication studies at Murdoch University in 1991.<ref name=":0" />

In July 2004, Miller became a full-time professor at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) following a stint as a visiting professor. Formerly, he was a professor in the Departments of English, Sociology, and Women's Studies, as well as director of the program in film and visual culture. As of December 2008, he chaired the new Department of Media & Cultural Studies. He retired emeritus in 2013.<ref name=":0" /> Preceding his professorship at UCR, Miller was a professor at New York University 1993–2004 and he held previous appointments at Murdoch University, Griffith University, and the University of New South Wales.<ref name=":0" />

Professor Miller later held a Faculty of Excellence Professor position at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toby Miller: Distinguished Professor in Media and Cultural Studies |url=https://tec.mx/en/our-faculty/ehe/toby-miller |access-date=25 February 2026 |website=Tecnológico de Monterrey}}</ref> He is Editor-in-Chief of the open-access journal ''Open Cultural Studies'', published by De Gruyter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Cultural Studies |url=https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/culture/html |access-date=25 February 2026 |website=De Gruyter Brill}}</ref>

== Selected publications == Miller's work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, and Spanish.

=== Articles === * {{cite journal |last1=Orozco |first1=Guillermo |last2=Miller |first2=Toby |title=Television in Latin America Is "Everywhere": Not Dead, Not Dying, but Converging and Thriving |journal=Media and Communication |year=2016 |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=99–108 |doi=10.17645/mac.v4i3.592 |url=https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/592|doi-access=free }}

=== Books and monographs === * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = The well-tempered self: citizenship, culture, and the postmodern subject | publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press | location = Baltimore, Maryland | year = 1993 | isbn = 9780801846045 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/welltemperedself0000mill }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Cunningham | first2 = Stuart | title = Contemporary Australian television | publisher = University of New South Wales Press | location = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780868403977 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = The avengers | publisher = British Film Institute | location = London | year = 1997 | isbn = 9780851705583 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/avengers0000mill }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Technologies of truth: cultural citizenship and the popular media | url = https://archive.org/details/technologiesoftr00mill | url-access = registration | publisher = University of Minnesota Press | location = Minneapolis | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780816629855 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = McHoul | first2 = Alec | title = Popular culture and everyday life | publisher = SAGE Publications | location = London Thousand Oaks, California New Delhi | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780761952138 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/popularcultureev0000mill }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Martin | first2 = Randy | title = SportCult | publisher = University of Minnesota Press | location = Minneapolis | year = 1999 | isbn = 9780816631841 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Stam | first2 = Robert | title = Film and theory: an anthology | publisher = Blackwell | location = Malden, Mass | year = 2000 | isbn = 9780631206262 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Lawrence | first2 = Geoffrey | last3 = McKay | first3 = Jim | last4 = Rowe | first4 = David | title = Globalization and sport: playing the world | publisher = SAGE Publications | location = London Thousand Oaks, California New Delhi | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780761959694 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Govil | first2 = Nitin | last3 = McMurria | first3 = John | last4 = Maxwell | first4 = Richard | title = Global Hollywood 1 | publisher = British Film Institute | location = London | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780851708454 | url = https://archive.org/details/globalhollywood00toby }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Sportsex | publisher = Temple University Press | location = Philadelphia | year = 2001 | isbn = 9781566399944 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Television studies | publisher = British Film Institute | location = London | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780851708959 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/televisionstudie00toby }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Yudice | first2 = George | title = Cultural policy | publisher = SAGE Publications | location = London Thousand Oaks, California New Delhi | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780761952411 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Lewis | first2 = Justin | title = Critical cultural policy studies: a reader | publisher = Blackwell Pub | location = Malden, Massachusetts | year = 2003 | isbn = 9780631223009 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Spyscreen: espionage on film and TV from the 1930s to the 1960s | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford New York | year = 2003 | isbn = 9780198159520 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Television: critical concepts in media and cultural studies | publisher = Routledge | location = London | year = 2003 | isbn = 9780415255028 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Stam | first2 = Robert | title = A companion to film theory | publisher = Blackwell | location = Oxford | year = 2004 | isbn = 9780631206453 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/companiontofilmt0000unse }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Govil | first2 = Nitin | last3 = McMurria | first3 = John | last4 = Maxwell | first4 = Richard | last5 = Wang | first5 = Ting | title = Global Hollywood 2 | publisher = British Film Institute | location = London | year = 2005 | isbn = 9781844570393 | url = https://archive.org/details/globalhollywoodn00toby }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = A companion to cultural studies | publisher = Blackwell Publishing | location = Malden, Massachusetts | year = 2006 |orig-date= 2001 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 9781405141758 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Cultural citizenship cosmopolitanism, consumerism, and television in a neoliberal age | publisher = Temple University Press | location = Philadelphia | year = 2007 | isbn = 9781592135622 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Makeover nation: the United States of reinvention | publisher = Ohio State University Press | location = Columbus | year = 2008 | isbn = 9780814251690 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Creeber | first2 = Glen | last3 = Tulloch | first3 = John | title = The television genre book | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute | location = Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, New York | year = 2008 |orig-date= 2001 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 9781844572182 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = The contemporary Hollywood reader | publisher = Routledge | location = London | year = 2009 | isbn = 9780415452267 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Television studies: the basics | publisher = Routledge | location = London New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9780415774246 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Miller | first1 = Toby | last2 = Maxwell | first2 = Richard | title = Greening the media | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | year = 2012 | isbn = 9780199914678 }} * {{cite book | last = Miller | first = Toby | title = Blow up the humanities | publisher = Temple University Press | location = Philadelphia | year = 2012 | isbn = 9781439909836 }}

=== Chapters in books === *{{Citation |last= Miller |first=Toby |editor1=Steven Best|editor2=Richard Kahn|editor3=Anthony J. Nocella II|editor4=Peter McLaren |editor1-link= Steven Best|editor4-link=Peter McLaren |date=2011|title=The Global Industrial Complex: Systems of Domination|chapter=The Media-Military Industrial Complex|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |pages=97–115|url=https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739136973/The-Global-Industrial-Complex-Systems-of-Domination |isbn=978-0739136980}} * {{Citation | last = Miller | first = Toby | contribution = Delivering the male – and more: fandom and media sport | editor-last1 = Carter | editor-first1 = Cynthia | editor-last2 = Steiner | editor-first2 = Linda | editor-last3 = McLaughlin | editor-first3 = Lisa | editor-link1 = Cynthia Carter | title = The Routledge companion to media & gender | publisher = Routledge | pages = 461–472 | location = London New York | year = 2015 | isbn = 9781138849129 | postscript = .}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{official website|http://www.tobymiller.org/}} * [http://www.facultydirectory.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/pub/public_individual.pl?faculty=4116 Prof. Miller's UCR faculty page] * [https://greencitizenship.blogspot.com/ Toby Miller's GreenCitizen blog]

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