Rebecca Miller is a health advocate, public health professional, and expert storyteller, who artfully employs stories, metaphors, and parables to explain complex topics around health and disease prevention in ways that are accessible to diverse populations. Her lived experience has been cultivated by over a decade of trauma-informed caregiving, along with 8 years of teaching and mentorship experience in higher education settings. As a Cleveland, Ohio native at the intersection of several defining identities, Rebecca garnered much of her passion for health communication and education in early life through critical examinations of societal systems, access, and health behavior. These interests, among others, shape the way Rebecca designs and facilitates as a Certified Dialogue Education Teacher, Partner, and member of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advisory Team at GLP.
Rebecca brings experience from hazard communication education, English as a Second Language instruction, universal design for learning evaluation, curriculum development, research project management, community-based participatory research, trauma-informed design and facilitation, and patient advocacy. Most recently, Rebecca Miller served as the Project Director for the Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project (CAAPP) at Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Notably, CAAPP partners with local barbershops to provide prostate cancer education, awareness, and screening through lay health advisor education for barbers, community navigation, and community-based screening. Rebecca continues to teach CWRU health professional students with a focus on health communication, literacy, informed decision-making, and patient-centered care.
Rebecca loves playing board games, gardening, hiking, bird watching, teaching Pilates as a comprehensively trained instructor, and spending quality time with her husband and Jesus Christ.
Education & Training
FORMAL
- Master of Public Health, Concentration in Population Health Research
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Cleveland, OH (USA) - Master of Science, Nutrition
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Cleveland, OH (USA) - Bachelor of Arts, Biology with Chemistry Minor
Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, OH (USA)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
- Certified Dialogue Education Teacher
Global Learning Partners - National Academies Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching Mobile Summer Institute
University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) - Certified Teacher of English as a Second Language
TESOL International Association - Certified Sustained Dialogue Moderator
Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement at Case Western Reserve University - Applying Universal Design for Learning Principles to Existing Cases, Curricular Materials, and Syllabi Faculty Mentoring Network Member
QUBES platform, a BioQUEST project - Future Faculty Certification
Educational Services for Students (ESS) and UCITE at CWRU - Groundwater Training
The Racial Equity Institute - Social, Behavioral, and Educational (SBE) Comprehensive Training for Human Subjects Research
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) - Jack, Joseph, & Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Science’s Center on Trauma and Adversity
Trauma-Informed Higher Education - Club Pilates
Comprehensively Certified Pilates Instructor
What Clients Say
Rebecca’s Resources
Universal Design for Learning – Acknowledging All Learners
Neurodiversity acknowledges that all learners interact with and perceive the world differently. This means that there is no right way to learn, which provides validation and support for establishing equitable learning environments. As I reflect on my time in higher...