Austin Joseph Miller

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Austin Miller is a PhD Candidate and Moody Dissertation Fellow. His research focuses on topics related to the American West, Southwest borderlands, and environmental history. During his time at SMU, he has been a recipient of SMU's University PhD Fellowship and the Luis Martín Graduate Fellowship from the Clements Department of History. Before arriving on the Hilltop, Austin earned his BA in Honors Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts & History from the University of New Mexico in 2015. After spending a year teaching and coaching in his hometown of Carlsbad, NM, he returned to Albuquerque and completed his MA in the history of the American West at UNM in 2018. He is currently at work on his dissertation, "Salt & Sand: Deep History in the Permian Basin," which traces the environmental history of salt deposits in eastern New Mexico and West Texas across the longue durée.

Areas of Study:
American West
Borderlands
Environment
Native America