Background
Payne, Emily Miller was born on May 5, 1948 in Alpine, Texas, United States. Daughter of Laurie Guthrie and Maribel (Wooley) Miller.
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Payne, Emily Miller was born on May 5, 1948 in Alpine, Texas, United States. Daughter of Laurie Guthrie and Maribel (Wooley) Miller.
Bachelor in English, University Texas, 1970; Master of Arts in Teaching in Reading, New Mexico State University, 1978; Doctor of Education in Reading, New Mexico State University, 1984.
Instructor/tutor Project Hope Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1972-1975. Heavy equipment operation Amax Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, summer 1975. Learning assistance center tutor New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1978-1979.
Instructor Austin (Texas) Community College, 1980-1982. Reading specialist Austin Indiana School District, 1982-1985. Education coordinator State Property Tax Board, Austin, 1985-1988.
Assistant professor Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, since 1988. Consultant Adult Education Professional Development and Curriculum Consortium, Texas, since 1991, Performance Measures Task Force in Literacy, Austin, since 1994. Team member Southern Association Evaluation, Lockhart, Texas, 1993.
Member Democratic Party, Texas, since 1975, Texas Abortion Rights League, since 1990. Member International Reading Association, National Association Development Education Proceedings (co-chair 1993, 94, research advisory since 1992), College Reading and Learning Association, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dennis Tilden, January 11, 1975. 1 child, Spencer Reed Miller-Payne.