Scott Douglas Miller
Scott Douglas Miller is an American academic administrator and writer who has served as the fourth president of Virginia Wesleyan University since 2015. He is one of the longest serving college presidents in America.
Early life
Born in 1959, Miller is a native of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. He graduated from General McLane High School in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, in 1977.Education
Miller holds a bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College, a master's degree from the University of Dayton, an education specialist degree from Vanderbilt University, and a doctoral degree from Union Institute & University.Career
Miller was Director of College Relations and Alumni Affairs at Rio Grande College. He was executive vice president and Vice President for Development, and then president, of Lincoln Memorial University. He was president of Wesley College, Miller was accused of plagiarism in 2000 and 2006 while president of Wesley College. The college's board of trustees appointed an external panel to investigate. The panel's report was not conclusive, with some charges found to be implausible while others may have occurred with Miller's permission or participation. Nevertheless, the board remained supportive of Miller in light of the college's accomplishments under his leadership and suspicious of the timing and motivation of those making the allegations. He was subsequently hired to be president of Bethany College, where the board of trustees knew of these allegations, and then Virginia Wesleyan University. Wesley College named their stadium in his honor in 2007.Miller was the president of Bethany College, He was named as the fourth president of Virginia Wesleyan University on February 25, 2015.
Miller served as chair of the Climate Leadership Network from 2019 to 2021 and served on the board of directors of Boston-based Second Nature, an international environmental and climate advocacy group. He was chair of the board of directors of Washington, D.C.–based executive search firm Academic Search, Inc., and the vice chair of the American Academic Leadership Institute.
He is a former president of the National Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities of the United Methodist Church. Miller served as the president of the North American Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities from 2019 to 2021. He served as President/Chair of the board of directors of The Council of Colleges and Universities of the Christian Church.
He is the executive editor of President to President, formerly known as Presidential Perspectives, an online presidential thought series.