## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [Overview](/index%2Ephp/academics) 3. [Faculty Members](/index%2Ephp/academics/explore-faculty) 4. [Dorie Millerson](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/3970) # Dorie Millerson ![](https://ultima7-its.ocadu.ca/bios/dmillerson/portrait) dmillerson@ocadu.ca Faculty Information Associate Professor, Tenured Faculty of Design Areas of Expertisetextiles Craft History Craft Theory Digital Craft Craft Pedagogy Dorie Millerson is an artist and associate professor of textiles in the Material Art & Design program at OCAD University where she has received awards for inspirational teaching and leadership (2014 and 2017). Her studio practice is primarily focused on embroidery, and she has a background in weaving, drawing, painting and photography. She has exhibited across Canada and the US, as well as in London, UK; Rijswijk, the Netherlands; Pavia, Italy; and Cheongju, South Korea. Articles about her work have appeared in periodicals such as Ateliers D’Arts; Fiberarts; Surface Design Journal; and Sculpture; as well as the books Craft & Craftivism, Vol. 2: Fibres (2025); La Dentelle dans l’art contemporain (2021); and Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture (2017). Her research focus is on craft pedagogy with particular interest in how digital craft methods are taught and practiced in higher education. Her writing has been published in RACAR: Canadian Art Review; Studio: Craft and Design in Canada; Surfacing Journal; Metal Arts Guild Magazine; and the books Digital Meets Handmade: Jewelry in the 21st Century (2021), and Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences (2008). ### Works #### Craft, Pedagogy, and the Digital Challenge: A Jewelry Perspective Digital Meets Handmade Published: December 31st 2021 [View Article »](http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.18252228.11) #### Leading the Academic Department: A Mother–Daughter Story Education Sciences Published: December 31st 2018 This article is based on conversations between a mother and daughter about academic leadership. Both authors served in different time periods and at different career points as heads of departments (“chairs”) in Canadian universities. A literature review suggested that women’s academic leadership is a contested topic, especially in relation to organizational cultures and associated gendered expectations. New directions were identified, as scholars move towards comparative studies, poststructural theoretical approaches, analysis of neoliberal trends in universities, and awareness of variation among women. We noted that “Canada” was largely missing from most of the literature reviewed and that middle management had received less attention than senior roles. Our method was collaborative autoethnography, a means of sharing thoughts about one’s experiences and analyzing them with regard to wider social issues. Quotations are taken from a taped discussion in early 2018 and are organized around similarities and differences in our narratives. The conclusion raises issues about the difficulties associated with performing this particular middle management role; questions around the consequences of chairing for women in different age groups; the implications of increasing reliance on contingent academic labour; apparent differences between the Canadian experience and what has happened elsewhere; and promising directions for future research. [View Article »](http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci8020064) #### A Flexible Practice: The Work of Kai Chan, Dorothy Caldwell, and Susan Warner Keene Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences Published: October 7th 2008 [View Article »](https://www.historymuseum.ca/boutique/product/crafting-new-traditions-canadian-innovators-and-influences/) ### Education #### Master of Fine Art **Type:** Craft, Textiles NSCAD University #### Associate of the Ontario College of Art & Design (Hon.) **Type:** Material Art & Design, Fibre Ontario College of Art and Design ### Employment #### Associate Professor, Textiles **Type:** Material Art & Design, Faculty of Design Ontario College of Art and Design #### Program Chair **Type:** Material Art & Design OCAD University #### Assistant Professor **Type:** Material Art & Design OCAD University ### Funding #### Thinking Through Craft and the Digital Turn: Studio Practice, Technology, and Pedagogy within Canadian art and design universities **Type:** Grant