UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications, Penn State Chapter, will host attorney Joseph Miller from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 4) in Foster Auditorium at Paterno Library. 

Miller graduated from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, where he earned a bachelor of science in mass communication with a concentration in music and a minor in business administration. Later he earned his juris doctorate from New York Law School. He began his career interning in programming at Emmis Broadcasting’s Hot 97, the first radio station in the United States to broadcast an exclusively hip-hop format. Later he held positions in broadcast advertising sales in New York City at Clear Channel’s WKTU-FM, The New York Times’ WQXR-FM and CBS Television. Now, Miller holds the position of the deputy director and senior policy counsel of the Media and Technology Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Miller’s policy work focuses on spectrum, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), Internet and media ownership policy. He has also co-authored numerous papers, including “Minorities, Mobile Broadband and the Management of Chronic Disease” and “National Minority Broadband Adoption: Comparative Trends in Adoption, Acceptance and Use.”

The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Telecommunications, the College of Communications Office of Multicultural Affairs and the University Library.

For additional information, please contact Alysha Preston at acp5146@psu.edu.