Zea Miller, PhD

Courses Taught

• ENC 1602: Rhetoric of AI
• ENC 2305: Analytical Writing and Thinking
• ENC 3246: Professional Communication for Engineers
• ENC 3601: Professional Writing in Artificial Intelligence
• IDH 3931: Interstellar AI
• IDS 2935: Intelligences Artificial and Otherwise

Pedagogical Interests

Design, Genre, Research, Technical Writing, Writing in AI

Research Interests

Cognition, Literary Theory, Neuroethics, Philosophy, Semantics, Semiotics, Science Fiction

Personal Interests

Music Videos, Science Fiction, Video Games

Best Writing Advice

“What can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent.” —Wittgenstein

Publications

• 2025. “AI Conceptualization and Policy Permissibility.” JWAI 2 (1): 1–18.
• 2025. “The Societies of Destruction.” Science Fiction Film and Television 18 (1): 27–63.
• 2022. “Recognizing Science Fiction.” Language and Semiotic Studies 8 (3): 106–29.
• 2016. “The Free Slave Paradox.” Semiotica (210): 57–74.
• 2015. “The Veneration of Violation in Sherlock.” In Gender and the Modern Sherlock Holmes. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• 2013. “Decriminalising the Lawless Moor.” In Monstrous Spaces: The Other Frontier. Witney, England: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Field Service

• 2023–Present. Managing Editor, Journal of Writing and Artificial Intelligence
• 2011–2025 Production Editor, Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 

Coverage

• 2025. “UF honors course explores use of AI in interstellar communication.” UF CLAS: Ytori.
• 2025. “Artificial intelligence and CT college admissions. Leveling playing field or using it could backfire?” Hartford Courant.
• 2024. "UF writing courses redefine the role of AI." UF CLAS.
• 2024. "Embracing AI in the Writing Curriculum." UF AI Minute on WUFT-FM.
• 2024. "Topics in AI and Education." UF Video. Various Scenes.
• 2023. "ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?" Write to the Point. Start: 0.46.