Hi there. I’m Eric Mills. I work to change the world by teaching students how to view it with a more critical eye; I edit life.
I teach a variety of high school and college courses that focus on history, storytelling, race, and gender. I formerly served on the board of directors for City Park Jazz where I initiated the student pre-show by advocating for the inclusion of student performers in the concert series. I also reported audience stories a la “Humans of NY” for various social media channels. Currently, I am working toward a Ph.D. in Literary Studies at the University of Denver where I am researching the obsession with and lamentation over the decline of the Great House in transatlantic literature, specifically the Victorian novel as it crossed the Atlantic and pushed into Literary Modernity.
Back in the day, I founded the web presence for Great Education Colorado, Colorado PTA, and other Colorado education non-profits. I’ve been advocating for youth representation and quality education, in some form whether teaching or researching, for the last 20 years.
Many more moons ago I designed ESL curricula for Wuhan Textile University in China, and, together with my team, built the prototype for DexKnows.
If you see my Twitter profile, you will know that I read a lot and that I unapologetically vaccinate. And, yes, that Barack Obama follows me. It’s probably because I have impeccable taste in music.