Taylor University Chapel

Dr. Grace Miller

Dr. Grace Ju Miller is passionate about ECHO’s mission to “reduce hunger and improve lives worldwide through partnerships that equip people with agricultural resources while practicing agroecology”. She was born in the Philippines and lived there for 10 years.  She was the Dean of the School of Natural and Applied Sciences at Taylor University for five years. She was a Professor of Biology at Indiana Wesleyan University for nine years. She was a Professor of Biology at Gordon College for 11 years.  Her research is focused on the Moringa plant and its antibacterial qualities. She has spent time in Taiwan conducting research. Before moving to Indiana, Grace and her family lived in Morocco where she taught at a children’s home for two years. Grace was the Seed Bank Director at ECHO for four years and has led a travel course — “Sustainable Tropical Agriculture” — in Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti for 17 years. She has a BA in Art and Botany from Duke University, MS in Agronomy from UC Davis, and PhD from Purdue University. She is married to Garth Miller (Engineer) and has a daughter, Zea who is married to Seth Shipman and they are expecting their first child in October in Versailles, KY. Her son Noah is a middle school science teacher in Marion.