Amata Miller, professor emerita at St. Catherine University in Minnesota, passed away on October 9. She was 93 years old.
Dr. Miller was born in Detroit as Alice Rose Miller. After graduating from Immaculata High School, she entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe, Michigan, receiving her religious name, Sister Amata. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Marygrove College in Detroit, a master’s degree in economics from St. Louis University, and a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
At St. Catherine University, Dr. Miller served as the inaugural Archbishop Harry Flynn Endowed Chair in Catholic Identity. From 2006 to 2019, she directed the university’s Myser Initiative on Catholic Identity. Dr. Miller also had teaching stints at Marygrove College and St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, and served as education coordinator for NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby based in Washington, D.C.


