Dr. Joseph Milner, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Education, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Dr. Milner was the longest-serving chair in the history of the Department of Education, 28 years from 1978-2006, and he was instrumental in creating the department’s graduate teacher preparation programs. The family invites you to celebrate his life on Saturday, June 3, at 11:00 am in Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University. Everyone is welcome.
When Dr. Milner retired in 2014, he was honored for his contributions to Wake Forest University and to the field of English education; for modeling the power and necessity of asking stimulating questions; for advancing the awareness and scholarship of children’s and adolescent literature; for empowering future teachers by praising and nurturing the best aspects of their teaching selves; for believing in his students’ capacity to revolutionize the secondary English classroom; and for exhibiting genuine kindness and humility toward all who crossed his path. Dr. Milner will be greatly missed, but his legacy lives on in generations of English teachers across the country and around the world whose vibrant classrooms have been forever shaped by his teaching.
