Clyde R. Miller

Clyde Raymond Miller (July 7, 1888 – August 29, 1977) was an associate professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University[1] who co-founded the Institute for Propaganda Analysis with Edward A. Filene and Kirtley F. Mather in 1937.

During World War I he wrote columns and articles related to patriotism and the activities of the Justice Department and participated in vigilante "spy hunts" with the American Protective League.

[2] He testified as a government witness in the high-profile prosecution of Eugene V. Debs under the 1917 Espionage Act, for speaking against the war effort.

In the 1930s Miller was a director of educational services[4] and later an associate professor in the Columbia University Teachers' College.

[5] Miller's propaganda analysis techniques were significantly incorporated into the progressive curriculum policies of The Springfield Plan in the mid-1940s.