Faculty
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Dr. Thomas Richardson, Eudora Welty Professor of English Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Ph.D English, Duke University; M. Ed., Duke Universtiy; A.B. Davidson College Selected publication: James Hogg: Contributions to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 1, 1817-1828, and Volume 2, 1829-1835. “The Essay and the Periodicals.” In Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Ed. Caroline McCracken-Flesher. Modern Language Association, January 2013. “John Lockhart and Blackwood’s: Shaping the Romantic Periodical Press.” In Romanticism and Blackwood’s Magazine: 'An Unprecedented Phenomenon.' Ed. Robert Morrison and Daniel Roberts. Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013. |
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Dr. Bridget Smith Pieschel, Professor of English Director of the Center for Women's Research and Public Policy Director of Women's Studies PhD, The University of Alabama; BS and MA English, Mississippi University for Women Areas of Specialization: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century British Literature, and Women's Studies Research Interests: The history of Women's Education; 19th Century Women's Culture; Southern Literature Selected Publications: Golden Days: Reminiscences Of Alumnae, Mississippi State College For Women and Loyal Daughters |
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Dr. Gloria Lee Bunnell, Professor of English PhD English Education, Mississippi State University; MA English, Emphasis in English as a Second Language, Mississippi State University; BA English, Mississippi University for Women Areas of Specialization: Children's Literature, Secondary English Education, Adolescent & Children's Literature, Nonfiction Writing Research Interests: Celtic Fairylore; Astrid Lindgren |
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Mr. Todd Bunnell, Instructor of English M.A., English/Creative Writing Emphasis, Mississippi State University; B.A., English, Wright State University Areas of Specialization: Teaching English as a Second Language, Secondary Language Acquisition, Technical Writing, Creative Writing Research Interests: Fiction Writing |
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Dr. Nora Corrigan, Assistant Professor of English PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BA, College of William and Mary Areas of Specialization: Shakespeare, early modern literature Research interests: Gender and class in early modern drama, history plays, popular ballads Selected publications: "Heywood's 1 Edward IV and the Ballad Tradition." Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England 22 (2009) (forthcoming); "But Smythes Must Speake: Women's and Commoners' Voices in The Mirror for Magistrates." Renaissance Papers, 2007: 83-95. |
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Dr. Scott Curtis, Instructor of English Ph.D English, University of Alabama; M.A. English, University of Alabama; M.A. History, Mississippi College; B.A. History, Belhaven College |
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Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg, Professor of English Director of the Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium Director of Creative Writing PhD and MA in Comparative Literature, University of Texas, Austin; BA English/Creative Writing, Knox College Areas of Specialization: World Literature, Twentieth Century Poetry, Postcolonial Literature, Creative Writing, Translation Research Interests: Twentieth Century Dutch literature, translation, poetry writing Selected Publications: Time Capsules poems, Landscapes and Architectures poems, Hercules, Richelieu, and Nostradamus translations, Outside the Lines: New Dutch and Flemish Writing, and "Ishtar," "Glass Bottles," "Chivaree," and "Farm on a Hill" in The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume II: Mississippi |
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Mr. Shane Emplaincourt, Instructor of French Areas of Specialization: French |
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Dr. Bryan Hilliard, Professor of Philosophy Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Tennessee; M.A. Philosophy and Medical Ethics, University of Tennessee; B.A. Philosophy and History, Elon College. Areas of Specialization: History of Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Applied and Professional Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy Research Interests: Constitutional law and medical ethics, nursing ethics, the health care professional-patient relationship, ethical and legal issues surrounding palliative care, and business ethics Selected Publications: Dr. Hilliard had co-edited or authored three books. His most recent book is The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics: From Contraception to Managed Health Care (Paragon House, 2004). He has also published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals in the fields of medical ethics, law and medical ethics, nursing, business ethics, and political science. His most recent article is "The Politics of Palliative Care and the Ethical Boundaries of Medicine: Gonzales v. Oregon as a Cautionary Tale" in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 35, 1, 2007, 158-174. |
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Dr. Rita Hinton, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy PhD Philosophy, University of Georgia; MA Philosophy, University of South Carolina; BA Chemistry, Mississippi State University Areas of Specialization: History of Philosophy, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy Research Interests: applied ethics, teaching techniques in philosophy |
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Ms. Erinn Holloway, Instructor of Spanish Areas of Specialization: Spanish |
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Dr. Thomas Michael Longton, Associate Professor, Spanish PhD Spanish Literature, University of Alabama; MA Romance Languages, University of North Carolina; MA Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Arizona Areas of Specialization: Spanish language, Secondary Methodology in Foreign Language Teaching, Spanish and Latin American Literature, Hispanic Civilization and Culture, Medical Spanish, and TOFEL Preparation. Research Interests: Early Colonial Latin American, Medieval Peninsular Spain, Romance Linguistics |
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Dr. Amy Pardo, Associate Professor of English PhD, University of Alabama; MA, University of Alabama; BA, Mississippi University for Women Areas of Specialization: Women's Literature, Feminist Criticism, American and British literature after 1800 Research Interests: Popular Culture and Women, Feminism's Impact on American Society, Southern Women's Literature |
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Ms. Emma Richardson, Instructor of English MA English, Duke University; Advanced Certification in English, Campbell University; BA English, St. Andrews Presbyterian College |
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Ms. Hillary A. H. Richardson, Instructor of English MLIS from University of Southern Mississippi (forthcoming); MA in English from University of Mississippi; BA in English from Millsaps College Areas of specialization: composition, information literacy, food studies Research interests: information literacy instruction, Southern American literature, food history |
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Michael Farris Smith, Associate Professor of English BA, Mississippi State; MEd, William Carey College; PhD, The University of Southern Mississippi Areas of Specialization: Fiction Writing, Modernism, Southern Literature Selected Publications: Rivers (novel) forthcoming from Simon & Schuster (2013); The Hands of Strangers (novella) from Main Street Rag Press (2011); "Dos Mujeres" in the Texas Review; "You and Peggy and That Dog" in the Mississippi Review; "What Goes, What Stays" inComing Home, a collection of Mississippi essays forthcoming from University Press of Mississippi (2013) Other: Michael Farris Smith has been awarded the Brick Streets Press Short Story Award, an Alabama Arts Council Fellowship Award for Literature, a creative writing fellowship from the European-American Center for International Education, The Transatlantic Review Award for Fiction by the Henfield Foundation, and in 2010 a literary fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission |
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Dr. Leslie Stratyner, Professor of English PhD, English, Louisiana State University; MA English, SUNY Albany; BA English and BA American History, SUNY Albany Areas of Specialization: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Studies, Myth, Epic, Tolkien, Oral Tradition Research Interests: See above Selected Publications: Almost Shakespeare: Appropriations of Shakespeare in Film and Television co-edited with James R. Keller, "The Middle English Romance and the Alliterative Tradition" Approaches to Teaching Oral Traditions, and "The Battle With the Monster: Traditional Pattern and 'The Dream of the Rood." Oral Tradition 12 |
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Dr. Kim Whitehead, Assistant Professor of English and Religion PhD, Emory University; MDiv, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; BA, Jacksonville State University Selected Publication: The Feminist Poetry Movement |
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Ms. Janet Woodcock, Instructor of English M.A. and B.A. in English, Mississippi State University Areas of Specialization: Composition, Technical Writing, Creative Writing |
