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Oluwatoyosi Jeremiah (O-Jeremiah) Agbaakin

Oluwatoyosi Jeremiah (O-Jeremiah) Agbaakin he/him/his Areas of Interest: Poetry, African and African American Literature, World Literature, Historical Linguistics, Gender studies, Art History LL.B., University of Ibadan


Ellie Black

Ellie Black she/her/hers Areas of Interest: Poetry, the South, queer and feminist literature, pop culture, film studies, and media and digital studies B.A., Hendrix College


Mason Wilkes

Mason Wilkes he/him/his Areas of Interest: 19th Century British literature; Romanticism; Theories of the Judiciary; Critical Legal Theory; Ethics B.A., Missouri Southern State University  


Loren Samons

  Loren Samons she/her/hers Areas of Interest: Teaching and research interests include poetry and poetics, war literature, Southern literature, Romanticism, 20th century film and film theory. B.A., English, University of Central Arkansas  


Latrice Johnson

  Latrice Johnson she/her/hers Areas of Interest: Research interests include American literature; African American literature; Blues literature and culture; and Afrofuturism. B.A., Tugaloo College  


UM English professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities funding

Grant to Help Expand Environmental Studies Program UM English professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities funding APRIL 29, 2020 BY SHEA STEWART FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailCopy LinkSMSPrintFriendlyShare UM English professor Ann Fisher-Wirth will use a new National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to expand the university’s environmental studies minor program. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services OXFORD, […]


Undergraduate Course Description Archive

Downloadable PDF: Intersession/Summer/Fall 2019 Undergraduate Course Descriptions for Oxford Campus and Fall 2019 Undergraduate Course Descriptions for Regional Campuses Downloadable PDF: Spring 2019 Undergraduate Course Descriptions Downloadable PDF: Fall 2018 Undergraduate Course Descriptions Downloadable PDF:  Spring 2018 Undergraduate Course Descriptions Downloadable PDF:  Fall 2017 Undergraduate Course Descriptions Downloadable PDF:  Spring 2017 Undergraduate Course Descriptions Downloadable […]


UM English majors connect the dots between classroom and career

A Tale of Three Alumni UM English majors connect the dots between classroom and career OCTOBER 31, 2019 BY ABIGAIL MEISEL It is the best of times for English majors. They are entering a job market that values clear communication in writing and speaking, critical analysis, editing, and sensitivity in understanding differing perspectives—among a host […]


Edith Baine Lecture featuring Terrance Hayes, November 6 at 6 pm in Bondurant Auditorium

Terrance Hayes is the author of six poetry collections: American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin, a finalist for the National Book Award, National BookCritics Circle Award, and TS Eliot Prize; How to Be Drawn; Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award for poetry; Muscular Music, recipient of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award; […]


Dr. Karen Raber recognized as UM Distinguished Professor

Three Faculty Members Named Distinguished Professors Trio recognized for research, teaching excellence and reputation MAY 10, 2019 BY SHEA STEWART FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailCopy LinkSMSPrintFriendlyShare UM Provost Noel Wilkin (left) congratulates Charles Hussey, associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Liberal Arts and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, on being named a Distinguished Professor during the […]