English Major, Olivia Davis, who was recently awarded a Fulbright ETA in Greece! See the full article… [more]
Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey, 2017-2018 John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writer in Residence and author of *Nobody… [more]
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, 2016-2017 John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writer in Residence and author of *Lucky… [more]
Matt Bondurant
Matt Bondurant, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Fiction, and author of *The Night Swimmer* (Scribner 2012).
Majors Fair
Professors Lindy Brady, Erin Drew, and Caroline Wigginton talk to students at this year's Majors Fair.
Graduate School’s Diversity Award
On behalf of the MFA program, Professor Beth Ann Fennelly is proud to accept the award from Dean John Kiss at this year's commencement.
Derrick Harriell, Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies
Derrick Harriell, Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies, and author of *Cotton* (Aquarius Press, 2010).
Graduate Students
Eudora Welty Graduate Seminar Field Trip to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, where many of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's letters, photos and archival materials are housed.
Adetayo Alabi, Associate Professor of English
Postcolonial studies with an emphasis on African, African-American and Caribbean literature and culture, literary theory, and autobiographical genre in comparative black studies are teaching and research interests of Dr. Alabi.
Tom Franklin, Assistant Professor of Fiction Writing & Beth Ann Fennelly, Associate Professor
Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger winner Franklin with UM 2011 Humanities Teacher of the Year Fennelly
Chris Offutt, Assistant Professor of English
A prolific writer of novels, memoirs, and short stories, Offutt’s screenplays include HBO's True Blood and Showtime's Weeds.
Ethel Young-Scurlock, Associate Professor of English & Senior Fellow at the Lucky Day Residential College
Professor Ethel Young-Scurlock teaching class.
Karen L. Raber, Professor of English
Dr. Raber writes and teaches early modern British literature. Her research interests include cultural and gender studies, animal studies, and ecocriticism.
William Faulkner Photographed at Rowan Oak in 1947 by Henri Cartier-Bresson
The 39th Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference: Fifty Years After Faulkner is July 7-11, 2012. A commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize winning author's death will be held July 6.
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