faculty info
Mary Hayes
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Teaches and researches Old and Middle English literature and the History of the English Language
Office: W203 Bondurant Hall | hayes at olemiss.edu
Jaime Harker
Professor of English and Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
Ph.D., Temple University
Works on twentieth century American literature, with an emphasis on book history, gender, and sexuality. She has additional research interests in gay and lesbian studies, American studies, and the Pacific Rim.
Office: C214A Bondurant Hall | 662-915-3172 | jlharker at olemiss.edu
Joan Wylie Hall
Senior Lecturer in English
Ph.D., Notre Dame
Teaches American literature, southern literature, and women's literature. Her research interests are southern women's writing and African-American literature.
Office: 104 Leavell | 662-915-7286 | egjwh at olemiss.edu
J.R. Hall
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Notre Dame
Specializes in Old English and Middle English language and literature.
Office: 313 Somerville Hall | 662-915-7145 | jrhall at olemiss.edu
Adam Gussow
Associate Professor of English and Southern Studies
Ph.D., Princeton
Teaches and writes about American and African American Literature, with a particular focus on blues cultural studies.
Office: C213 Bondurant Hall | 662-915-7333 | agussow at olemiss.edu
Tom Franklin
Associate Professor of Fiction Writing
M.F.A., University of Arkansas
Teaches graduate fiction seminars and workshops.
Office: W104 Bondurant Hall | 662-915-2782 | tfrankli at olemiss.edu
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Professor
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Teaches poetry workshops and seminars, 20th-century American literature, and a wide range of courses in environmental literature.
Office: C212 Bondurant Hall | afwirth at olemiss.edu
Benjamin Fisher
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Duke
Specializes in Edgar Allen Poe, 19th Century and early 20th Century American Literature, Victorian Literature, Gothicism, Detective Fiction, and Turn-of-the-century women writers.
bfisher at olemiss.edu
Beth Ann Fennelly
Professor
M.F.A., University of Arkansas
Teaches poetry as literature and also teaches the writing of both poetry and creative nonfiction. She’s the author of three books of poetry, one book of essays, and a co-authored novel.
Office: C104 Bondurant Hall | bafennel at olemiss.edu
Cristin Ellis
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Teaching Interests: Nineteenth-century American literature and culture, American Romanticism, history of science, posthumanism, and ecocriticism.
Office: W209A Bondurant Hall | ceellis2 at olemiss.edu