Current Graduate Students
Muftiat Adeyi, she\her
M.A.,Performing Arts, University of Ilorin
B.A., Visual and Preforming Arts, Kwara State University
Research and writing interests include African and African Diasporic Literature, Performance Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Theatre and Film Studies, Black Feminism, and Oral Literature.
Owale Ayinla, He\him
B.Edu, University of Ibadan
Research and writing interests include: Poetry
Bridget Bartlett, she\they
BA in Philosophy, Central Washingtin University, Ellensburg WA
MA in English, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
Research and writing interests include early modern literature, disability studies, neurodiversity, drama, jestbooks, disablement and racialization
Ellie Black, she/her/hers
B.A., Hendrix College
M.F.A., Poetry, University of Mississippi
Research and Writing interests include:Poetry (confessional and experimental), creative nonfiction, memoir, autotheory, gender studies and queer studies, pop culture, film studies, fan studies, and media and digital studies
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ekblack@go.olemiss.edu
Preston Blakeley, he\him
B.A., English, Samford University
Research and writing interests include 20th century and contemporary American literature and film, religion and literature, adaptation studies, and ecocriticism.
Gabrielle Bowden, she\her
B.A., College of William and Mary;
Masters of Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin
Research and writing interests include: Southern literature, Gothic literature, modernism, Irish literature, Transatlantic literature, 20th century literature
Caroline Brandon, she/her/hers
M.A., Mississippi State University
B.A., Millsaps College
Research and writing interests include Contemporary American Literature, especially Mississippi writers
Kinsey Brooke
Chase Browning, he/him/his
B.A., English and Philosophy, University of Virginia
Research and writing interests include Faulkner, African American literature, literature and philosophy
cbrow19@go.olemiss.edu
Wes Byers, he\him
B.A. English – UNC-Asheville;
M.A. English – University of New Orleans
Research and Writing interests include: 20th & 21st-century American literature; media studies, discourses of violence; spectacle, the southern gothic, environmentalism, public policy, and visual culture.
Emma Cagle
Camila Cal Mello
B.A. University of Central Florida; M.F.A, Creative Nonfiction, University of Central Florida
Research and writing interests include: creative nonfiction, memoir, poetry, experimental/hybrid writing
Alex Chand, she\they
BA, English and Physics, Lawrence University (2022);
MA, English Literature, University of Leeds (expected 2024)
Research and Writing interests include: Disability Studies, Medical Humanities, Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, Postcolonial Studies, World Literatures in English, Critical Archival Studies, Aesthetics
Yin Cheng, she\her
Research and Writing interests include: Poetry
Ava Chuppe, she\her\hers
BA in English/Literature, Murray State University
Research and Writing interests include: global Anglophone literature, postcolonial literature and criticism, queer and feminist studies
Christy Conor
Abby Cordwell
B.A. (Hons), Philosophy & Spanish, King’s College London
Research and writing interests include: Women and gender studies, modernism, critical theory, the Gothic, archival studies, Southern literature, postcolonial literature.
acordwel@go.olemiss.edu@go.olemiss.edu
Jacob DeBrock, he/they
B.A. in English and Psychology, University of Toledo.
M.A. English, University of Louisville
Research interests include: 20th- and 21st-century African American literature, queer/gender studies, disability studies, media studies
Shannon Dwyer
Sydney Emerson, she\her
B.A., Allegheny College
Research interests include: speculative and literary fiction, American Romanticism, gothic literature, Appalachian and Rust Belt narratives, rural studies
Kenneth Estrada
Sophie Ezzell
Al Favilla, they\them
B.Sc. in Environmental Science from Cornell University
M.Phil in Irish Writing from Trinity College Dublin
Research and writing interests include The sonnet, New Formalism, 20th century Irish poetry, Northern Irish writing, birds in art and literature
Callie Fedd
Jacob Fennell
B.A. Public Policy Leadership – University of Mississippi;
M.A. Southern Studies – University of Mississippi
Research interests include: 20th and 21st century Southern literature, critical theory, late modernism and postmodernism, film and media studies
Diego Fleitas, he\him
Research interests include: renaissance narrative poems, italian humanism, chivalric epic, the sonnet tradition, early modern prose fiction
Kelsey Fox she/her/hers
B.A. English and Spanish, Brescia University
M.A. English, Western Kentucky University
Areas of Interest: Research interests include Contemporary American Literature, Critical Prison Studies, Queer Theory, Ecocriticism.
Anthony Gottlich he/him/his
B.A., English and Hispanic Languages and Literature, Boston University
Areas of Interest: Research interests include Literature of the US South, the Global South, Latin American Literature, Indigenous Literature, Postcolonialism, and other literary depictions of the plantation.
Marina Greenfeld,
B.A., UNC Chapel Hill, English and Slavic Languages and Cultures
Areas of Interest: Interests include poetry, southern literature and cultures, docupoetics and poetics of labor, folklore, Jewish studies, Slavic studies, linguistics, theatre and performance, puppets
Leighton Griffin,
Victoria Hulbert she/her/hers
B.A., Writing, Literature, and Publishing, Emerson College
Areas of Interest: Literary fiction, Popular Culture and Media Studies, Cyberfeminism, and Internet Studies
Janeth Jackson, she/her/hers
B.A., English, Tougaloo College (Jackson, MS)
M.A., Southern Studies, University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)Writing and research interests include African American Literature, Southern Literature, Young Adult Fiction, and Women’s Studies
Latrice Johnson she/her/hers
Areas of Interest: Research interests include American literature; African American literature; Blues literature and culture; and Afrofuturism
B.A. Tougaloo College
ljohnso7@go.olemiss.edu
Ashleigh Kennedy
B.A. English from Shippensburg University
Writing and research interests include:Poetry, Theology, Asian American Literature, and Transpacific Media
Jennifer Key
Kapani Kirkland
Rebeca Kis, she/her/hers
Bachelor’s in English (Honours), Mount Royal University
Areas of Interest: Research interests include 18th and 19th century British Literature
Sarah Ligon, she/her/hers
BA Wellesley College
Research and writing interests include: fiction, environmental writing, creative nonfiction, memoir, contemporary American literature, modern British literature, Southern literature, and art.
Fangrong Liu
Winshen Liu, she/her/hers
Research and writing interests include: Poetry, novels, social theory, world languages, pedagogy
Jenny Maaketo
Joe McDonough, he\him
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
writing and research interests include Postmodernism and autofiction within contemporary literature
Kennedy McLeod
Homa Mojtabai she/her/hers
BA Spanish, Bowdoin College.
MBA Management, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
writing and research interests include A War of the Words – I’m most interested in politically engaging, enraging, and especially entertaining, American fiction.
Chris Morris, he\him\his
MFA in fiction (University of Mississippi),
BA in English (Eastern Connecticut State University),
BA in history (Eastern Connecticut State University)
Research and writing interests include: Creative Writing, the Novel, Literary Genre Fiction, Childhood Studies, Queer Theory, Critical Race Studies
Maggie Muehleman, she\hers
B.A. from Transylvania University
Research interests include 19th and 20th century American Literature, the Southern Gothic, cultural studies, women in literature, literary theory, and social\cultural theory
Sayantani Mukherjee, she\hers
B.A( Hons.), University of Delhi, MA English, University of Delhi
Research interests include 18th century British literature
Brooke Neal,
Noreen Ocampo, she\they
B.A., English, Emory University
Research and writing interests include poetry, Filipino/a/x American literature, Asian American literature, representations and explorations of Asian American family dynamics, reclamation and transformation of myth, film and media studies, screenwriting, the short film.
Oluwatobi (Tobi) Ogundiran, he\him\his
M.D. Penza State University
Research and writing interests include Mythology and Folklore, Creative Writing, Speculative Fiction, World Literature
Ugochukwu Damian Okpara he\him
B.Sc Anatomy, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
Areas of Interest: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Amelie Ng Pavel they\them
Dual B.A./M.A University of Chicago, English and Creative Writing
Research and writing interests include Magic realism, migration literature, Asian American literature, African American literature, critical race studies, disability studies, queer and trans theory
Sarah Margaret Pittman, she\her\hers
B.S.B.A., Finance, University of Arkansas
Research interests include Victorian literature, gender studies, Gothic literature Political economy
Elizabeth Purnell she/her
B.A., English, Emory University
Research interests include: Early Modern British literature, theater, gender and sexuality, race studies.
Anya Quesnel she/her
B.A. Colorado College
Research interests include: Caribbean Eco-Feminism, Anti-Colonial Ecology, performing arts, book arts and gender studies.
Alida Pamela Reyes she/her/ella
B.A., History and English, Cedar Crest College, Allentown PA
Research and writing interests include: Pan-African Literature, Queer Theory, Afro-futurism, Woman and Gender studies
Simon Ross
B.A – State University of New York at Purchase
M.A. State University of New York at Buffalo
Areas of Interest: 19th and 20th cent. American Literature, the Southern Gothic, Continental Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Eylie Sasajima, she/her/hers
B.A. English – Washington College
Areas of Interest: Contemporary poetry, medieval & early modern literature, Asian American literature, ecopoetry, gender & sexuality studies, the Chesapeake watershed region.
Ira Sen she/her/hers
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research, Ashoka University
B.A., Hons., English, Ashoka University
Areas of Interest: Adaptation, Shakespeare, the body in performance, reading and re-imagining, creative political resistance to authoritarianism.
Sayla Taylor she/her/hers
B.A. in English at the University of Mississippi
Areas of Interest: Energy Humanities, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the Victorian Imagination, Posthumanism
Scout Turner she/her/hers
Will Underland, he\him
B.S. Liberal Studies, MA in English, Middle Tennessee State University
Areas of Interest: American Literature, Ecocriticism, Psychoanalysis.
Maggie White she/her/hers
Masters of Fantasy Literature, University of Glasgow
BA in Art History, Davidson College
Areas of Interest: Energy Humanities, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the Victorian Imagination, Posthumanism
Williams, Charlie
Ibrahim Williams, he\him
B.A in English and Literary Studies at Kwara State University, Kwara
M.A in English at University of Lagos, Nigeria
Research and Writing interests include: Contemporary African/African-American Literature and Film, Literary Stylistics and Discourse, and Interdisciplinary studies
Mae Wissert
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Laney Wood, she\her
B.A. English, Sewanee: The University of the South
Research and Writing interests include: Literary fiction, Southern Gothic fiction, and family narratives.
Heath Joseph Wooten, he\him
M.F.A., Poetry, Northern Michigan University;
B.A., English, University of Mississippi (SMBHC)
Research and Writing interests include: Queer Theory, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Pop Culture, Manga and Comics Studies, Fan Studies, Poetry & Experimental Form, Writing Pedagogy, Media Studies, 19th-21st Century Literature, historic depictions of gay/same-sex attraction
Young, Katie
Young, Regina
Jerry Zinn, he\him
B.A. in Economics – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill