Our Faculty


Southern Studies Faculty

The Southern Studies Program consists of a core group of faculty from several disciplines, including anthropology, art, history, and literature. They work with their home departments but also with Southern Studies, teaching courses, directing internships, and supervising Master of Arts theses. In addition, faculty who teach courses related to the South in various departments work in conjunction with the program, and students have the opportunity to work with a wide range of scholars.


Core Faculty

Nancy Bercaw History and Undergraduate Student Advisor
Phone: 662-915-7016
E-mail: nbercaw@olemiss.edu
Office: Bishop Hall 315

Adam Gussow Literature
Phone: 662-915-7333
E-mail: agussow@olemiss.edu
Office: C213 Bondurant Hall

Katie McKee Literature and Graduate Student Advisor
Phone: 662-915-7161
E-mail: kmckee@olemiss.edu
Office: 135C Bondurant Hall

Justin Nystrom Visiting Professor of History
Phone: 662-915-7016
E-mail: janystrom@gmail.com
Office: Bishop Hall 315

Ted Ownby History and Interim Director
Phone: 662-915-5993
E-mail: hsownby@olemiss.edu
Office: 216 Barnard Observatory

David Wharton Photography and Documentary Studies
Phone: 662-915-5993
E-mail: dwharton@olemiss.edu
Office: 217 Barnard Observatory

Charles Reagan Wilson History
Phone: 662-915-7148
E-mail: crwilson@olemiss.edu
Office: 316 Bishop Hall


Associated Faculty

Betty J. Crouther, Art
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Phone: 662-915-7647
E-mail: arpate@olemiss.edu
Office: 301 Old Chemistry



 Thomas Dewey, Art
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Phone: 662-915-5014
E-mail: tdewey@olemiss.edu
Office: 218 Old Chemistry
Charles W. Eagles, History
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Phone: 662-915-7733
E-mail: eagles@olemiss.edu
Office: 321 Bishop Hall



 Benjamin F. Fisher IV, Literature
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Phone: 662-915-7672
E-mail: bfisher@olemiss.edu
Office: C130 Bondurant
Robbie Ethridge , Anthropology
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Phone: 662-915-7317
E-mail: rethridg@olemiss.edu
Office: 103 Leavell

Janet Ford, Anthropology and Sociology
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Phone: 662-915-7340
E-mail: saford@olemiss.edu
Office: 109 Leavell

Susan Glisson, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
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Phone: 662-915-6727
E-mail: glisson@olemiss.edu
Office: 102 Vardaman Hall



Angela Hornsby-Gutting, History
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Phone: 662-915-7148
E-mail: ahornsby@olemiss.edu
Office: 316 Bishop Hall



Jeff Jackson, Anthropology and Sociology
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Phone: 662-915-5230
E-mail: jacksonj@olemiss.edu
Office: 205 Leavell

Kirk Johnson, Sociology

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Phone: 662-915-7421

E-mail: sajay@olemiss.edu

Office: 211 Leavell

Donald M. Kartiganer, Literature
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Phone: 662-915-5793
E-mail: dkartiga@olemiss.edu
Office: W209B Bondurant

Marvin King, Political Science

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Phone: 662-915-5408

E-mail: marvin@olemiss.edu

Office: Deupree Hall

Colby H. Kullman, Literature
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Phone: 662-915-7050
E-mail: egcolby@olemiss.edu
Office: C214B Bondurant



 Gary L. Long, Anthropology and Sociology
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Phone: 662-915-7297
E-mail: salong@olemiss.edu
Office: 201 Leavell



Jon Moen, Economics
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Phone: 662-915-5467
E-mail: jmoen@olemiss.edu
Office: 367 Holman

Michael V. Namorato, History
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Phone: 662-915-7488
E-mail: hsmvn@olemiss.edu
Office: 314 Bishop Hall
John R. Neff, History
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Phone: 662-915-3969
E-mail: jneff@olemiss.edu
Office: 337 Bishop Hall

Elizabeth Payne, History
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Phone: 662-915-7148
E-mail: epayne@olemiss.edu
Office: Bishop Hall



Charles K. Ross, History and African American Studies
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Phone: 662-915-5978
E-mail: cross@olemiss.edu
Office: 306 Barr



D. Warren Steel, Music
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Phone: 662-915-5183
E-mail: mudws@olemiss.edu
Office: 315 Barr

Annette Trefzer, Literature
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Phone: 662-915-7685
E-mail: atrefzer@olemiss.edu
Office: C132 Bondurant




Jay Watson, Literature
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Phone: 662-915-7671
E-mail: jwatson@olemiss.edu
Office: C211 Bondurant


Curtis Wilkie, Journalism
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Phone: 662-915-7612
E-mail: cwilkie@olemiss.edu
Office: 227 Farley



Ethel Young-Minor, Literature
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Phone: 662-915-7688
E-mail: eyoungmi@olemiss.edu
Office: 208 Bondurant