About Faculty in English
Our faculty are distinguished for their innovative scholarship, compelling creative writing, professional leadership, and pedagogical talent.
Leaders in Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Our faculty are nationally and internationally acclaimed scholars and creative writers—they make us not only a celebrated and top-raked English department but also a great place to study literature and creative writing. They research, publish, and teach across the American, British, and World literatures, combining geographical with historical coverage. They produce cutting-edge research and publish bestselling books and bring their expertise to the classroom. Browse academic faculty fields below.
Patrick Alexander
- Associate Professor of English and African American Studies
Andrew Bishop
- Instructor in English
Leigh Anne Duck
- Associate Professor of English and Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Cinema
Timothy Earley
- Instructor in English
Cristin Ellis
- Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Studies
Adam Gussow
- Professor of English and Southern Studies
Jaime Harker
- Director of the Isom Center and Professor of English
Max Hipp
- Instructor in English
Kathryn McKee
- Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, McMullan Professor of Southern Studies, and Professor of English
Richard Purcell
- Hubert H. McAlexander Chair in English and Associate Professor
Justin Raden
- Instructor in English
Peter Reed
- Professor of English
Ethel Scurlock
- Dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and Associate Professor of English and African American Studies
Eric Solomon
- Instructor in English
Annette Trefzer
- Professor of English
Alba Tomasula y Garcia
- Instructor in English
Caroline Wigginton
- Chair and Professor of English
British and World Literatures
Adetayo Alabi
- Professor of English
Sarah Baechle
- Associate Professor of English
Clay Cogswell
- Instructor in English
Timothy Earley
- Instructor in English
Ari Friedlander
- Associate Professor of English
Mary Hayes
- Associate Professor of English and Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Medieval Studies
Shari Holt
- Instructional Associate Professor in English
Deanna Kreisel
- Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Studies
Kate Lechler
- Adjunct Instructor in English and Instructor in Gender Studies
Scott MacKenzie
- Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of English
Karen Raber
- Distinguished Professor of English
Kate Needham
- Instructor in English
Justin Raden
- Instructor in English
Jason Solinger
- Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of English
Daniel Stout
- Associate Chair and Associate Professor of English
Creative Writing
Jerriod Avant
- Writer-in-Residence
Matthew Bondurant
- Professor of English
Beth Ann Fennelly
- Distinguished Professor of English
Tommy Franklin
- Associate Professor of Fiction Writing
Melissa Ginsburg
- Director of Graduate Creative Writing Programs and Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Professor of English and Creative Writing
Elizabeth Spencer
- Senior Lecturer in English
Sheila Sundar
- Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
Michael Wang
- Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
All Faculty
| Alabi | Adetayo | aalabi@olemiss.edu |
| Alexander | Patrick | pealexan@olemiss.edu |
| Baechle | Sarah | sebaechl@olemiss.edu |
| Bishop | Andrew | atbishop@olemiss.edu |
| Bondurant | Matt | mrbondur@olemiss.edu |
| Camp | Lisa | |
| Cogswell | Clay | crcogswe@olemiss.edu |
| Duck | Leigh Anne | lduck@olemiss.edu |
| Earley | Tim | tdearl@olemiss.edu |
| Ellis | Cristie | ceellis@olemiss.edu |
| Fennelly | Beth Ann | bafennel@olemiss.edu |
| Franklin | Tommy | tfrankli@olemiss.edu |
| Friedlander | Ari | ari@olemiss.edu |
| Ginsburg | Melissa | mginsburg@olemiss.edu |
| Gussow | Adam | agussow@olemiss.edu |
| Harker | Jaime | jlharker@olemiss.edu |
| Hayes | Mary | hayes@olemiss.edu |
| Hipp | Max | mbhipp@olemiss.edu |
| Holt | Shari | shodges@olemiss.edu |
| Kreisel | Deanna | dkk@olemiss.edu |
| Lechler | Kate | kalechle@olemiss.edu |
| MacKenzie | Scott | smack@olemiss.edu |
| McKee | Katie | kmckee@olemiss.edu |
| Miller | Peter | pnmiller@olemiss.edu |
| Moore | Alida | amoore@olemiss.edu |
| Needham | Kate | kjneedha@olemiss.edu |
| Nezhukumatathil | Aimee | acnezhuk@olemiss.edu |
| Parsons | Dustin | djparson@olemiss.edu |
| Purcell | Rich | repurcel@olemiss.edu |
| Raber | Karen | kraber@olemiss.edu |
| Raden | Justin | jraden1@olemiss.edu |
| Reed | Peter | preed@olemiss.edu |
| Solinger | Jason | solinger@go.olemiss.edu |
| Solomon | Eric | eesolomo@olemiss.edu |
| Spencer | Beth | ecspence@olemiss.edu |
| Stout | Dan | dstout@olemiss.edu |
| Sundar | Sheila | smsundar@olemiss.edu |
| Trefzer | Annette | atrefzer@olemiss.edu |
| Tomasula y Garcia | Alba | aatomasu@olemiss.edu |
| Wang | Michael | mxwang@olemiss.edu |
| Wigginton | Caroline | cwiggint@olemiss.edu |
Emeritus Faculty:
Jack Barbera, jvbarber@olemiss.edu
Deborah Barker, dbarker@olemiss.edu
Benjamin Fisher, bfisher@olemiss.edu
Ann Fisher-Wirth, afwirth@olemiss.edu
Joan Wylie Hall, egjwh@olemiss.edu
JR Hall, jrhall@olemiss.edu
Blair Hobbs, vhobbs@olemiss.edu
Ivo Kamps, egkamps@olemiss.edu
Donald Kartinganer, dkartiga@olemiss.edu
Ben McClelland, wgbwm@olemiss.edu
Chris Offutt, offutt@olemiss.edu
Gregory Schirmer, eggas@olemiss.edu
Natalie Schroder, nschroed@olemiss.edu
Ronald Schroder, egras@olemiss.edu
Judson "Jay" Watson, jwatson@olemiss.edu
Peter Wirth, pwirth@olemiss.edu