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The Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy operate on both the Oxford and Jackson campuses. The Schools of Dentistry, Health Related Professionals and Medicine, and the Health Sciences Graduate School, are based in Jackson only. (Additional healthcare programs are available through the School of Applied Sciences on the Oxford campus.) Other than these exceptions, the schools above are on the Oxford campus.

Faculty Profile

Aimee C Nezhukumatathil

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English
Professor of English and Creative Writing
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Bondurant Hall W-210
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-7439
Joined UM: August 18, 2016

Brief Bio

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the New York Times best-selling author of WORLD OF WONDERS: IN PRAISE OF FIREFLIES, WHALE SHARKS, & OTHER ASTONISHMENTS, finalist for the Kirkus Prize in non-fiction, and named the 2020 Barnes and Noble Book of the Year. She is also the author of four books of poetry, and is poetry editor of SIERRA, the magazine of the Sierra Club. Awards for her writing include fellowships from Mississippi Arts Council, National Endowment of the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Her writing has appeared in NYTimes Magazine, Paris Review, ESPN Magazine, and twice in Best American Poetry. She is the recipient of the College of Liberal Arts Award for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Achievement

Degrees

MFA
English
Ohio State University Main Campus (2000)

Awards

Liberal Arts-RSRCH, Scholarship, & Creative Achievement Award in the Humanities
2021