Ethel Scurlock

Dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and Associate Professor of English and African American Studies

• Faculty
• Staff
• Instructor

• Email:

  eyoungmi@olemiss.edu

• Office Location:

  128 Barksdale Honors College

• Phone:

  662-915-7688

Biography

Dr. Scurlock is Dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and Associate Professor of English and African American Studies.  Prior to being named Dean, Dr. Scurlock was also the Director of African American Studies and Senior Faculty Fellow of the Luckyday Residential College at the University of Mississippi. She is a native of Memphis and earned her BA in English from the University of Tennessee and M.A. and Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University of Ohio.

Dr. Scurlock’s teaching and service has been recognized with many awards during her tenure at UM, including: College of Liberal Arts Teacher of the Year, UM Humanities Teacher of the Year,  the Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher of the Year, the Black Alumni Trailblazers Award, and the Donald Cole Award for Faculty and Staff.

• Office, Department or Center

  Department of English

• School

  College of Liberal Arts

• Campuses

  Oxford