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What Do You Do with a Southern Studies Degree?

The interdisciplinary nature of the Center has since its founding drawn students with a diverse range of interests who go on to pursue many different fields, both scholarly and in the arts, humanities, social justice, law, and business.

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Alumnus Kevin Mitchell (middle) cooks on the Today Show with Hoda Kotb and Carson Daly.

 

Get to know a few Southern Studies Alums

Wesley Notestine

Wesley Notestine

Assistant Director of Academic and Student Affairs at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt

What's your career trajectory since undergrad?

See Wesley’s Answer
Neal McMillin

Neal McMillin

Director of Federal Affairs, Louisiana Department of Energy & Natural Resources

Why and when did you select Southern Studies as your major?

See Neal’s Answer

Where Are Southern Studies Alums Working?

Our Southern Studies alumni find careers in all major economic sectors. The most common are:

Founder/CEO, Corner to Corner Productions

Professional Musician

Architectural Historian, MS Dept of Archives & History

Historic Preservation, City of Oxford

Tour Guide, Interpretation & Education Specialist, and Senior Group Sales Coordinator, National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

Visuals Director, MLK50

 

 

English Teacher, Holly Springs High School

Partner and active manager in two startup ventures that focus on women’s health and molecular diagnostics

Founder, Deep South Ventures

Archives Librarian, Kennesaw State

Faculty, Hinds Community College

Faculty, Louisiana State University

CEO, Epic Spirits

Owner, Bottletree Bakery

Founder, Deep South Ventures

Risk analyst, FDIC in Dallas

Baker, Foster’s Sweeties

A Stronger Alumni Network

We want to build a better contact list for alumni of the Southern Studies B.A., M.A. and M.F.A. programs. Please fill out the quick form below to help us stay up-to-date.
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    See more alumni profiles

    In each edition of the Center newsletter, "The Southern Register," we profile alumni in different fields. Look through our newsletter for more alumni stories.

    The Southern Register

The Center Teaches Students to Think Differently

"I was encouraged by my professors to approach a problem in many different ways and to go to great lengths to get the necessary information, no matter how many archives you have to go to or people you have to track down. I deal with issues related to architecture, urban planning, preservation and conservation, art, history, and even archaeology on a daily basis. The ability to think outside the boundaries of traditional fields is so useful in this context."

Kate Kenwright

City Planner—Oxford, MS