Instructors & Lecturers

Instructors

Latoya Bogard

Instructor

Writing Coordinator

2507 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Katie Doughty

Instructor

Assistant Director of Composition

2514 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Courtney Dueitt

Instructor

Director of Composition

2512 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Taylor Garner

Instructor

Assistant Director of Composition

2311 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Hayley Hampton

Instructor

267-A Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Ashley Leonard

Instructor

Writing Coordinator

2513 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Gregory Marcus

Instructor

Assistant Director of the Writing Center

Writing Center (President's Circle)

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Shunecy Pounds

Instructor

260-B Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Loree Rios

Instructor

Director of the Writing Center

Writing Center (President's Circle)

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Karen Schmidt

Instructor

Assistant Director of the Writing Center

Writing Center (President's Circle)

  • M.A. Purdue University Northwest

Claire Sheperis

Instructor

2007 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Emily Stinson

Instructor

Managing Editor, Jabberwock Review

270-C Allen

  • Ph.D., Western Michigan University (English and Creative Writing--Fiction)
  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Creative Writing, Contemporary Fiction, Modern British Literature, Detective Fiction, First-Year Writing

Jessica Mann Thompson

Instructor

2003 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Abigail Voller

Instructor

2511 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Lecturers

Allison Allsup

Lecturer

269 Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Carolyn Angelo

Lecturer

267-D Allen

  • M.A., English, Mississippi State University
  • M.A., Russian and East European Literature & Culture, University College London

 

Kelly Barton

Lecturer

270-A Allen

M.A., Mississippi State University

Christie Collins

Lecturer

2011 Lee Hall

  • Ph.D., Cardiff University (Wales, U.K.), 2020
  • Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2013-2016
  • M.A., Mississippi State University, 2011
  • B.A., Mississippi University for Women, 2007

Creative Writing, Poetry Writing, Microfiction, Nonfiction, Southern Literature, Contemporary Southern Poetry, American Literature, and Magic Realism

Christie Collins was born and raised in the American South, and she has recently moved back to Mississippi after a decade away. She currently teaches courses in writing and... more

Michele Crescenzo

Lecturer

2014 Lee Hall

  • Ph.D., Emory University

Craig Gentry

Lecturer

262-B Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Amber Gill

Lecturer

267-D Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Ciera Higginbotham

Lecturer

2308 Lee Hall

  • M.F.A., Poetry, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Emma Moffett

Lecturer

260-C Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Ashleigh Murdock

Lecturer

2512 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Peter Olson

Lecturer

320-491-7908

  • Ph.D in Literary and Cultural Studies (2013)—University of Memphis.
  • Graduate Certificate in African-American Studies (2007)—University of Memphis
  • M.A. in English literature (2006)—University of Memphis.
  • M.A. in music theory (1992)—University of Minnesota.
  • B.M. in bass performance (1987)—University of Minnesota.

Peter B. Olson teaches as a Lecturer in the Department of English at Mississippi State University. His teaching assignments include English Composition 1 & 2—online (EN... more

James Redd

Lecturer

2312 Lee Hall

  • Ph.D.,University of Nebraska at Lincoln (English, Creative Writing)
  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Katie Starliper

Lecturer

269 Allen

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Alisha Street

Lecturer

2009 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Devan Torrence

Lecturer

2313 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Tyler Trimm

Lecturer

2314 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University

Rachel Wolfe

Lecturer

2300 Lee Hall

  • M.A., Mississippi State University