Instructors & Lecturers
Instructors
Gregory Marcus
Instructor
Assistant Director of the Writing Center
Writing Center (President's Circle)
- 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
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
Lecturers
Carolyn Angelo
Lecturer
267-D Allen
- M.A., English, Mississippi State University
- M.A., Russian and East European Literature & Culture, University College London
Christie Collins
Lecturer
2012 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
Ciera Higginbotham
Lecturer
2000 Lee Hall
- M.F.A., Poetry, Virginia Commonwealth University
- 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
Marty Price
Marty Price attempts to bring something of his own mix, in terms of critical perspective, to his survey courses. He dabbles lightly in Carl Gustov Jung's ideas, just enough... more
James Redd
Lecturer
2312 Lee Hall
- Ph.D.,University of Nebraska at Lincoln (English, Creative Writing)
- M.A., Mississippi State University