Faculty

	Dr. Thomas Richardson, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Eudora Welty Professor of English Ph.D English, Duke University; M. Ed., Duke Universtiy; A.B. Davidson College Selected publication: James Hogg: Contributions to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 1
	Dr. Rita Hinton, Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy PhD Philosophy, University of Georgia; MA Philosophy, University of South Carolina; BA Chemistry, Mississippi State University Areas of Specialization: History of Philosophy, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy Research Interests: applied ethics, teaching techniques in philosophy
	Dr. Gloria Lee Bunnell, Professor of English PhD English Education, Mississippi State University; MA English, Emphasis in English as a Second Language, Mississippi State University; BA English, Mississippi University for Women Areas of Specialization: Children's Literature, Secondary English Education, Adolescent & Children's Literature, Nonfiction Writing Research Interests: Celtic Fairylore; Astrid Lindgren Dr. Bunnell is on sabbatical, Spring 2009, teaching at The Abbey in Pontlevoy, France.
	Mr. Todd Bunnell, Instructor of English M.A., English/Creative Writing Emphasis, Mississippi State University; B.A., English, Wright State University Areas of Specialization: Teaching English as a Second Language, Secondary Language Acquisition, Technical Writing, Creative Writing Research Interests: Fiction Writing
	Dr. Nora Corrigan, Assistant Professor of English PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BA, College of William and Mary Areas of Specialization: Shakespeare, early modern literature Research interests: Gender and class in early modern drama, history plays, popular ballads Selected publications: "Heywood's 1 Edward IV and the Ballad Tradition." Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England 22 (2009) (forthcoming); "But Smythes Must Speake: Women's and Commoners' Voices in The Mirror for Magistrates." Renaissance Papers, 2007: 83-95.
	Dr. Scott Curtis, Instructor of English Ph.D English, University of Alabama; M.A. English, University of Alabama; M.A. History, Mississippi College; B.A. History, Belhaven College
	Dr. Eric Daffron, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Professor of English PhD English Literature, SUNY-Buffalo; MA English Literature, SUNY-Buffalo; BA English and French, University of Alabama Areas of Specialization: eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, literary theory, linguistics, the Gothic, and film. Research Interests: issues of subjectivity and sexuality, Foucault, and Lacan Selected Publication: Romantic Doubles: Sex and Sympathy in British Gothic Literature, 1790-1830
	Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg, Professor of English, Director of Creative Writing PhD Comparative Literature, University of Texas, Austin; MA Comparative Literature, University of Texas, Austin; BA English/Creative Writing, Knox College Areas of Specialization: World Literature, Twentieth Century Poetry, Postcolonial Literature, Creative Writing, Translation Research Interests: Twentieth Century Dutch literature, translation, poetry writing Selected Publications: Time Capsules poems (forthcoming in 2009), Landscapes and Architectures poems, Hercules, Richelieu, and Nostradamus translations, Outside the Lines: New Dutch and Flemish Writing
	Mr. Shane Emplaincourt, Instructor of French Areas of Specialization: French
	Dr. Bryan Hilliard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Tennessee; M.A. Philosophy and Medical Ethics, University of Tennessee; B.A. Philosophy and History, Elon College. Areas of Specialization: History of Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Applied and Professional Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy Research Interests: Constitutional law and medical ethics, nursing ethics, the health care professional-patient relationship, ethical and legal issues surrounding palliative care, and business ethics Selected Publications: Dr. Hilliard had co-edited or authored three books. His most recent book is The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics: From Contraception to Managed Health Care (Paragon House, 2004). He has also published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals in the fields of medical ethics, law and medical ethics, nursing, business ethics, and political science. His most recent article is "The Politics of Palliative Care and the Ethical Boundaries of Medicine: Gonzales v. Oregon as a Cautionary Tale" in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 35, 1, 2007, 158-174.
	Ms. Erinn Holloway, Instructor of Spanish Areas of Specialization: Spanish
	Mr. Thomas Michael Longton, Associate Professor, Spanish PhD Spanish Literature, University of Alabama; MA Romance Languages, University of North Carolina; MA Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Arizona Areas of Specialization: Spanish language, Secondary Methodology in Foreign Language Teaching, Spanish and Latin American Literature, Hispanic Civilization and Culture, Medical Spanish, and TOFEL Preparation. Research Interests: Early Colonial Latin American, Medieval Peninsular Spain, Romance Linguistics
	Dr. Amy Pardo, Associate Professor of English PhD, University of Alabama; MA, University of Alabama; BA, Mississippi University for Women Areas of Specialization: Women's Literature, Feminist Criticism, American and British literature after 1800 Research Interests: Popular Culture and Women, Feminism's Impact on American Society, Southern Women's Literature
	Dr. Bridget Smith Pieschel, Professor of English, Director of Southern Women's Institute PhD, The University of Alabama; BS and MA English, Mississippi University for Women Areas of Specialization: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century British Literature, and Women's Studies Research Interests: The history of Women's Education; 19th Century Women's Culture; Southern Literature Selected Publications: Golden Days: Reminiscences Of Alumnae, Mississippi State College For Women and Loyal Daughters
	Ms. Emma Richardson, Instructor of English MA English, Duke University; Advanced Certification in English, Campbell University; BA English, St. Andrews Presbyterian College
	Dr. Michael F. Smith, Assistant Professor of English BA, Mississippi State; MEd, William Carey College; PhD, The University of Southern Mississippi Areas of Specialization: Fiction Writing, Modernism, Southern Literature Selected Publications: "Dos Mujeres," The Texas Review; "Anywhere," The Summerset Review; "You and Peggy and That Dog," storysouth; "Hero," The New Southerner Other: Michael F. Smith has been awarded the Brick Streets Press Short Story Award, an Alabama Arts Council Fellowship Award for Literature, a creative writing fellowship from the European-American Center for International Education, and The Transatlantic Review Award for Fiction by the Henfield Foundation. He has read his work in multiple venues, including the New York City Library in Manhattan and the Festival d'Art in Montrichard, France.
	Dr. Leslie Stratyner, Professor of English PhD, English, Louisiana State University; MA English, SUNY Albany; BA English and BA American History, SUNY Albany Areas of Specialization: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Studies, Myth, Epic, Tolkien, Oral Tradition Research Interests: See above Selected Publications: Almost Shakespeare: Appropriations of Shakespeare in Film and Television co-edited with James R. Keller, "The Middle English Romance and the Alliterative Tradition" Approaches to Teaching Oral Traditions, and "The Battle With the Monster: Traditional Pattern and 'The Dream of the Rood." Oral Tradition 12
	Dr. Kim Whitehead, Instructor of English and Religion PhD, Emory University; MDiv, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; BA, Jacksonville State University Selected Publication: The Feminist Poetry Movement
	Ms. Janet Woodcock, Instructor of English