{"id":10260,"date":"2026-10-05T10:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/llp\/?page_id=10260"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:00:13","slug":"dr-melanie-anderson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/llp\/faculty\/dr-melanie-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Melanie Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Assistant Professor of English<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OFFICE: Painter Hall 211B
EMAIL:\u00a0mranderson@muw.edu<\/a>
PHONE: 662-329-7166<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Dr. Anderson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BA, English, Thomas Moore College
MA and PhD, English, University of Mississippi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Areas of Specialization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th and 20th Century American Literature, Horror<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Toil and Trouble: A Women\u2019s History of the Occult<\/em> (co-authored with Lisa Kr\u00f6ger). Quirk Books. 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Monster, She Wrote: The Women who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction<\/em> (co-authored with Lisa Kr\u00f6ger). Quirk Books. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Spectrality in the Novels of Toni Morrison<\/em>. University of Tennessee Press. 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shirley Jackson and Domesticity: Beyond the Haunted House<\/em> (Essay collection co-edited with Jill E. Anderson). Bloomsbury Academic. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shirley Jackson, Influences and Confluences<\/em> (Essay collection co-edited with Lisa Kr\u00f6ger). Routledge. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Ghostly and the Ghosted in Literature and Film: Spectral Identities<\/em>. (Essay collection co-edited with Lisa Kr\u00f6ger) University of Delaware Press. 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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