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American Indian Studies |
![Photo of Tammy Greer](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/tammy-greer.jpg)
Tammy Greer, Ph.D.
Director of American Indian Studies〡Associate Professor
Discipline: Psychology
Research Interests: American Indian Studies, Brain and Behavior
![Photo of Jeanne Gillespie](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/jeanne-gillespie.jpg)
Jeanne Gillespie, Ph.D.
Co-director of American Indian Studies〡Professor
Discipline: World Languages
Research Interests: Amerindian letters and cultures, Latin American Colonial Letters, Early Modern Women's
Voices,
![Photo of Dr. Josh Haynes](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/josh-haynes.jpg)
Josh Haynes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Early American History, Native American History, the Native South
Interested in Becoming a Faculty Affiliate?Southern Miss faculty members who are interested in becoming affiliates or have a course added to the American Indian Studies minor curriculum should submit the application form for affiliate faculty. |
Black Studies |
![Photo of Sherita Johnson](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/sherita-johnson.jpg)
Sherita L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Black Studies 〡 Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American Literature and Southern Literature
![Photo of Cheryl Jenkins, Ph.D.](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/cheryl-jenkins.jpg)
Cheryl D. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Black Studies 〡Associate Professor
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Research Interests: Journalism, Minority Representation in Media, Media and Culture
![Valencia Walls](/fraternity-sorority-life/_images/wallsvalencia.jpg)
Valencia Walls
Interim Associate Director, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Area of Expertise
Green Dot certified instructor, Cornell Diversity and Inclusion certificate
![Photo of Rebecca Tuuri](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/rebecca-tuuri.jpg)
Rebecca Tuuri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: African American, Women's and Gender, Modern U.S. history
![Leslie Anderson](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/leslie-anderson.jpg)
![Dr. Charkarra Anderson-Lewis](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/charkarra-anderson-lewis.jpg)
Charkarra Anderson-Lewis, Ph.D.
Full Professor
![Photo of Dr. Kimberley Davis, Ph.D.](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/kimberley-davis.jpg)
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Andrew Gutkowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, African American History, U.S. South
![Photo of Thomas V. O'Brien](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/thomas-obrien.jpg)
Thomas V. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
Research Interests: Education; History of American Education; Social Foundations of Education; Education
Policy and Politics; Race, Class, and Education; School Law; Higher Education
![Photo of Marek Steedman](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/marek-steedman.jpg)
Marek D. Steedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Political Theory
![Dr. Jessica Valles](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/jessica-valles.jpg)
Jessica Valles, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology
Research Interests: Aging, mental health, gender, family
![Jason Wallace](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/jason-wallace.jpg)
Jason Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Educational Research and Administration
Research Interests: Equity and Justice in Higher Education & Student Affairs, Black College Student Experiences,
First-Generation College Student Experiences, Qualitative Research Methodologies
Interested in Becoming a Faculty/Staff Affiliate?Southern Miss faculty/staff members who are interested in becoming affiliates or have a course added to the Black Studies minor curriculum should submit the application form for affiliate faculty/staff. |
Disability Studies Minor |
![Emily Stanback](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/emily-stanback.jpg)
Emily Stanback, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator 〡 Associate Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: British Romanticism, health humanities / medical humanities, disability studies, histories
of medicine and science
![Photo of Jerry Alliston](/interdisciplinary-studies-professional-development/_images/faculty/jerry-alliston.jpg)
Jerry R. Alliston, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Institute for Disability Studies
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![Leslie LaVergne](/interdisciplinary-studies-professional-development/_images/leslie-lavergne.jpg)
Leslie LaVergne, Ph.D.
Director, Wellness Programs in the Institute for Disability Studies
![Michelle McLeese](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/michelle-mcleese.jpg)
![Leigh Parker](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/leah-parker.jpg)
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Terri "Cookie" Smith
Specialization Area
Social Work / Student Affairs
![Candice Salyers](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/candice-salyers.jpg)
![Paul Strait](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/l-paul-strait.jpg)
![Alexandra Valint](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/alexandra-valint.jpg)
![Rebekah Young](/interdisciplinary-studies-professional-development/_images/rebekah-young.jpg)
Rebekah Young, Ph.D., MPH, CHES
Executive Director of the Institute for Disability Studies
Health and Medical Humanities |
![Photo of Dr. Emily Stanback](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/emily-stanback.jpg)
Emily Stanback, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator 〡 Associate Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: British Romanticism, health humanities / medical humanities, disability studies, histories
of medicine and science
![Photo of Dr. Katie Anthony](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/katie-anthony.jpg)
Katie Anthony, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specialization Area
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Medical decision-making, Public Health Risk Communication
![photo of Dr. Samuel Bruton](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/samuel-bruton.jpg)
Sam Bruton, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Specialization Area
Philosophy
Area of Expertise: Ethics, Applied Ethics
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![Photo of Dr. Christopher Foley](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/christopher-foley.jpg)
Chris Foley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: Early Modern Literature, Renaissance Drama, Ecocriticism and the Environmental Humanities
![Brent Hale](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/brent-hale.jpg)
Brent Hale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Mediated Communication; Social Media; User Comments; Media Psychology
![Photo of Dr. Wes Johnson](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/wes-johnson.jpg)
Wes Johnson, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Specialization Area
Criminal Justice
Area of Expertise: Corrections, Jails, Prisons, Mental Health Courts, Probation, Parole, deescalation
training
![Dr. Michelle McLeese](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/michelle-mcleese.jpg)
Michelle McLeese, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Specialization Area
Sociology
Area of Expertise: Mental Health and Crime/Deviance
![photo of Ms. Susan Mullican](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/_faculty-profile-placeholder.jpg)
![Photo of Courtney Luckhardt](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/courtney-luckhardt.jpg)
Courtney Luckhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
History
Area of Expertise: early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, ancient and medieval women
![Photo of Dr. Leah Parker](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/leah-parker.jpg)
Leah Parker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization Area
English
Area of Expertise: Medieval literature, Old and Middle English, disability studies, phenomenologies of
religion
![Candice Salyers](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/candice-salyers.jpg)
![Dr. Deanne Stephens](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/deanne-stephens.jpg)
Deanne Stephens, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Specialization Area
History
Area of Expertise: Mississippi History; Medical history; Southern history; Women in America history
![Photo of Dr. L. Paul Strait](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/l-paul-strait.jpg)
Paul Strait, Ph.D.
Specialization Area
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Rhetoric, Discourse, Culture, Medical Humanities, Ideology
Health and Medical Humanities Minor
Social Science and Medicine |
![Mehdi Barati](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/mehdi-barati.jpg)
Social Science and Medicine Minor
Women's and Gender Studies |
![Photo of Julie Reid](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/julie-reid.jpg)
Julie Reid, Ph.D.
Interim Director of Women's and Gender Studies 〡 Associate Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender and international development, globalization, education, and intersectionality
(gender, nation, race, class, and sexuality)
![Photo of Amy Chasteen](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/amy-chasteen.jpg)
Amy Chasteen, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender studies, health, childbirth, deviant behavior, culture
![photo of Jennifer Courts](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/jennifer-courts.jpg)
Jennifer Courts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Art and Design
Research Interests: Medieval sex, women and art, women artists
![Photo of Kate Greene](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/kate-greene.jpg)
Kate Greene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Music and politics, public law, women and politics
![Photo of Bridget Hayden](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/bridget-hayden.jpg)
Bridget Hayden, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: Anthropology
Research Interests: Globalization; migration; discourses of nationalism, identity, and citizenship; intersectionality;
Central America
![Photo of Andrew Haley](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/andrew-haley.jpg)
Andrew Haley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: American cultural history; class, gender, and community identities; American women's
lives; food; childhood; gender theory; gay and lesbian history; queer theory
![Photo of Cheryl Jenkins](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/cheryl-jenkins.jpg)
Cheryl D. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline:
Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Research Interests:
Representation of race and gender, Race in media; critical studies in media; historical
media research
![Photo of Sherita Johnson](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/sherita-johnson.jpg)
Sherita L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. Southern cultural
studies
![Photo of Nicole Jordan](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/nicolle-jordan.jpg)
Nicolle Jordan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. Southern cultural
studies
![Photo of Courtney Luckhardt](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/courtney-luckhardt.jpg)
Courtney Luckhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Europe, early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, travel, ancient and medieval
women
![Photo of Susan Johnson](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/susan-johnson.jpg)
Susan Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: Public Health
Research Interests: Women's health, health disparities, community health workers, qualitative research,
international child sexual trafficking (service internships)
![Photo of Heather Stur](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/heather-stur.jpg)
Heather Stur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: U.S. foreign relations; gender and war; global Cold War; Vietnam War; impacts of conflict
on men, women, families, and national identities
![Photo of Eric Tribunella](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/eric-tribunella.jpg)
Eric Tribunella, Ph.D.
Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: Children's and young adult literature, lesbian and gay literature, queer theory, gender
studies, critical theory
![Photo of Rebecca Tuuri](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/rebecca-tuuri.jpg)
Rebecca Tuuri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Black women's organizations in the Civil Rights/Black Power Movements, African American
and American history through the lens of intersectionality, identity as affected by
race, gender, and sexuality
![Maria Wallace](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/maria-wallace.jpg)
Maria Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Education
Research Interests: Science teachers, teacher education and induction; construction of teacher subjectivities;
feminist, poststructuralist, and new materialist perspectives in curriculum studies;
ontology in qualitative inquiry; ethicopolitical issues in science education; feminist
science studies
Interested in Becoming a Faculty Affiliate?Southern Miss faculty members who are interested in becoming affiliates or have a course added to the Women's and Gender Studies minor curriculum should submit the application form for affiliate faculty. |
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES MINOR
Nonprofit Studies |
![Photo of Dr. Kinnell](/_resources/digital-measures/faculty-images/ann-marie-kinnell.jpg)
Ann Kinnell, Ph.D.
Director | Associate Professor
Area of Expertise: Nonprofit Organizations, Volunteerism and Civic Engagement, Service Learning,
The Leadership Experience Certificate |
Leadership Experience Certificate
The RISE To The Top! Certificate |
![Jerry R. Alliston, PhD, MSW](/ids/-00-images/staff-jerry-alliston.jpg)
![Danielle Parks, LMSW](/ids/-00-images/danielle_parks.jpg)