School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development
School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development
American Indian Studies |
Director of American Indian Studies〡Associate Professor
Discipline: Psychology
Research Interests: American Indian Studies, Brain and Behavior
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,
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 |
Director, Center for Black Studies 〡 Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American Literature and Southern Literature
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
Interim Associate Director, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Green Dot certified instructor, Cornell Diversity and Inclusion certificate
Associate Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: African American, Women's and Gender, Modern U.S. history
Full Professor
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, African American History, U.S. South
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
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Political Theory
Assistant Teaching Professor
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology
Research Interests: Aging, mental health, gender, family
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 |
Program Coordinator 〡 Associate Professor
English
Area of Expertise: British Romanticism, health humanities / medical humanities, disability studies, histories
of medicine and science
Associate Director of the Institute for Disability Studies
Director, Wellness Programs in the Institute for Disability Studies
Social Work / Student Affairs
Executive Director of the Institute for Disability Studies
Health and Medical Humanities |
Program Coordinator 〡 Associate Professor
English
Area of Expertise: British Romanticism, health humanities / medical humanities, disability studies, histories
of medicine and science
Associate Professor
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Medical decision-making, Public Health Risk Communication
Full Professor
Philosophy
Area of Expertise: Ethics, Applied Ethics
Assistant Professor
English
Area of Expertise: Early Modern Literature, Renaissance Drama, Ecocriticism and the Environmental Humanities
Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Mediated Communication; Social Media; User Comments; Media Psychology
Full Professor
Criminal Justice
Area of Expertise: Corrections, Jails, Prisons, Mental Health Courts, Probation, Parole, deescalation
training
Assistant Teaching Professor
Sociology
Area of Expertise: Mental Health and Crime/Deviance
Assistant Professor
History
Area of Expertise: early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, ancient and medieval women
Assistant Professor
English
Area of Expertise: Medieval literature, Old and Middle English, disability studies, phenomenologies of
religion
Full Professor
History
Area of Expertise: Mississippi History; Medical history; Southern history; Women in America history
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise: Rhetoric, Discourse, Culture, Medical Humanities, Ideology
Health and Medical Humanities Minor
Social Science and Medicine |
Social Science and Medicine Minor
Women's and Gender Studies |
Associate 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)
Professor
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Gender studies, health, childbirth, deviant behavior, culture
Associate Professor
Discipline: Art and Design
Research Interests: Medieval sex, women and art, women artists
Associate Professor
Discipline: Political Science and Legal Studies
Research Interests: Music and politics, public law, women and politics
Professor
Discipline: Anthropology
Research Interests: Globalization; migration; discourses of nationalism, identity, and citizenship; intersectionality;
Central America
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
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
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. Southern cultural
studies
Associate Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: African American women writers; race, ethnicity, and gender Studies. Southern cultural
studies
Assistant Professor
Discipline: History
Research Interests: Europe, early medieval ages, religion, cultural history, travel, ancient and medieval
women
Associate Professor
Discipline: Public Health
Research Interests: Women's health, health disparities, community health workers, qualitative research,
international child sexual trafficking (service internships)
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
Professor
Discipline: English
Research Interests: Children's and young adult literature, lesbian and gay literature, queer theory, gender
studies, critical theory
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
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 |
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 |