Graduate Minors
Naomi BennettDepartment of Communication Studies
B.A. Theater, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MFA Television, Film and Theatre, California State University, Los Angeles
Performance studies; Virtual and Digitally Mediated Performance; Digital Posthumanism; Intimacy and Digitally Mediate Communication; Colonialization and Gendering of Modern Postural Yoga in Western Culture; Post 9/11 Zombies and Cultural Unhappiness
Emily BlosserDepartment of Sociology
B.A. German, Joint MPAff and M.A. Eastern European Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Gender and Racial Stratification in STEM; Mixed Methods; Sociology of Gender; Sociology of Work and Occupations
Sydney EppsDepartment of Education
B.S. Journalism, B.A. Sociology/Criminology, Ohio University at Athens; M.S. Organizational Leadership, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at Daytona Beach
Critical Theories of Race, Gender, and Sexuality; Biopolitics; LGBT Intellectual and Cultural History; Greek Life; Men and Masculinities; Organizational Development and Change; Intersectionality of Religion, Race and Class; Women's Politics
Mia EscottDepartment of English
B.A. English/Communication, Auburn University; M.A. English, University of Montevallo
Early Modern English Literature; Renaissance Drama; Shakespeare; Race, Gender & Sexuality
Amandine FaucheuxDepartment of English
MA Cultural Studies, University of New Mexico
Speculative & Science Fiction; Queer Studies & Theory; Post-Colonial and Ethnic Literature
Megan Feifer
Department of English
M.A. English (Modern Studies), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Afro-Caribbean Diasporas in the U.S. and Postcolonial Literatures and Theories
Elizabeth GardnerDepartment of English
B.A. English, Samford University; M.A. English, University of Georgia
Southern Literature; Women Writers from the 20th and 21st Centuries
Shaofei Han
Department of Education
M.A. Curriculum and Instruction, East China Normal University, Shanghai
Curriculum Theory, Post-Structural Feminist Theory, Continental Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Teacher Education and Philosophy for Children
Charla Allyn HughesDepartment of English
B.A. English and Italian, Vassar College; M.A. English with Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing, Florida State University
Twentieth-Century British and American Literature, Women's and Gender Studies, Postcolonial and Multicultural Literature, Cosmopolitanism, Transnationalism, the City Novel
Minjie LiManship School of Mass Communication
M.M.C. Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
Media Psychology; Transgender Studies; Media Diversity, Inequality and Intersectionality; Emerging Technology, Amateurism and Public Affairs; Technology and Body and Embodiment
Alecia Nance McNeillDepartment of Education
B.L.S. University of Mary Washington; M.A. George Washington University; M.A. Louisiana State University, Ed.S. Louisiana State University
Caribbean Studies; Transatlantic History & Cultural Migrations; Womanist Theories; Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy; Critical Theories; Anti-Racist Pedagogy; Indigenous Knowledges in Education; Decolonizing Education; Community Schools; Diversity & Inclusiveness in K-16 Education
Lauren RackleyDepartment of English
B.A. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi; M.A. Louisiana State University
Feminist Rhetoric; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Popular Culture; Digital Media Studies
Fernando Rodriguez
Department of History
B.A. Loyola University; M.A. University of New Orleans
Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
Cristina RosellDepartment of English
B.A. English, Florida International University; M.A. English and American Literature, New York University
Early Modern British Literature; Genre Studies, with special attention to Drama, Masques, Lyric and Epic Poetry; Court, Material, and Visual Cultures; and Feminist and Queer Theories
Danielle ThomasDepartment of Sociology
B.A. Sociology and Humanities with a minor in French, Milligan College
Community; Race; Poverty; Action Research; Feminist Methodology
Catherine L. ThurmondMaster of Arts in Liberal Arts Program
B.A. Sociology, Southeastern Louisiana University
Materialist Feminism; Queer Theory; Marxism; Monique Wittig; Memoir and Autobiography; Continental Philosophy; Second Wave Feminism
Alex TorresDepartment of English
B.A. English and Spanish, Mississippi University for Women
Culture Studies; Female Leadership Development; Linguistics
Christopher VincentDepartment of Communication Studies
B.A. English, M.A. Communication Studies, University of Louisville
Rhetoric and Culture; Gender and Sexuality
Jordan L. Von CannonDepartment of English
M.A. English, University of Kansas
Nineteenth-century American Literature, U.S. Women's Writing, the American Immigrant Novel, the City Novel, Digital Humanities, Women's and Gender Studies, Feminist Narratology, and Theory of the Novel
Kareem WallDepartment of English
B.S.E. Secondary English, University of Kansas
Shakespeare, Medieval/Renaissance, Early American, Black Studies