Faculty & Staff
Meet the faculty and staff of the Department of English, Foreign Languages and Speech Communications.
Department Leadership
Department Chair & Associate Professor of English
Assistant Department Chair & Associate Professor of English
Graduate Coordinator & Professor of English
Director of Richard Wright Writing Center, Associate Professor of English
English Faculty
Dr. Jahidul Alam
Assistant Professor of British and Anglophone Literature
Dr. A.H. Jerriod Avant
Writer-In-Residence
Associate Professor of English
Instructor of English
Ms. Demetrice Dixon
Instructor of English
Dr. Kelly Ellis
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Instructor of English
Dr. Candice Love Jackson
Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniels
Dean of the Division of Graduate Studies & Professor of English
Associate Professor of English & Director of the Writing Program
Mr. Derwin Miller
Instructor of English
Coordinator of First-Year Writing and Instructor of English
Instructor of English
Professor of English
Instructor of English
Instructor of English
Mrs. Arna Shines
Instructor of English
Instructor of English
Dr. Shirley Williams
Instructor of English
Modern Languages Faculty
Associate Professor of Spanish
Associate Professor of French
Ms. Na Li
Instructor of Mandarin Chinese
Mrs. Naomi Mays
Instructor of Spanish
Associate Professor of Spanish
Coordinator of Foreign Languages
Instructor of Spanish
Dr. Clauditte Tchakoua
Instructor of French
Staff
Ms. Arami Harris
Administrative Assistant
Ms. Makayla Hays
Graduate Assistant
Department of English and Modern Languages
For more information, please contact us at (601) 979-2249. We look forward to meeting with you and seeing how our program can help you achieve your goals.
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