Mississippi Encyclopedia Editorial Staff

Editor in Chief

Charles Reagan Wilson, Professor of History and Southern Studies University of Mississippi

Consulting Editors

Ted Ownby, Professor of History and Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi

Ann Abadie, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi

Research Assistant

Odie Lindsey, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi

Associate Editors

Dr. Michael Ballard, University Archivist, Mitchell Library, Mississippi State University
Dr. Joby Bass, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Southern Mississippi
Dr. Michael Bertrand, Assistant Professor of History, Tennessee State University
Patti Carr Black, Author/former director of the Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, MS
Dr. Charles Bolton, Chair, Department of History and Co-director, Center for Oral History, University of Southern Mississippi
Dr. Bradley Bond, Associate Professor of History, University of Southern Mississippi
Deborah Boykin, Tribal Archivist, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Dr. Luther Brown, Professor of Biology and Director, Delta Center for Learning and Culture, Delta State University
Dr. Mary Coleman, Professor and Chair, Political Science Dept., Jackson State University
Dr. Michael Dean, Associate Professor of English (Emeritus), University of Mississippi
John T. Edge, Director, Southern Foodways Alliance, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi
Dr. James Fickle, Professor of History, University of Memphis
Dr. Valerie Grim, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Indiana University
Robert Ivy, Editor in Chief, Architectural Record
Dr. Robert Jenkins, Associate Professor of History, Mississippi State University
Dr. Connie Lester, Assistant Professor of History, Mississippi State University
Larry Morrisey, Director, Folk Arts Program, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Dr. Robert Phillips, Professor of English (Emeritus) and Editor, Mississippi Quarterly, Mississippi State University
Dr. Noel Polk, Professor of English, University of Southern Mississippi
Dr. Charles K. Ross, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, University of Mississippi
Dr. David Sansing, Professor of History (Emeritus), University of Mississippi
Dr. Martha Swain, Adjunct Professor of History, Mississippi State University
Dr. Julius E. Thompson, Professor of History, University of Missouri
Dr. Christopher Waldrep, Pasker Chair of American History, San Francisco State University
Dr. Trent Watts, Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of Missouri, Rolla
Dr. Clive Webb, Lecturer in North American History, Sussex University (UK)