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