Adrian Aumen is a writer and editor working in the public relations and marketing department at the University of Mississippi.

John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, writes about Southern food and travel. He is the author of A Gracious Goodness: Recipes and Recollections from the American South and the recently published Southern Belly.

Karen Glynn is visual resources curator for the Southern Media Archive. She received her M.A. in Southern Studies in 199? And recently received an M.L.S. from the University of Alabama.

Andrew C. Harper recently joined the Center’s staff as coordinator of the planning grant for the Deep South Humanities Center. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Northern Arizona University.

Evan Hatch is a first year graduate student in the Southern Studies Program. He attended the University of North Carolina and graduated with a B.A. in American Studies. He enjoys country and western music, cooking, and any activities combining both sports and leisure.

Josh Haynes is a second year Southern Studies M.A. candidate from Centre, Alabama. He received B.A. in history from Tulane University in 1998 and is currently researching his master’s thesis on Cherokee religion, as well as researching potential post-M.A. employment opportunities.

Donald W. Kartiganer holds the William Howry Chair in Faulkner Studies at the University of Mississippi and is director of the Faulkner Conference. He is the author of The Fragile Thread: The Meaning of Form in Faulkner’s Novels.

Colby H. Kullman teaches in the English Department at the University of Mississippi. He is the author and editor of numerous works on American drama.

Ronni Lundi is the author of, among other works, Butter Beans to Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden. She is a founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Ted Ownby holds a joint appointment in Southern Studies and History. He is the author of Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920 and American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998.

John Pilkington is distinguished professor emeritus of English. Among his publications are a two-volume edition of the works of Stark Young and a book on William Faulkner.

Phoenix Savage is a second-year graduate student in medical anthropology. Her primary area of interest is African magico-medical systems in Mississippi.