Charlene Dye coordinates Public Program on the South for the Institute of Continuing Studies at the University of Mississippi. She is completing an M.A. degree in Southern Studies.

John T. Edge, a graduate student in Southern Studies, writes about Southern food and travel. At present, he is at work on the Southern Culture Cookbook, to be published by Putnam in 1999.

Robbie Ethridge is one of two James M. and Madeleine McMullan Professors who joined the University faculty in the 1997 Fall Semester. A specialist in Southeastern Indians, she holds an appointment in Southern Studies and Anthropology.

Allison Vise Finch is a Southern Studies graduate student who holds a B.A. in English from Baylor University.

Susan Glisson is a doctoral student at the College of William and Mary. She received a master's degree in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi in 1994 after earning two B.A. degrees, one in history and the other in religion, at Mercer University.

Lisa N. Howorth is the editor of The South: A Treasury of Art and Literature and author of Yellow Dogs, Hushpuppies, and Bluetick Hounds: The Official "Encyclopedia of Southern Culture" Quiz Book.

Donald M. Kartiganer, author of The Fragile Thread: The Meaning of Form in Faulkner's Novels, is the Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies at the University of Mississippi.

Scott McCraw is a graduate of the Southern Studies master's program. He is currently working at the Center as an administrative assistant.

Kathryn McKee is James M. and Madeleine McMullan Assistant Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. She also holds a joint appointment in English.

Ted Ownby, author of Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920, holds a joint appointment in Southern Studies and History.

Linda Peal White, an accomplished editor and author, is a writer for the public relations and marketing department at the University of Mississippi.

Charles Reagan Wilson, a Southern Studies and History professor, is academic director for the Center. He is coauthor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and the author of Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis and Baptized in Blood.