Notes on Contributors

J. R. Duke is a graduate student in the History Department at the University of Mississippi. An Arkansas native and basketball fan, he wrote his M.A. thesis on the history, culture, and business of the American Basketball Association.

John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, writes about Southern food and travel. He is the author of A Gracious Plenty: Recipes and Recollections from the American South and Southern Belly. His articles have appeared in Food & Wine, Gourmet, and other publications.

Joan Wylie Hall teaches in the English Department at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of Shirley Jackson: A Study of the Short Fiction and articles on Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, Grace King, Frances Newman, and other authors.

Deidra Jackson is a communications specialist for the Office of Communications at the University of Mississippi. Formerly a newspaper reporter and editor in North Carolina, she received her M.A. in journalism from the University in 1995.

Donald M. 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 is professor of English at the University of Mississippi. Among his publications are articles on Tennessee Williams and other modern dramatists, Theatre Companies of the World, and Speaking on Stage: Interviews with Contemporary American Playwrights. He is coeditor of Studies in American Drama: 1945-Present.

Nash Molpus is a first-year graduate student in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. She received her undergraduate degree at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

Larry Morrisey has served as the Heritage Program Director at the Mississippi Arts Commission since January 1998. He is a graduate of the master's program in Folk Studies at Western Kentucky University.

Christopher Schultz, an Alabama native and a first-year Southern Studies student, graduated from Duke in 1995 and then spent four years as a supply officer in the Navy. He comes to Ole Miss from New York City, where he wrote for publications including Inside Magazine, Brill's Content and the New York Times; his fiction has been recognized by Story Magazine.

Jennifer A. Stollman is a acting assistant professor of History and Southern Studies. She earned her undergraduate degree from the Univeristy of Michigan, a master's degree from Wayne State, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Her research interests include studies in ethnicity, gender, race, and sexuality.

Joseph R. Urgo chairs the English Department at the University of Mississippi.

Gerald W. Walton came to the University of Mississippi as a graduate student in 1956 and remained until his retirement at the end of June 1999, serving as professor of English, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, vice chancellor, and provost. He has supported the Center for the Study of Southern Culture since its founding and currently serves as a member of its advisory committee.

David Wharton is assistant professor and directory of documentary projects at the Center, where is teaches courses in Southern Studies, fieldwork, and photography. He is the author of The Soul of a Small Texas Town: Photographs, Memories, and History from McDade.

Charles Reagan Wilson is director of the Center and professor of History and Southern Studies. Among his publications are Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause and Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis.