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.

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.

JAMIE KORNEGAY is a bookseller at Square Books, editor of the store’s Dear Reader newsletter, and a freelance writer. He lives in Water Valley, Mississippi.

PRESTON LAUTERBACH is a graduate of the M.A. program in Southern Studies at Ole Miss and a member of the editorial staff at Living Blues magazine.

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.

WILEY PREWITT is director of the Northeast Mississippi Traditional Music Project sponsored by the Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission. He has extensive experience documenting traditional culture throughout the state, including work on projects for the Center (First Monday Trade Days), the Pine Hills Culture Program at the University of  Southern Mississippi, and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

JENNIFER A. STOLLMAN is acting assistant professor of history and Southern Studies. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University 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.

DAVI D WHARTON is assistant professor and director of documentary projects at the Center, where he 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.