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Erin Drew
Assistant Professor of English W107-B Bondurant 662-915-2783 eedrew@olemiss.edu Erin Drew specializes in environmental criticism and the literature and culture of the long eighteenth century. Her research interests include eighteenth-century poetry, environmental history, animal studies, and the depiction of non-human nature and science in literature. Her dissertation, “The Usufructuary Enlightenment: Environmental Thought in Eighteenth-Century Literature,” explores […]
Jason Hoeksema
Associate Professor of Biology 318 Shoemaker Hall Research Lab: 315 Shoemaker Hall (662) 915-1275 Email: hoeksema@olemiss.edu Education: Ph.D., 2002, University of California, Davis B.S., 1995, University of Michigan Research Interests: Ecological and evolutionary consequences of species interactions (such as mutualism, parasitism and competition) on populations and communities, with a focus on interactions between plants and mycorrhizal […]
Cristin Ellis
Professor of English Bondurant West #209A University, MS 38655 662-915-1005 ceellis2 at olemiss.edu Cristin Ellis specializes in nineteenth-century American literature. Her first book, Antebellum Posthuman: Race and Materiality in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (Fordham 2018) highlights the destabilization of the category of “the human” by the rise of embodied accounts of identity in the antebellum era, examining more broadly how scientific […]
Marcos Mendoza
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Lamar Hall, Room 547 662-915-7343 mendoza@olemiss.edu Marcos Mendoza is a sociocultural anthropologist who focuses on environmental, political, and economic issues in Latin America. He has two ongoing research projects. The first examines the rise of the autodefensa [self-defense] militia movement amidst increasing drug violence and the strengthening of the narco-state in rural […]
Laura R. Johnson
Associate Professor of Pyschology 301B Peabody (662) 915-5185 ljohnson@olemiss.edu Education: Ph. D., University of Louisville, 2003 Research Interests: Cultural competence in clinical training and mental health programming Psychosocial and cultural adjustment of refugees, immigrants and international students Program evaluation and outcome research, particularly of community-based, preventive interventions for youth Research Link Courses Taught: PSY 340: […]
James Cizdziel
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry 380 Coulter Hall 662-915-1814 cizdziel@olemiss.edu Educational and Professional Background: B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991 Ph.D., University of Nevada Reno, 1998 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, 1998-2000 Senior Chemist, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, University of Nevada Las Vegas, […]
Dr. Clifford A. Ochs
Professor of Biology 332 Shoemaker Hall (662) 915-7562 e-mail: byochs@olemiss.edu Research Interests: The Mississippi River Population dynamics and ecological interactions of aquatic microorganisms. Nutrient biogeochemistry in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Our lab is engaged in various studies in the areas of aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry. Broadly speaking, we are investigating connections between the abiotic environment, plankton […]
Aimee Nezhukumatahil
Professor of English W210 Bondurant University, MS 38655 (662) 915-5500 acnezhuk@olemiss.edu Education and Academic Experience: B.A. in Biology, Ohio State University M.F.A. in English, Ohio State University Research Interests: Poetry writing, creative non-fiction writing, environmental literature, nature writing, Asian American literature, and contemporary poetry. Selected Publications: World of Wonder [essays](Milkweed Editions, 2018), Oceanic [poems] (Copper […]