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Dr. Steven Rainey earned his undergraduate degree (B.S. Geology) and Master’s Degree (M.A. Geography) from The University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He has been awarded a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant and two Fulbright awards for dissertation research on farmer soil knowledge systems in the Guatemalan…
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Dr. Steve Thompson started his public service career in 1996 with the US Army. He served a one year deployment in Bosnia on a peace keeping mission with the United Nations. He left military service to begin a career with the Louisiana state police where he served in numerous roles, including patrol, plain clothes, SWAT,…
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Dr. Elizabeth (Ellie) Wroten holds a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences from the University of Delaware, as well as an M.S. in HDFS and a bachelor’s degree in human services with a concentration in administration and family policy, also from UD. Her major research interests include gerontology, thanatology, and medical sociological topics, as…
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Dr. Michael T. Smith is a Professor and serves as the Head of the Department of History. He earned his PhD in American History from Pennsylvania State University in 2005. Courses taught:
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Dr. Philippe Girard earned his BA in Political Sciences from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (‘Sciences Po’) and his MA and Ph.D. in History from Ohio University. A native of the French Caribbean, he specializes in the history of the Haitian Revolution. His most recent books are “A Day in Colonial Haiti” (2024) and…
Read Philippe Girard's Full BioDr. Jarrette K. Allen earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University (BA – French), and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University (MA – French Studies) and Tulane University (MA, PhD – Linguistic Anthropology). He has taught at almost every educational level, in the US, France, and the Philippines. On the university level, he teaches…
Read Jarrette K. Allen's Full BioMs. Corliss M. Badeaux holds a Bachelor and Master of Arts in English and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Her research and writing interests include music ethnography and the history of independent recording studios. In addition to teaching, she serves as the Director of the Write to Excellence Center. Students seeking to…
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Dr. Alex Bakke earned his PhD in Spanish Linguistics from the University at Buffalo in 2024. His main research interests are Discourse Markers, Romance Language Pedagogy, and Language Variation. Courses Taught:
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Dr. Rita Costello earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and English from Bowling Green State University, her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and English from Wichita State University, and her PhD in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research interests are broad from composition pedagogy to popular…
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Dr. Scott Goins earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tennessee, and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Florida State University. Dr. Goins serves as the Director of the McNeese State University Honors college, and translated and edited the Ignatius Critical Edition of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy with Barbara H. Wyman. Courses…
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Mike Horner earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst  (BA – English) and his graduate degrees from McNeese State University (MFA – Creative Writing, Fiction; MA – English Literature). He is the Director of the MFA Creative Writing Program. He teaches graduate and undergraduate writing and literature courses. Horner is the author…
Read Michael Horner's Full BioHillary Joubert received his B.A. (English) from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his M.A. and M.F.A. degrees from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he has been teaching English for the past nineteen years. In addition to serving as an assistant poetry editor for Salvation South, his poetry has received…
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Dr. Kevin Kritsch earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his Master of Arts in Scandinavian from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and his Master of Arts and PhD in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to teaching, he serves as the Program…
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Dr. Emily A. O’Dell earned an undergraduate degree from University of California, Santa Barbara (BA in French) and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University (MA in French Studies & PhD in Comparative Literature). Her research interests include folklore and literature of Louisiana and the Caribbean. Her work has been published in The Louisiana Folklife Journal, The…
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Michael Robins holds degrees from the University of Oregon (BA in English) and UMass Amherst (MFA in Creative Writing). He is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently The Bright Invisible (Saturnalia Books, 2022), and his writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, The Common, New England Review, Poetry, Puerto del Sol, and…
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Kevin Thomasonis the author of the poetry collection, Even the Sky. He teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and directs McNeese’s first-year writing classes. Courses Taught:
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Dr. Jimmy F. Trahan is an accomplished educator with nearly two decades of experience teaching English and Psychology here at McNeese. He holds a Doctor of Education in Organizational Learning from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Arts in both English and Psychology from McNeese State University. Courses Taught:
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Jack Vanchiere is a Visiting Lecturer in the Dept. of English and Foreign Languages. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English, Master of Arts in English, and Master of Fine Arts in Poetry at McNeese State University. Courses Taught:
Read Jack Vanchiere's Full BioDr. Louise Jaquelyn Walsh (Jackie) is originally from Wesson, Mississippi and received her BA and MA in English from Mississippi College and her PhD from the University of Mississippi where she also taught for two years as an instructor upon receiving her degree. She has been in the McNeese ENFL department since 1990. Courses Taught:
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Dr. Vallie Lynn Watson earned an undergraduate degree from University of Mississippi (BA – English and Psychology); two master’s degrees, from Southeast Missouri State University (MA – English) and University of North Carolina Wilmington (MA – Liberal Studies); and a doctorate degree from University of Southern Mississippi/Center for Writers (PhD – English/Creative Writing). She is an Assistant…
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