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Katie Bickham

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Lecturer in English B.A., Louisiana State University Shreveport 2008 M.A., Louisiana State University Shreveport, 2011 M.F.A, Stonecoast: University of Southern Maine, 2013
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318.869.5313 kbickham@centenary.edu Jackson Hall 312

Matthew Blasi

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Assistant Professor of English A.A., St. Petersburg College, 2006. B.A., University of Florida, 2008 M.F.A., Rutgers University, 2010 Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2022
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318.869.5255 mblasi@centenary.edu Jackson Hall, 307B

Jefferson Hendricks

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Chair of the English Department George A. Wilson Eminent Scholars Endowed Chair of American Literature Professor of English B.A., Centenary College, 1975 M.A., University of Illinois, 1976 Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1983
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318.869.5086 jhendric@centenary.edu Jackson Hall, 307

Rachel Johnson

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Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning Lecturer in English B.A., Centenary College of Louisiana, 2008 M.A., George Mason University, 2013 Ed.D., University of Mississippi, 2019
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318.869.5202 rejohnson3@centenary.edu Magale Library, 204

Bellee Jones-Pierce

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Assistant Professor of English and Director of the First Year Program B.A., Huntingdon College M.F.A., Georgia College & State University M.A., Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies, University of Alabama Ph.D., Emory University
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318.869.5085 ljonespierce@centenary.edu Jackson Hall 311

John Linstrom

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Assistant Professor of English B.A.,Valparaiso University, 2010 M.F.A., Iowa State University, 2013 Ph.D., New York University, 2021
318.869.5083 jlinstrom@centenary.edu Jackson 308

Chrissy Martin

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Assistant Professor of English B.A., The University of Akron, 2015. M.F.A., Columbia College Chicago, 2017 Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2022
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318.869.5249 cmartin1@centenary.edu Jackson Hall, 310

Margaret Sanders

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Lecturer in English B.A., Anderson University SC, 2015 M.A., North Carolina State University, 2021
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318.869.5154 msanders1@centenary.edu Jackson Hall 313

Emeritus Faculty 

David Havird

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Professor Emeritus of English B.A., University of South Carolina, 1974 M.A., University of South Carolina, 1976 Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1986
dhavird@centenary.edu

George Newtown

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Professor Emeritus of English B.A., University of Arkansas M.Phil., Yale University Ph.D., Yale University
gnewtown@centenary.edu

Steve Shelburne

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Professor Emeritus of English B.A. Furman University, English, 1978 M.A. The Claremont Graduate School, English, 1979 Ph.D. University of Connecticut, English, 1987
sshelbur@centenary.edu

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