Faculty

Katie Bickham

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 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

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