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Jaime Harker

Isom Center Director Announcement

June 7, 2016 Jaime Harker, professor of English, will become the next director of The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies on August 1. Harker, who holds a PhD in English from Temple University, teaches American literature, gay and lesbian literature, and gender studies. She has published essays on Japanese translation, popular women writers of the […]

Director Search for the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies

The University of Mississippi invites applications for the position of Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. The Isom Center is the home of the minor in Gender Studies and the Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies and supports gender-related programming and outreach on campus. This is a twelve-month position. The Director […]

Class Explores ‘Race, Place & Space’

Students spend time learning from people who aren’t like them April 16, 2015  |  By MICHAEL NEWSOM A University of Mississippi class explores the significance of “race, place and space” to modern identity formation by having students place themselves in the shoes of people who aren’t like them. Barbara Combs, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology […]