Current Graduate Students
Meet a few award-winning graduate students
Welcome
From chemistry to second language studies to music to psychology, the College of Liberal Arts is proud to house graduate programs that span the fine & performing arts, humanities, natural sciences & mathematics, and social sciences.
The University of Mississippi is an R-1 (very high research) institution of higher learning, a place where graduate education is greatly valued and supported. Students in our graduate programs are taught by and work with the country’s leading experts in many disciplines, and prepare for a wide range of careers.
The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi is home to no fewer than 36 programs in graduate studies. These include 12 doctoral degree programs and 24 master’s degree programs, as listed below.
Currently, 370 students are pursuing doctoral degrees, and 200 are studying in our master’s degree programs. During the past decade, the College has seen significant increases in a number of areas, including total enrollment in its Ph.D. programs (nearly 40%), women in doctoral programs (36%) and number of minority students (81%).
Welcome to our community of scholars!
Graduate Programs
Department | Graduate Programs of Study | Master’s | Doctoral | Emphasis or Concentration | Certificate | Grad Minor | Graduate Coordinator |
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Art & Art History | Art | MFA | Ceramics, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture | Mr. Durant Thompson | |||
Biology | Biological Science | MS | PhD | Dr. Jason Hoeksema | |||
Center for the Study of Southern Culture | Documentary Expression | MFA | Dr. Catarina Passidomo | ||||
Center for the Study of Southern Culture | Southern Studies | MA | Dr. Catarina Passidomo | ||||
Chemistry & Biochemistry | Chemistry | MS | DA, PhD | Dr. Ryan Fortenberry | |||
College of Liberal Arts | Medieval Studies | ◼ | Dr. Mary Hayes | ||||
Economics | Economics | MA | PhD | Dr. Natalie Kolesnikova | |||
English | Creative Writing | MFA | Dr. Matthew Bondurant | ||||
English | English | MA | PhD | Dr. Jason Solinger | |||
English | English | PhD | Creative Writing | Dr. Matthew Bondurant | |||
Graduate School | Applied Statistics | ◼ | gmas@olemiss.edu | ||||
History | History | MA | PhD | Dr. Marc Lerner | |||
Mathematics | Mathematics | MA, MS | PhD | Dr. Bing Wei | |||
Modern Languages | Modern Languages | MA | Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Languages (French, German, Spanish), Linguistics | TESOL and Linguistics programs coordinator: Dr. Maria Fionda; French, German, Spanish: Dr. Diane Marting | |||
Modern Languages | Second Language Studies | PhD | Applied Linguistics, Spanish | Dr. Felice Coles | |||
Modern Languages | TESOL | ◼ | Dr. Maria Fionda | ||||
Music | Music | MM | Choral Conducting, Collaborative Piano, Ethnomusicology, Music Education, Music Performace (Instrumental, Piano, Vocal), Music Theory, Musicology | Dr. Rhonda Hackworth | |||
Music | Music | PhD | Music Education | Dr. Rhonda Hackworth | |||
Philosophy & Religion | Philosophy | MA | Dr. Donovon Wishon | ||||
Physics & Astronomy | Physics | MA, MS | PhD | Dr. Cecille Labuda | |||
Political Science | Political Science | MA | PhD | Dr. Gregory Love | |||
Psychology | Psychology | MA | PhD | Clinical Psychology, Experimental Psychology | Experimental: Dr. Stephanie Miller; Clinical: Dr. Todd Smitherman | ||
Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies | Interdisciplinary Studies | MA, MS | Gender Studies | ◼ | Dr. Jaime Harker | ||
Sociology & Anthropology | Anthropology | MA | Dr. Caroline Freiwald | ||||
Sociology & Anthropology | Sociology | MA | Dr. Kirk Johnson |