Current Graduate Students
Meet a few award-winning graduate students
Meghna Bhattacharya, PhD Physics 21
With her internationally recognized work on the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), “Meghna Bhattacharya has been a …Read more...
Zach Redding, PhD Psychology 21
For his master’s project, Redding studied pharmacological approaches for reducing attentional lapses in rats. This work was presented at the …Read more...
Jemar Tisby, PhD History 21
Author of the New York Times bestseller The Color of Compromise, president and cofounder of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, and cohost of the podcast …Read more...
Martha Grace Mize,
MA Anthropology & Southern Studies 21
“My research, focused on rural economic development efforts in the Alabama Black Belt, has only added to my plans to work with and for local communities in the …
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Allison M. Serraes, PhD English 20
Serraes’ work with UM’s Prison-to-College Pipeline Program serving incarcerated students shaped her research and future plans. She received a …Read more...
Sayontani Sinha Roy,
PhD Chemistry & Biochemistry 21
“Finding cleaner alternative energy sources is the need of the hour. It is especially important for countries where the persistent energy crisis is the bottleneck of …
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Art History | Art | MFA | Ceramics, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture | Mr. Durant Thompson | |||
| Biology | Biological Science | MS | PhD | Dr. Colin Jackson | |||
| 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. Ian Whittington | |||
| English | English | PhD | Creative Writing | Dr. Ian Whittington | |||
| 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 |
