Assistant Professor of English
Mosaic Chief Faculty Advisor
Gris-Gris Literary Magazine Editor
English Society Advisor
Education:
B.A., M.A., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Florida State University (passed exams with distinction.)
Area of Specialization:
Creative Writing: Fiction, Victorian British Literature, the History of the Novel
Courses Taught:
English 101 & 102: Composition
- The Horror Film
English 265: Writing in Three Genres
English 312: Creative Writing Seminar in Fiction
English 340: Film Genres
- The Horror Film
- The Southern Gothic Tradition
- Advanced Fiction Writing
English 463: Studies in the Novel
English 475: Topics in Literature
- The Victorian Sensation Novel
- Studies in the Short Story
Selected Recent Publications:
Percipient, Willow Springs #70, Winner of the Willow Springs Fiction Prize
Panther Stalks Hinds County, Blackbird, forthcoming
Neshoba, Shenandoah, 2011 (volume 61, no. 1)
The Giraffe Keeper, Copper Nickel, 2011 (volume 15)
Contact Information:
246 K Peltier
Phone: 985-448-4436
Email: katherine.conner@nicholls.edu