Laura E. Franey

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601.974.1304

Associate Professor of English

As a professor in the English Department, I teach courses in both literature and communication studies, and I regularly teach Connections as well. I am also co-director of the Millsaps Quality Enhancement Project, which focuses on metacognition and formative feedback in writing instruction. My recent research focuses on women and spatial dynamics in a range of literature and film/television.

Education

  • Ph.D., English, University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.A., Communication Studies, University of Alabama

Expertise

  • Postcolonial Literature and Black American Literature and Filmmaking
  • Victorian Literature
  • Gender and Literature
  • Communication Ethics
  • Film and Media