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Dr. Ruth Ellen Porter serves as the Chair of Arts and Letters, the Grace Lorentzen-Hyatt Chair of English, and as Professor of Modern Languages at Brewton-Parker College.
A native of Virginia, Dr. Porter holds the Ph.D. degree in comparative literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialties within the comparative framework are Russian, Spanish, and American/English languages and literature. Dr. Porter also holds a Master's degree in English Writing from Hollins University, and she holds three separate baccalaureate degrees: in Communication, Biology, and English from Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
Dr. Porter has studied and traveled widely in Europe
and Latin America. She has taught at both state universities and at small liberal arts colleges. Her scholarly interests include medieval
women writers, nineteenth century American and Russian
short stories, and contemporary Latin American fiction.
She is also very interested in under-graduate education
in general and the teaching of writing in particular.
Dr. Porter holds several teaching awards, and she believes
that teaching is a vital profession.
Dr. Porter's administrative skills and interests include academic assessment and strategic planning and curriculum design. Her published academic topics include medieval French and Spanish literature and nineteenth century Russian and American short stories. She is interested in intellectual history and the history of philosophy.
Dr. Porter lives with her husband and three cats in Vidalia, Georgia. She has two grown children and a baby granddaughter. She also
enjoys hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, refinishing furniture,
and playing the piano when time allows.
Dr. Porter can
be reached for information about any of the division's
programs at (912) 583-3101 or at rporter@bpc.edu. |
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Harry Bayne, Ph.D., earned degrees at Clemson University (BA, MA) and the University of Mississippi (PhD).
He teaches courses in composition, poetry, nineteenth and twentieth century British literature, southern literature, and the literature of Georgia.
Selected publications include:
"Rutledge, Archibald Hamilton," in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
"Faulkner, William," in the Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Twentieth Century, 1914-2000.
"Timrod, Henry," in The Encyclopedia of the Civil War.
"Patmore, Coventry," in The 1890s: An Encyclopedia.
"Poe's 'Never Bet The Devil Your Head' As Southwestern Humor," in American Transcendental Literary Report.
Representative papers presented include:
"Charleston's Role in the Early Wouthern Renascence." Mississippi Philological Association, 2009
"Henry Bellamann's Gothic." SCMLA, 2008
"Teaching 'Porphyria's Lover.'" SCMLA, 2006
"Four Grand Ladies of the Poetry Society of South Carolina." Arkansas Philological Association, 2000
Professional Societies:
Georgia Philological Association
Mississippi Philological Association
Sigma Tau Delta
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (live)
SCMLA
MLA
NCTE Contact Dr. Bayne at (912) 583-3105 or hbayne@bpc.edu. |
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Zeke
Addison is Associate Professor of Art. He joined
Brewton-Parker’s faculty in 1987. He studied at
both Georgia Southern University and the University
of Georgia. He holds the terminal degree in his field
(MFA), and has done extensive further study in art history
and criticism. He has studied art in Italy, and has
traveled widely in Europe and the Americas. His interests
include cinema history, gardening, and the diversity
of southern pork bar-b-que.
Professor Addison can be
reached for information about the Art program at (912)
583-3106 or at zaddison@bpc.edu. |
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Don
Wallace, Ph.D. is Professor of Communication. He has taught
at BPC since 1986.
Dr. Wallace had a strange background
as a booking agent, advertising creator, actor, musician,
and professional student before the process of elimination
left him in the field of higher education. He holds
a B.S. in Mass Communication/ Advertising, an M.S.
in Interpersonal Communication, and a Ph.D. in Communication
Theory from Florida State University where he did not
play football. He has received several teaching awards,
developed a curriculum for the Communication degree,
and served as advisor to Gamma Beta Phi, First Stage
Productions, local civic organizations, BSU, college
drama productions, and other college related programs.
He has developed seminars in communica- tion and spoken
for community and church groups from Seattle, WA,
to Biloxi, MS. He is active in local churches
and currently serves as Minister of Music at First Baptist
Church of Glenwood, Georgia. He plays guitar, bass,
dulcimer, harmonica, piano, and performs with his brother,
Dave, on the coffee house circuit. Other hobbies include
photography, pottery, and other music related activities.
He lives with his wife, Sherri, and son, James, in Mt.
Vernon; his daughter, Betsy, is currently living
in the dorm at BPC. Dr. Wallace can be reached for information
about the Communication program at (912) 583-3100 or
at dwallace@bpc.edu. |
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Vicki
Hill, Ph.D., joined the faculty at Brewton-Parker College
in 2002 as Assistant Professor of English. She was born in Savannah, GA in 1963 and was raised in rural Effingham County, GA. After attending Armstrong Atlantic State University for her Bachelor's degree in English, she went on to do her graduate work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She received her MA in 1988 and her PhD. in 2001.
Dr. Hill specializes
in British Victorain fic-tion, and her dissertation tackles the bridge between Victorianism and Modernism by examining the cultural anxieties reflected in such diverse works as Bram Stoker's Dracula, Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, and the science fiction of H.G. Wells - three examaples of late-Victorian "monster Gothic." Dr. Hill has been involv-ed with the Georgia Philological Associa-tion since its inception in 2005, serving as Vice President and as Secretary-Treasurer of the organization as well as editing the 2008 volume of the Georgia Philological Association's Journal. She has read papers and published articles on Stoker, George Meredith, and Thomas Hardy.
Dr. Hill has taught English literature and composition in a variety of settings, includ-ing her alma maters and Trident Technical College in Charleston, SC. Besides her teaching at Brewton-Parker, Dr. Hill serves the community in her capacity as supervisor of the college’s Writing
Center. She enjoys the opporutnity for one-on-one contact with students.
In addition to her academic interests, Dr. Hill is active in needlecrafts, including quileing and fine-art cross-stitching.
Dr. Hill can be reached for
information about the English program and the Writing
Center at (912) 583-3158 or via email at vhill@bpc.edu. |
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Thom
Brucie, Ph.D., assistant professor of English,
teaches creative writing and American Literature. He
has a BA in English from Hobart College,
Phi Beta Kappa. He received an MA in English and Creative
Writing from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette,
where he studied with Mr. Ernest Gaines. His PhD in
Creative Writing was awarded by Binghamton University,
where he studied with Mr. Jack Vernon and Dr. Libby Tucker.
Other interests
include: folklore, story-telling, and mythology. Dr.
Brucie’s fiction and poetry have appeared in a
variety of literary journals. His short story
collection, Still Waters, was a 2006 Georgia Author Of The Year nominee. A poetry Chapbook, "Moments Around The Campfire With A Vietnam Vet," is forthcoming from Cervena Barva Press.
Dr. Brucie acts as faculty advisor for Oracle, the student-run literary journal at Brewton-Parker. He also hosts the college's annual Young Writers Conference. He directs the Creative Expressions Visiting Writer's Fellowship, and he is the Faculty Sponsor of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society. Dr. Brucie is also the founding editor for The Journal Of The Georgia Philological Association.
Dr. Brucie
may be reached at (912) 583-3104 or via email at tbrucie@bpc.edu. |
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George Mosley is an instructor of
English at Brewton-Parker. He has been teaching college
English for nine years, and he has also taught high
school English, library science, and technology. He
has a B.A. from Emory University, an M.A. from the University
of Georgia, and the coursework of a Ph.D. at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His academic interests
include 18th century British literature, rhetoric, medieval
litera-ture, and literary history.
Mr. Mosley can be
reached at gmosley@bpc.edu. |
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