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Porter

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.

Bayne

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.

Zeke Addison

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.

Don Wallace

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.

Hill

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.

Brucie

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.

Mosley

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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