Department / Division
- English
- African American Studies
Title
- Editor of the Mississippi Quarterly
- Associate Professor
Contact
Email: tatkinson@english.msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-3069
Overview
Summary:
Ted Atkinson joined the MSU faculty in 2009 and has served as editor of Mississippi Quarterly since 2012.
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), English, Louisiana State University and A&M College, 2001
- Master of Arts (M.A.), English, Mississippi College, 1997
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Journalism, University of Mississippi, 1990
Research interests:
Modern and contemporary American literature and culture; southern studies; Mississippi writers
Publications
Book, Chapter
- "Working toward a Southern Erostocracy: The Wages of Homosocial Labor in the _Magic Mike_ Films". Queering the South on Screen. Ed. Tison Pugh. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. 135-153. 2020
- "A Forward Glance: TVA Modernism and the Regional Designs of National Progress". Reassessing the 1930s South. Ed. Karen L. Cox and Sarah E. Gardner. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 122-38. 2018
Journal Article
- "Faulkner on Omnibus: A Portrait of the Artist as a Cultural Ambassador in the Making". American Studies (with American Studies International). Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 7-21. 2020
Op-ed
- "Face It, White America: Mississippi Is Not Exceptional on Racism". Jackson Free Press. Page 1. 2020
Presentations
Oral Presentation
- ""On Emerging Scholarship: A Journal Editors Roundtable"." Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference, Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Austin, TX. 2018
Paper
- ""Faulkner on TV: A Portrait of the Artist as a Cultural Ambassador "." 2020 Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference, Society for the Study of Southern Literature, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. 2020
- ""A Dam Site More Modern: Exhibiting the Tennessee Valley Authority at MoMA"." Modernist Studies Association Conference, Modernist Studies Association, Columbus, OH. 2018
- ""A Vast Confluence of Forces: TVA Modernism and Monumentalism in Pare Lorentz's 'The River.'"." Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference, Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Austin, TX. 2018