Alumni

The CRES Program, while small in the past, is now growing slowly. We are proud of our alumni, most of whom, over the years, have obtained tenure-track positions at community colleges and four-year institutions across the country. Others from the program have pursued non-teaching professions or enrolled in programs such as legal studies that draw on their expertise in composition and rhetoric.

  • Michael Johnson, M.A. (2012); Currently enrolled in Rhetoric and Composition Ph.D. program, Ohio University (Athens, OH)
  • Allen Harrell, M.A. (2012); Instructor, Alabama Southern Community College
  • Regina Golar, Ph.D. (2011); Assistant Professor, Judson College, Marion, AL
  • Elizabeth Ellis, M.A. (2011); Currently enrolled in Rhetoric and Composition Ph.D. program, The University of Maryland
  • Stacey Gaines Parham, Ph.D. (2010); Assistant Professor, Judson College, Marion, AL
  • Norman Golar, Ph.D. (2010); Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of English, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Erin Kane, Ph.D. (2010); Assistant Professor and Director of the Legal Writing Center, Charlotte School of Law, Charlotte, NC
  • Christie Lamon-Burney, Ph.D. (2010)
  • Amanda Stevens, M.A. (2010); Currently enrolled in CRES Ph.D. program, The University of Alabama
  • Kiatipong Rerkwanchai, M.A. (2010)
  • Josh Tucker, M.A. (2010);  Tenure Track Instructor, Chattanooga State Community College, TN
  • Anna Britt, M.A. (2010); Writing Center Director, Itawamba Community College (Fulton and Tupelo campuses), English Instructor, Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS
  • James Ellenburg, M.A. (2009); Tenure Track Instructor, Marion Military Institute, Marion, AL
  • Elizabeth Simpson McKnight, Ph.D. (2009)
  • Amber King, M.A. (2009); Instructor, Hinds Community College, Jackson, MS
  • Erin Chandler, M.A. (2009); Currently enrolled in CRES Ph.D. program, The University of Alabama
  • Marti McCaleb, M.A. (2006): JD 2010 (Washington and Lee School of Law, Lexington, VA); Law Clerk to Hon. J. Robert Leach, Washington Court of Appeals, Seattle, WA
  • Mariah DeGruy, M.A. (2006)
  • Nathan Shepley, M.A. (2005): Ph.D. 2010 (Ohio University, Athens, OH); Assistant Professor, University of Houston
  • Nicole Amare, Ph.D. (2003): Associate Professor, U. of South Alabama
  • Tim Taylor, Ph.D. (2002): Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University
  • Darryl Haley, Ph.D. (1999): Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University
  • Laine Scott, Ph.D. (1998): Associate Professor, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
  • Rachelle Scissum, Ph.D. (1997)
  • Steve Hubbard, Ph.D. (1997): Professor, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, Andalusia, AL
  • Elaine Fredericksen, Ph.D. (1996): Associate Profesor, University of Texas at El Paso
  • Julia Austin, Ph.D. (1995): Director of Educational Services, U. of Alabama-Birmingham Graduate School
  • Blair Spencer Ray, Ph.D. (1995)
  • Sarah Bane Wood, Ph.D. (Pre-1995)
  • Ann Futrell, Ph.D. (Pre-1995)