Dr. Catherine Rogers, President, Newsletter Editor

Department of Liberal Arts

Savannah State University

Savannah, GA 31404

rogersc@savstate.edu

Catherine Rogers teaches First-Year Composition and American Literature at Savannah State University in Savannah, GA.  Her scholarly interests lie in Modern American Poetry, women's writing, and the intersections between myth and language and the religious and aesthetic imagination.

Ms. Susan Rushing Adams, Vice-President

Department of Arts and Humanities

University of Texas at Dallas

P. O. Box 830688

Richardson, TX 75083
srushingadams@verizon.net

Susan Rushing Adams is a doctoral student in Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is Poetry Editor for Sojurn. Her interests include the contemporary American novel, the history of childbirth, artistic representations of birth and mothering, book and publishing history, and literary expressions of spirituality.

Ms. Kathleen T. Smith, Treasurer
English Department
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
(318) 797-5270
ksmith@lsus.edu

Kathleen Smith is an Instructor in the English Department at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.  Her interests include poetry (both writing and reading), 19th Century American fiction, Creative Nonfiction and the evolution of the essay form.

Dr. Deshae Lott, Newsletter Editor
English Department
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115

dlott@lsus.edu
Deshae E. Lott teaches online courses for Louisiana State University in Shreveport, LA. Her primary academic research interests involve the intersections of literary works, social practices, and American religious cultures, especially those which are mystical and syncretic in nature.