{"id":214,"date":"2011-08-15T00:33:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduatehumanities\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:22:54","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduatehumanities\/about\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because of its unique history<\/a>, from its earliest beginnings in the late 1970s the Graduate Humanities Program developed an unusual collaborative of diversely trained faculty hailing from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies<\/a> (which became the Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston in 1997), West Virginia State University<\/a>, the University of Charleston<\/a>, and several other colleges and universities based in south central West Virginia.\u00a0 That range of institutional experience and disciplinary expertise had a critical bearing on the multidisciplinary culture of the Program. The Director and other faculty have been traditionally jointly appointed in more than one Marshall University department or college, for example.<\/p>\n

Today the Program\u2019s affiliated faculty, scholars and practitioners hail from a variety of institutions in addition to Marshall.\u00a0 Live, all-virtual seminar meetings make it possible to engage faculty across disciplines and across institutions.<\/p>\n

Director<\/h2>\n
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\n\n\"Luke<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nLuke Eric Lassiter, PhD<\/a>
\nProfessor of Humanities and Anthropology
\nGraduate Humanities Program
\nMarshall University\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Affiliated Faculty, Scholars, and Practitioners<\/h2>\n
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\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nChris Green, PhD<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Appalachian Studies
\nDirector of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center
\nBerea College\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n
\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nTrish Hatfield, MFA<\/a>\n

Assistant Program Director
\nEditor, Graduate Humanities<\/a>
\nGraduate Instructor
\nGraduate Humanities Program
\nMarshall University\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nEmily Hilliard, MA<\/a>
\nFolklorist
\nFolklife Program<\/a>
\nBerea College\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\t\n
\n
\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nLori Howard, PhD<\/a>
\nCo-Director, Center for Healthy Aging Initiatives in Appalachia<\/a>
\nProfessor of Education
\nDepartment of Special Education
\nMarshall University\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nBilly Joe Peyton, PhD<\/a>
\nRetired Professor of History
\nDepartment of History & Political Science
\nWest Virginia State University\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nCathy Pleska, MFA<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of English
\nDepartment of English
\nMarshall University\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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