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Alumni in Education Spotlight

JASMINE STANSBERRY, Ph.D. 2022 History

• Assistant Professor in U.S. and Southern History

JILLIAN MCCLURE, Ph.D. 2021 History

• University of North Florida Instructor in 20th century U.S. History, African American History, Chicano/a History, History of Higher Education, Oral History, Political and Social History, and Women's History.
• Currently developing a collaborative oral history project titled First Coast Foodways that examines understudied regional culinary practices and histories in Northeast Florida.

ELIAS BAKER, Ph.D. 2021

Instructor at the University of Arkansas

T. DEWAYNE MOORE, Ph.D. 2018 in African American History

• Assistant Professor of History at PVAMU (Prairie View A&M University)
• Principle investigator in the Digital PV Panther Project, a historic presentation and digitization initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Former research specialist for the Blues Archives
• Published peer-review articles in UNC’s Chapel Hill’s Southern Cultures Journal
• Curated digital exhibitions in Wordpress, ContentDM, and Omeka

JOHN LINDBECK, Ph.D. 2018

• History Department Chairman; History, Upper School (Northfolk Academy)

LAURA ELLYN SMITH, Ph.D. 2018

• 2021 - present - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Richmond the American International University
• 2020 - 2021: - Course instructor, Canterbury Christ Church University
• Assistant Teaching Professor at Arizona State University
• Recipient of the Philip Davies Fellowship in U.S. Politics at The British Library
• Former tutorial instructor of American history and politics at 19 of Oxford’s colleges (Oxford University, St. Anne’s College) 

ESTHERINE ADAMS, Ph.D. 2019

• Head of the Department of History and Caribbean Studies in the Faculty of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana
• Awarded the ASSLH Edna Ryan Prize for Best Article on Women’s History (2023–2024) for her paper, “‘At Work, in Hospital, or in Gaol’: Women in British Guiana’s Jails, 1838–1917,” published in the Journal of Labour History

DAPHNE CHAMBERLAIN, M.A. & Ph.D.

• 2022 - 2023 academic year: she became the third African-American to serve as President of the Mississippi Historical Society
• Former faculty and administrator at Tougaloo College
• Founding Director of the COFO Civil Rights Education Center at Jackson State University
• Served as scholar consultant to several history documentaries and to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
• Chief Program Officer at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center which promotes restorative justice through public education, story telling, and history preservation
• Served as Associate Provost andVice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Social Sciences, and Coordinator of Civil Rights & Social Justice initiatives
• Advisor to the Tougaloo College Chapter of the NAACP
• Worked with the Veterans of Mississippi Civil Rights Movement to coordinate high-impact social justice programs
• She was honored with the 2026 For My People Doris Derby Legacy Award from the Margaret Walker Center.

CHARLES (CHUCK) WESTMORELAND, Ph.D. 2008 UM

• Assistant Professor of History and Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program at Delta State University
• Currently the News and Notices editor for the Journal of Mississippi History

EVAN NOOE, Ph.D. 2012

• Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina Lancaster

AMANDA NAGEL, Ph.D. 2014 UM

• Associate Professor of Military History at the School of Advanced Military History at Ft. Leavenworth (United States Military Academy)
• Her manuscript, “He thinks he is a soldier”: Race, Empire, and the United States, 1898-1926 is currently under consideration with UVA Press.

ALICIA K. JACKSON, Ph.D. 2004

• Associate Professor at Covenant College

MELISSA GRAVES, M.A. & Ph.D. 2016

• Currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies at The Citadel
• Founded the “Day of Intrigue” intelligence simulator program and helped establish the Citadel’s annual OSINT Conference
• Current Vice President of the Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association and as an editor with H-Diplo
• Selected for the 2026 Non-Resident Fellow with the Irregular Warfare Initiative

JAMES MICHAEL BUTLER, M.A. 1996 & Ph.D. 2001

• His book, Beyond Integration: The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980, won a 2017 Florida Book Award in nonfiction.
• Department Chair, Humanities, Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at Flagler College

JUSTIN RODGERS, M.A. 2012 & Ph.D. 2019

• Assistant Professor in History at the University of North Florida

CHRISTINE RIZZI, M.A. 2012 & Ph.D. 2019 UM

• Assistant Teaching Faculty in History at Florida State University

TELISHA (DIONNE) BAILEY, M.A. 2006 & Ph.D. 2015

• Recipient of the Mississippi Historical Society’s Riley PRize for dissertation and the Georgia Nix Miller Women’s Activism Award
• Assistant Professor of History at Colgate University

DANIEL HILL, B.A. History 2017

• Current first-year program coordinator for first-year and transfer students at the University of Mississippi

BRYAN KESSLER, Ph.D. History 2017

• Social Science Teacher at Oxbridge Academy

MICHAEL VISON WILLIAMS, B.A. (2000), M.A. (2004) & Ph.D. (2007) History

• Professor of History and Director of African American Studies at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC)
• Published Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr in 2011 (University of Arkansas Press)

WILLIAM PAUL HUSTWIT, Ph.D. History 2009

• Associate Professor of History at the New College of Florida Honors College

Other Alumni Working in Education

K-12 teachers, librarians, and coaches

• Andrew’s Episcopal
• Cleveland High School
• Jackson Prep
• Lewisburg High School
• South Panola High School
• Horn Lake Middle School
• Mountain brook Schools
• Marshall County Schools
• Christian Brothers High School
• Calhoun County Schools
• Tupelo Christian Prep School
• Water Valley High School
• Leflore County School District
• Jackson Academy
• Tupelo High School
• West Point High School
• Briar Crest
• DeSoto County Schools
• Coahoma County Schools
• Memphis City Schools
• Lafayette High School
• Virginia Beach Schools
• Shelby County Schools
• Starkville High School
• New Albany Middle School
• Pass Christian High School
• Admissions Counselor, Jackson Academy 
• Superintendent, Oxford School System
• Assistant Principal, Tupelo HS 

Higher Education

• Academic Outreach, OK State
• Vice President Student Affairs, Marquette Univ
• Counsel, Texas Christian U
• Law Faculty, Wake Forest
• Museum Educator, Kennesaw State
• Alaska State Archivist
• of Library, Pearl River County Library
• Librarian, University of Southern Miss 
• Faculty, University of North Carolina
• Faculty, Purdue University
• Faculty, California State Univ-Los Angeles
• Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
• Faculty, Mississippi State University
• Faculty, Northwest MS Community College
• Faculty, Northeast MS Community College
• Faculty, Itawamba Community College
• Faculty, Meridian Community College
• Faculty, Mississippi College
• Faculty, University of Missouri
• Faculty, Purdue
• Faculty, University of Houston
• Faculty, Rutgers University
• Faculty, Tennessee Tech University
• Reference Librarian, University of Southern Miss
• Museum Educator, Kennesaw State
• Assistant Director of Football Player Development, Vanderbilt University
• Naval ROTC Instructor, University of Pennsylvania
• Development Specialist, University of Southern Alabama
• Career Coordinator, Pennsylvania State University
• VP of Admissions and Recruitment, Southwest MS Community College
• General Counsel, Texas Christian University
• Police Chief, University of Northern Iowa
• Coordinator of Academic Outreach, Oklahoma State University
• Director of Economic and Business Development, University of North Carolina
• Deputy Athletics Director, Colgate University
• Director of Disability Services, Western Carolina University

Alumni in Business/Finance Spotlight

 Ph.D. 2021 UM

• Co-Founder and CEO of The Witness INC.
• New York Times Best Selling Author of ‘The Color of Compromise’ 
• National public speaker
• Featured in the Washington Post, VOX, CNN, and The Atlantic

JACKSON BRUMFIELD, M.A. 2020 UM

• Logistics, Supply Chain, & Inventory Manager for Courier Express 2024 - present

THOMAS LACY, B.A. history

• 2006 - Director of Business Development at Bosque Minerals, Ltd (2008 - 2013)
• Business Development at Poco Minerals, LLC (2009 - 2013)
• President of Tango Lima, LLC (2013 - present)

DETERRIAN L. “DT” SHACKELFORD, B.A. History 2012

• Former 6 year linebacker for Ole Miss Football
• Wuerffel Trophy Award winner in 2015
• Educational Consultant / Motivational Speaker for his own company DT SHACK LLC

Other Alumni Working in Business/Finance

• Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
• Regional Pres, Hibernia National Bank
• Owner, Jimmy Carr State Farm
• Vice President, Credit Suisse/First Boston
• Government and External Affairs, Amazon
• CEO, Shine Ventures
• Owner, William Yoste Comm. Real Estate
• Corporate Counsel, Amazon
• Campus Recruiting Associate, Pricewaterhousecoopers
• Senior Claims Representative, Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Attorney, Morgan Keegan
• VP-Equity Trading, Credit Suisse/First Boston
• Vice President and Banking Center Liaison, BankPlus
• Accounting and Finance, Merrill Lynch
• General Counsel, Citigroup
• Trade Networks, Fed Ex
• Fundraising Assistant, Fraioli and Associates
• Recruiter, Aerotek
• Industrial Sales Representative, Carhartt
• Healthcare Management, Cook Medical Consulting
• Advertising Specialist, Barnes & Noble
• Realtor, Rogers Healy and Associates
• Historian, National Eligibility Express
• Manager, Bath and Body Works
• Commercial Real Estate, Bluff Creek Partners
• Director of Franchise Development, Dobbs Brothers Management Service
• President/CEO, Quivus Systems
• Sales, Critz Mercedes Benz
• Flight Officer, Fed Ex
• Executive Project Manager, Fed Ex

Alumni in Law Spotlight

JOSIAH DENNIS COLEMAN, B.A. in history and philosophy

• Associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (assumed office January 7, 2013)
• Graduated Cum Laude

XAVIER MICHAEL FRASCOGNA, JR. (X.M. “MIKE” FRASCOGNA, JR., ESP.), Ph.D. UM 2021

• Senior Partner, P::C private practice Attorney
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1977

Honors & Awards

• American Arbitration Association Master Mediator Panel, 2017
• Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2015
• Honorary Doctor of Laws, Mississippi College, 2015
• Lawyer of the Year, Mississippi College, 2013
• Top Ten Leaders in Law, Mississippi Business Journal, 2013
• Honorary Master of Laws, Mississippi College, 2007
• 47th Annual GRAMMY® Awards nomination, co-producer, Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, Still Here, 2004
• Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Rating since 1993; The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, The ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, New York, 1980

NICHOLAS MOSVICK, Ph.D. 2019 UM

• Historian Consultant for the Institute of Justice 2018 2020
• Senior Fellow for Constitutional Content at the National Constitution Center 2019 2022
• Buckley Legacy Project Manager at the National Review Institute 2022 present

MARCIAL DAVIDSON FORESTER, III, B.A. History 2007

• Appeals Attorney “Seasoned appeals lawyer at Ar-Clad, Inc. in Jackson, MS”

WILLIAM JOHNSTON OPPENHEIMER, B.A. History 2007

• Current manager of the Atlassian US Central/West Commercial Legal Team supporting Enterprise Sales

J. TYLER CLEMONS, B.A. History 2010

• Staff Attorney in the New Orleans office of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s LGBT Rights/Special Litigation Project Prior to joining SPLC, Tyler worked for the Dallas office of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and as a Fellow for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law

CLARENCE WEBSTER, B.A. History 2002

• Current advocate, counselor, and litigation partner at Jones Walker, LLP (2011 present)
• Attorney at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (Dec 2014 Dec 2021)

Other Alumni Working in Law

• Hundreds of self-employed lawyers
• Hundreds of lawyers at law firms across Mississippi, the South, and the nation
• Adams and Reese LLP
• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Balch & Bingham LLP
• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
• Butler Snow
• Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush PA
• Jones Walker LLP
• Phelps Dunbar LLP
• Watkins & Eager PLLC
• Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.
• Partner, Jones Walker 
• Partner, K&L Gates 
• Attorney, Winston & Strawn
• Attorney, Alston & Bird
• Associate, King and Spalding
• MS 17th District Court Judge 
• Attorney, North MS Rural Legal Services  
• Attorney, MS Attorney General’s Office 
• US Magistrate 
• Attorney, Public Defender Arlington Cty 
• Assistant US Attorney, Florida 

Alumni Working in Government, Military, and as First Responders Spotlight

FIONA HOLTER, Ph.D. UM 2021

• Former United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence Staff Historian in Arizona

DAVID M. HARGROVE, Ph.D. 2011

• UM Former director of Winterset Public Library
• Former circulation manager for the Grisham Law Library

KEVIN T. HARRELL, Ph.D.

• Historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection’s William Research Center
• Co-curated the Historic New Orleans Collections exhibition Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration
• ROBERT E. KRAUSE, Ph.D. History 2011
• Cultural Resource Program Director at Cypress Environmental Consulting

CHARLIE DETTBARN, B.A. History 2008

• Senior Research Consultant for Institutional Comps at CoStar Group

THOMAS COPELAND, Ph.D. 2011 UM

• Associate Professor of History 2017 2022 at Henderson State University
• Adjunct Professor at National Park College 2013 present Director of Workforce Equity and Opportunity at the University of Arkansas Cossatot 2022 present

Other Alumni Working in Government, Military, and as First Responders

• State Representative, House District 90 
• S. Ambassador (retired) 
• Benelux Desk Officer, US State Dept 
• of Planning & Dev, Southaven 
• of Veterans Affairs, MS State 
• Budget and Management Analyst, Town of Fairview
• Lead Systems Administrator, MS Dept of Human Services
• Signals Intelligence Analyst, US Dept of Defense
• Attorney, MS Dept. of Public Welfare 
• Attorney, US Dept. of Labor OSHA 
• Park Ranger/Historian, National Park Service
• Attorney, City of Clarksdale 
• Director of Resource Development, Memphis Chamber of Commerce
• Planning Director, City of Oxford
• Chief Compliance Officer, MS Dev Authority 
• Mayor, Town of Prentiss 
• Analyst, Natl Geospatial-Intel. Agency
• Anti-Trafficking Advisor, US AID 
• of Legislative Affairs, MS Lt. Governor 
• Intel/Security, Dept of Defense 
• Attorney, US Dept of Labor-OSHA
• Museum Curator, City of Baldwyn
• Director of Planning and Development, City of Southaven
• Deputy Dir. Public Engagement, US EPA 
• Advisor, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Comm 
• Member Initiatives, Natl. Republican Congressional Comm 
• Special Agent, FBI 
• Attorney, Kennedy Space Center

Alumni in STEM Spotlight

DUSTIN TODD, B.A. Political Science & History 2007

• Donated an undisclosed but greatly appreciated sum to the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation’s (OMAF) campaign in 2023
• Vice president and head of government affairs for Synopsys, the 14th leading software firm in the world

WHITNEY BARRINGER, M.A. & Ph.D. 2016

• Currently a Program and Data Analyst & TPS Program Analyst at the American Historical Association
• Former researcher for the AHA’s Mapping the Landscape of Secondary History Education project
• Former University of Central Arkansas’s Norbert O. Schedler Honors College and the history department for 5 years

Other Alumni Working in STEM

• Exec Vice President, Electric Power Assoc of MS
• President, Waring Oil
• Owner, Moran Resources
• Global Account Manager, Forum Energy Technologies
• Senior Attorney, Encana Corporation
• President, Tango Lima LLC
• Attorney, XTO Energy
• Vice President, Sanders Oil Company
• Vice President and General Counsel, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline
• Counsel, Exxon
• Executive/Vice President, Electrical Power Assoc of Mississippi
• Sr. Tech Editor, Raytheon
• Account Manager, Dell EMC 
• Sr. Software Developer, mTrade
• System Analyst, Verizon 
• Shipping Manager, Atlantic Metrocast
• Sales, Carhartt
• Program Lead, Austal US Ship Building
• Safety Management, Toyota Boshoku
• Diabetes Sales Specialist, AstraZeneca
• Sr. Contract Dev Specialist, Oracle 
• National Account Manager, Edgenet 
• Director Business Dev, Johnson Controls 
• President, Meridian Coca-Cola Bottling 
• Finance Manager, Nissan 
• Mgr Policy & Government Relations, Alkermes
• Engineer, Boeing         
• Director of IT, Northrop Grumman
• Pharmacy Technician, Eli Lilly & Co
• Inspector, Coors Brewing Co.
• Associate Legal Researcher, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium