Nicholas Gorrell - Department of English

 

Education

M.A. 2006, Utah State University Ph.D 2017, University of Mississippi 

 

Academic Summary

Nick Gorrell teaches courses in literature and composition. His research interests are centered around Southern music traditions, particularly blues and country, and their interactions with one another and influences on literature.

Select Publications 

• “‘All We Know is Blues!’: The Persistence of the Blues in Southern African American Culture.” Mississippi Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 1, March 2025, pp. 69–94.
• "Son House: Bluesman, Preacher, Folk Intellectual." Arkansas Review 45.1 (Spring 2014): 3-18.