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Dr. Steve Harvey
Professor of English
Dr. Harvey joined the faculty at Young Harris in 1976. He has published several collections of personal essays including A Geometry of Lilies and enjoys performing on the banjo and guitar with Butternut Creek and Friends, a band performing regional music.
Dr. Harvey earned a Bachelor of Art degree from Wake Forest University. He holds a Master of Art degree from John Hopkins University and Middlebury College and earned his Ph.D. from The University of Virginia. In addition, Dr. Harvey has studied at Columbia University. He may be reached via email at sharvey@yhc.edu
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Dr. Amanda Lawrence
Professor of English
Dr. Lawrence joined the faculty at Young Harris College in 2004. She specializes in American ethnic literatures. She has co-authored two textbooks on composition for college writers and an article on pedagogy.
Dr. Lawrence received a Bachelor of Art from Georgia Southern University, a Master of Art from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. She may be reached via email at alawrence@yhc.edu
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Dr. Ruth Looper
Professor of English
Dr. Looper joined the Young Harris College English faculty in 1996. She specializes in poetry and Irish literature.
Dr. Looper holds a Bachelor of Art degree from Furman University, a Master of Art degree from The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and a Ph.D. from Emory University. She can be emailed at rlooper@yhc.edu
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Janice Moore
Professor of English
Chair of the Division of Humanities
Professor Moore has been a member of the English faculty at YHC since 1963. A published poet, her work has appeared in more than fifty journals and periodicals, including The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Southern Humanities Review, Southern Poetry Review, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. Her poems are included in over a dozen anthologies, such as The Bedford Introduction to Literature, The Bedford Introduction to Poetry, and Women Writing in Appalachia. Special areas of interest include contemporary poetry and Southern literature.
Professor Moore holds a Bachelor of Art degree from LaGrange College, a Master of Art degree from Auburn University. She has also studied at The University of Virginia, Emory University, Georgia State University, and North Georgia College and University. She may be reached at janicem@yhc.edu
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Dr. Mark Rollins
Professor of English
Dr. Rollins joined the Young Harris College faculty in 2004. He specializes in nineteenth-century British literature and culture, with a particular interest in Thomas Hardy's fiction.
Dr. Rollins holds a Bachelor of Art degree from Auburn University, a Master of Art degree from The University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. from The University of Georgia. He may be contacted at mrollins@yhc.edu
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