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Beth Ann Fennelly is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Mississippi, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. She holds appointments in the M.F.A. Program and teaches courses spanning poetry, memoir, and literature at both undergraduate and graduate levels. A four-time teaching award winner, she has also served as Mississippi's Poet Laureate from 2016 to 2021.
Her educational background includes a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame (1993) and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (1998).
Fennelly’s research and creative work focuses on blending poetic and nonfiction forms, with a particular emphasis on memoir, Southern literature, and contemporary American writing. Her publications include poetry collections like Open House and Unmentionables, the nonfiction work Great With Child, the co-authored novel The Tilted World, and the award-winning Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs.
Her accolades include NEA and Fulbright grants, a Pushcart Prize, and the Housatonic Book Prize. Fennelly’s teaching portfolio spans over 20 courses, including poetry workshops, creative writing seminars, and literary studies.
