Michelle Ayers

Michelle Ayers serves as a Lecturer in Women's Studies at Millsaps College while concurrently holding the administrative position of Executive Assistant to the President, providing direct support to the college president and Board of Trustees.

Her academic qualifications include:

• M.A. in English from the University of Mississippi
• Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies from the University of Mississippi
• B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles

Her research and pedagogical focus integrates gender studies with southern literary traditions and disability theory. This interdisciplinary approach emerged from her personal academic journey, having relocated from California to Oxford, Mississippi specifically to study William Faulkner's work, where she subsequently developed a profound scholarly engagement with Eudora Welty's contributions to American literature. Her teaching synthesizes regional literary analysis with critical perspectives on identity and embodiment.

No scientific awards, student advising records, research grants, or laboratory affiliations are documented in available sources.