Jean Griffith is Associate Professor of the Department of English at Wichita State
University, where she teaches courses in twentieth- and twenty-first century American
literature and culture. Her scholarly articles on race, gender, and whiteness are
included in two volumes on Mississippi writer Eudora Welty (New Essays on Eudora Welty, Class, and Race and Eudora Welty, Whiteness and Race) as well as in journals such as Studies in the Novel and Western American Literature. Her book, The Color of Democracy in Women’s Regional Writing, was published by The University of Alabama Press in 2009. Jean is currently at work
on a book-length cultural history of orphans, orphanages, and family separation titled
"Imagining Orphans: Children, Poverty, and Difference in American Culture." A passionate
advocate for the humanities, Jean loves helping students find their own voices and
express themselves intelligently in writing.
Contact Dr. Griffith at jean.griffith@wichita.edu.