Dr. Courtney George

Academic Areas

• Contemporary American literature
• Southern literature and culture
• African American literature
• Women’s and Gender studies
• American music history and culture
• Popular culture

Education

• Ph.D. in American Literature at Louisiana State University (2008)
• A.B. in English at the University of Georgia (1999)

Biography

Dr. George, a graduate of Louisiana State University and the University of Georgia, has been teaching literature courses at Columbus State since 2009. Dr. George’s research focuses primarily on the intersections between contemporary American literature and popular music, television, and film, and more specifically, the literature and the culture of the American South. Dr. George has also taught at Auburn University and LSU.