Staff Listing

• Administration
• Editorial
• Marketing
• Design and Production
• Business

Administration
Leila W. Salisbury 
Director 
(601) 432-6205 
lsalisbury@mississippi.edu

Seetha Srinivasan 
Director Emeritus 

Cynthia Foster 
Administrative Assistant 
(601) 432-6205 
cfoster@mississippi.edu

Brinda Wills
Development Assistant
(601) 432-6205
bookfriends@mississippi.edu

Editorial
Leila W. Salisbury 
Director
Acquires titles in American studies, film studies, and popular culture 
(601) 432-6205 
lsalisbury@mississippi.edu

Craig Gill 
Assistant Director/Editor-in-Chief
Acquires titles in art, architecture, folklore and folk art, history, music, natural sciences, photography, and southern studies 
(601) 432-6205 
cgill@mississippi.edu

Anne Stascavage
Managing Editor
(601) 432-6205
astascavage@mississippi.edu

Walter Biggins 
Acquiring Editor 
Acquires titles in American literature, comics studies, American studies, and Caribbean studies 
(601) 432-6205 
wbiggins@mississippi.edu

Valerie Jones
Editorial Assistant
(601) 432-6205
vjones@mississippi.edu

Marketing
Steven B. Yates
Assistant Director / Marketing Director
(601) 432-6205
syates@mississippi.edu

Kathy Kerr Burgess 
Advertising, Exhibits, and Marketing Services Manager
(601) 432-6105 
kburgess@mississippi.edu

Clint Kimberling
Publicist
(601) 432-6205
ckimberling@mississippi.edu

Emily Hubbard
Marketing Assistant
(601) 432-6205
ehubbard@mississippi.edu

Design and Production
John Langston 
Assistant Director/Art Director
(601) 432-6205 

Todd Lape 
Assistant Production Manager/Designer 
(601) 432-6205 
tlape@mississippi.edu

Shane Gong 
Production Editor 
(601) 432-6205 
gong@mississippi.edu

Pete Halverson
Designer
(601) 432-6205
phalverson@mississippi.edu

Business
Isabel Metz 
Assistant Director/Business Manager 
(601) 432-6551 
imetz@mississippi.edu

Sandy Alexander 
Customer Service and Order Supervisor 
(601) 432-6272 
salexander@mississippi.edu