Associate Professor of English, Linguist
Coordinator of Linguistics and English as a Second Language
E-mail: dginn@jsums.edu
Phone: 601.979.2869
Office Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4th floor, Office #403
DEGREES
Ph.D., Linguistics, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A., Pedagogy-Linguistics, Georgetown University
B.S., Jackson State (College) University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research: Pidgin and Creole Languages, Bilingualism, Textual Analysis, Sociocultural Linguistic History of the Diaspora, and African American Dialects.
Teaching: Linguistics, English, English as a Second Language/Dialect, and Cultural Aspects of Literature.
Specializations: Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, African American Dialects, Bilingualism, English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language/Dialect, Syntax, Pidgin and Creole Languages, Tagmemics, and Composition.
COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate
• Advanced Laboratory Writing
• Research and Bibliography
• Fundamentals of Linguistics
• Phonetics and Phonemics
• Applied Linguistics
• Semantics
• Transformational Syntax
• Tagmemics
• Dialectology
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Second Language Teaching
• The History of Linguistic Science
• Thesis Writing
• English as a Second Language
• Morphology and Syntax
• Linguistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Linguistics in Education
Undergraduate
• Composition and Literature
• Composition and Mass Media
• Composition and Language
• Laboratory Writing
• Critical Writing
• Technical Writing
• Professional Writing
• Specialized Writing
• Grammar and Composition
• Advanced College Writing
• The Research Paper
• History of the English Language
• English Word Power
• Language Arts in the Secondary Schools
• Linguistics and the Teaching of English
• Introduction to Linguistics
• Semantics and Journalism Style
• Introduction to Literature
• English Literature
• American Literature
• Recent American Literature
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AAAL -American Association of Applied Linguistics -Black Issues in Higher Education
CCCC -Conference on College Composition and Communication -Focuses: Journal of Writing and Research
NCTE -National Council of Teachers of English PDK -Phi Delta Kappa
TESOL -Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages -The Chronicle of Higher Education
ADS -American Dialect Society
AMTESOL -Alabama-Mississippi Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
AAUP -American Association of University Professors
CLA -College Language Association
SCETC -Southeastern Conference on English in the Two-Year Colleges
SCADS -South Central American Dialect Society
MPS -Mississippi Philological Society
MRA -Mississippi Reading Association
JACET -Jackson Area Council of English Teachers
JSUGC -Jackson State University Graduate Council (English Department Representative)
NCNW -National Council of Negro Women
LSA -Linguistics Society of America
BEA -Black Educators Association of the Niagara Frontier
NYSEC -New York State English Council
Civic Organizations:
MPTA -Mississippi Partners of the Americas
NWJO -Northwest Jackson Optimist Club
MCT -Mary Church Terrell Literary Club