James G. Thomas

James G. Thomas, Jr. is the associate director for publications at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture in Oxford. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy and a master’s degree in Southern Studies, both from the University of Mississippi. In 2003 he began work at the Center as managing editor of the twenty-four-volume "New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture." He is editor of "Conversations with Barry Hannah" (University Press of Mississippi), coeditor of "Faulkner and the Black Literatures of the Americas," "Faulkner and History," "Faulkner and Print Culture," and the forthcoming "Faulkner and the Native South," and associate editor of "The Mississippi Encyclopedia," for which he is at work to produce an online version. His work has appeared in "Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi: The Twentieth Century," "Southern Cultures," "Southern Quarterly," and "Living Blues."

Thomas is also the director of the Center’s annual Oxford Conference for the Book, the editor of "Study the South," the Center’s online journal, and the "Southern Register," the Center’s newsletter.

Before joining the Center staff, Thomas worked as an editor for publications in New York and Oxford, Mississippi.