Jerrilyn McGregory
Florida State University, English Department, Faculty Member
- Full professor in Dept. of English at Florida State University. Earned PhD in Folklore and Folklife from the Univers... moreFull professor in Dept. of English at Florida State University. Earned PhD in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, hold MPS in Africana Studies from Cornell University and a MA in English from Purdue University. Author of Wiregrass Country, a little known region of the South, and Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country which examines African American sacred music fortifying a belief in interbeing. Forthcoming, “One Grand Noise”: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World with a focus on The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, St. Croix, and St. Kitts.edit
