{"id":1972,"date":"2017-04-26T14:34:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/?page_id=1972"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:16:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:16:31","slug":"kathy-root-pitts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/2008-2\/kathy-root-pitts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Root Pitts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"JSU_Pitts_237x300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1973\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/files\/2017\/04\/JSU_Pitts_237x300-236x300.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/files\/2017\/04\/JSU_Pitts_237x300-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/files\/2017\/04\/JSU_Pitts_237x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Instructor of English<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kathy.r.pitts@jsums.edu\">kathy.r.pitts@jsums.edu<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPhone: 601.979.5867\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOffice Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4<sup>th<\/sup> floor, Office #426\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDEGREES\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPhD, English, University of Southern Mississippi\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMA, English, Mississippi College\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBA, English, Millsaps College\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRESEARCH INTERESTS\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tConcepts of family trauma and sacred place in Mississippi literature\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Bonner-Campbell School&rsquo;s connection to Jackson State University\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOpen online sources for World Literature studies\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDeveloping a Philosophy of Liberal Arts course to enhance students&rsquo; 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Instructor of English &nbsp; Email: kathy.r.pitts@jsums.edu Phone: 601.979.5867 Office Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4th floor, Office #426 &nbsp; &nbsp; DEGREES PhD, English, University of Southern Mississippi MA, English, Mississippi College BA, English, Millsaps College &nbsp; RESEARCH INTERESTS Concepts of family trauma and sacred place in Mississippi literature The Bonner-Campbell School&rsquo;s connection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":2008,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1972\/revisions\/2378"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}