Visiting Professor of English
B.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Virginia Ottley Craighill has been teaching at Sewanee since 2001 and is also a graduate of the University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ (C’82), the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Austin. Her interests range from 19th century and modern American literature to literary journalism, creative non-fiction, and women’s literature.
As advisor to the student newspaper, The Sewanee Purple, she is an advocate of student writing outside of the classroom as well as in it.
