Alan Brown, Ph.D., professor of English at the University of West Alabama

Alan Brown earned his B.A. in English at Millikin University in 1972, his M.A. in American Literature at Southern Illinois in 1974, and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric at Illinois State University in 1985. He has been teaching English at The University of West Alabama since 1986. Brown has been a member of the Alabama Humanities Foundation's Road Scholars Speakers Bureau since 1990. Since 1996, he has published a number of books on Southern ghost stories, including The Face in the Window and Other Alabama Ghostlore (1996), Shadows and Cypress (2000), Haunted Places in the American South (2002), Stories from the Haunted South (2004), Ghost Hunters of the South (2006), Ghost Hunters of New England (2008), Haunted Texas (2008), and Haunted Birmingham (2009). He has also published two literary tour guides: Literary Levees of New Orleans (1997) and Literary Landmarks of Chicago (2002).

Presentations by Alan Brown
From Tuscumbia to Broadway: The Evolution of the Miracle Worker

Mark Twain's Private War with God

School Spirits: Ghost Stories from Alabama 's College Campuses