Elaine Hughes, Ph.D., professor emerita, University of Montevallo

For the past 35 years, Hughes has been a professor of American literature at the University of Montevallo, with a specialty in contemporary literature. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in Southern literature and in Alabama literature. She has delivered more than 200 lectures to varied audiences—from high-school honors students to retirees in UAB's New Horizons—in many locations. In 1998–1999, she received the Carnegie Foundation CASE Professor of the Year Award for Alabama and was the 2007 recipient of the Eugene Current-Garcia Distinguished Scholar Award. Hughes has been involved with Alabama Humanities Foundation since 1978 and chaired the board of directors from 2004 to 2006.

Presentations by Elaine Hughes
Morrison and Twain: The Black and White of It