Maurice Gandy, M.A., adjunct English instructor at the University of South Alabama and oral history feature correspondent with the Mobile Press-Register

Maurice Gandy is a teacher and writer who finds “news” in history, especially oral history. Gandy recently retired after three decades as a journalism, literature and creative writing instructor at Bishop State College in Mobile. He continues to teach American literature and technical writing as an adjunct English instructor at the University of South Alabama. In December 2007, iUniverse Publishers released Gandy's book, The Capocalypse , a 392-page coming-of-age allegory set on the West Coast in the late 1960s. The work earned a Publisher's Choice award from iUniverse and is currently available from Amazon.com and selected Barnes and Noble Booksellers. The Web site is www.TheCalpocalypse.com . In addition, he has been writing articles as a feature correspondent for the Press-Register newspaper in Mobile for the last 16 years. His specialty as a journalist is oral history, drawing on interviews with long-time residents, military veterans, and their descendants, to preserve stories, anecdotes and legends that would otherwise be lost. Gandy has three decades of experience as a speaker for academic conferences, civic groups and private organizations. He has been an Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholar Speaker since 2005. His biography is included in Who's Who in America.

Presentations by Maurice Gandy
Famous Lost Words: Recording and Preserving Oral History