Mississippi Arts Commission: Who We Are

Mary Margaret Miller 

Mary Margaret Miller brings a wealth of experience to her position as Heritage Director for the Commission.  She received an MA in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi.  She wrote a thesis on race, place and social identity in the rural American South called, “From King Cotton to Custom Kitchens: Revitalization in Downtown Greenwood, Mississippi.”  She has been trained by the Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center in documentary fieldwork and oral history technique.

She is a native of the Mississippi Delta.  Her writing and photography has appeared in The Clarion-Ledger, The Tennessean, Living Blues Magazine, Delta Magazine and The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.

She previously lived in Nashville, where she worked as a communications specialist at Nashville International Airport.

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