Marc Watkins, MFA

Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric

Marc Watkins is a writer, editor, teacher, and even an occasional carpenter. He's had the pleasure of seeing his fiction and nonfiction works published in over a dozen little magazines, and some of his pieces have been honored in "Best of" series like the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Since 2011, he's been sharing his passion for writing at the University of Mississippi, where he is a lecturer within the Department of Writing and Rhetoric. He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize for his writing, a 2018 Blackboard Catalyst Award for Teaching and Learning, and a 2022 WOW Fellowship. When it comes to research, Marc's interests are diverse, covering AI in education, OER, open pedagogy, creative writing, digital humanities, and grant writing.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests:  Reproduction of bias in the generative outputs of large language models and develop strategies for faculty and students to minimize such bias.