{"id":4859,"date":"2020-11-09T15:42:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/staff-members\/bess-fox\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:32:37","slug":"bess-fox","status":"publish","type":"staff-member","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/staff-members\/bess-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Bess Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n<div class=\"staff-member\">\r\n\r\n\t<!-- Featured Image -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"staff-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/staff-directory-pro\/include\/..\/assets\/img\/default-person.png\" alt=\"Bess Fox (no photo)\" class=\"company_directory_staff_member_photo\" width=\"150px\" height=\"150px\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t<div class=\"staff-member-right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"staff-member-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"staff-member-bio\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Academic Credentials<\/b><\/p>\n<p>B.A., Louisiana State University<br \/>\nM.A., University of Missouri<br \/>\nPh.D. and additional study, University of Kentucky<\/p>\n<p><b>Biography<\/b><\/p>\n<p><p><b>Other Information<\/b><\/p>\n<p><p><b>Teaching Area<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First-year and advanced writing<\/li>\n<li>American literature<\/li>\n<li>Composition and literary theory<\/li>\n<li>Women writers<\/li>\n<li>Literary nonfiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research Interests<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20th-century American literature<\/li>\n<li>Composition and gender<\/li>\n<li>Autobiography<\/li>\n<li>Literary journalism<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Bess Fox joined Marymount in 2007. 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