
Kayla Jordan
Degree
PhDSpecialty
- United States History
- Southern History
Bio
Education
- MA, Mississippi State University, 2022
- BA, Mississippi State University, 2020
- AS, Coastal Alabama Community College, 2018,
Research Interests
- Late 19th and 20th Century U.S. History
- Southern Cultural History
- Southern Ghostlore and Folklore
- History of Death in America
- History and Memory Studies
Current Projects
- I am currently researching the use of Southern ghostlore in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to illustrate its use as a form of social control through its deliberate portrayals of death/dying and historical events.
Awards & Honors
- National Alumni Association Fellowship, University of Alabama, 2022-2023
- 2nd Place Prize for Research Presentation in the Arts and Sciences/Education/Business Category, Graduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Fall 2021
- James W. Garner Graduate History Scholarship, Mississippi State University, 2020-2022
- Martha Swain Outstanding Scholar Award, Mississippi State University History Department, 2020
- Stephen D. Lee Scholar, Mississippi State University, 2020
- Dennis J. Mitchell Undergraduate Excellence Award, Mississippi State University Meridian Division of Arts and Sciences, 2020