Carla Falkner

Carla joined the MHC in 2021 as Project Coordinator for the Prison Education program. After moving to Mississippi from Texas, she received her M.A. in history from the University of Mississippi. A former MHC board member, she recently retired from a 30-year career as a history instructor and academic division head at Northeast Mississippi Community College. Her work supports humanities education in Mississippi prisons made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.