Carol Andersen

Andersen joined the Mississippi Humanities Council in 2005. She previously worked as the program director for the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits, after an early career in journalism. She has a B.S. in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University and a master of liberal arts from Tulane University. She moved to Mississippi from Iowa in 2001, and lives in Jackson with her husband and two daughters. Carol administers the Council’s grants and prison education programs.