Jim Gulledge

I was shaped by my large, Southern extended family and was taught at an early age never to let facts get in the way of a good story. Much of my own story has been lived out in the small village of Misenheimer in North Carolina. As a young man, I chose to attend Pfeiffer College where I met my wife, Linda. I have now worked there for the past thirty five years currently serving as the Director of Academic Support Services and Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies. The passions of my academic life are helping young people in their life journeys and teaching a course every other year on the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. I was prepared for my career by earning a B.A. in Christian Education from what is now Pfeiffer University, an M.A. in English from Clemson University, and a DMin. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. In my spare time I explore the nearby Uwharrie Mountains with my dog, Shasta, serve as a guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children in my community, and continue in my futile attempts to master the ukulele.

A Poor Man’s Supper was recently selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.