Stephen Flinn Young

Background

Young, Stephen Flinn was born on May 7, 1945 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Robert Harold and Cary Nell (Flinn) Young.

Education

Bachelor, University of Southern Mississippi, 1967; Master of Arts, University of Southern Mississippi, 1969; postgraduate, University of Southern Mississippi, 1990-1991; postgraduate, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1973-1974; postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1974-1976.

Career

Instructor, Troy (Alabama) State University, 1969-1973; instructor, U. West Florida, Pensacola, 1973-1978; executive director, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Florida, 1978-1979; executive director, Living Arts and Sciences Center, Lexington, Kentucky, 1979-1980; curator of exhibitions, Mississippi State History Museum, Jackson, 1980-1983; writer, New Orleans, 1983-1987; programs director, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, 1987-1989; managing editor, The Southern Quarterly, Hattiesburg, 1989-1990; editor, The Southern Quarterly, Hattiesburg, since 1990. Writer-in-residence Chimneyville School Design, Jackson, Mississippi, 1981-1982. Consultant Mississippi Humanities Council, Jackson, 1991-1992.

Artist-in-residenceEcole Nationale de la Photographie, Arles, France, 1993, 96. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Stephen Flinn Young has been listed as a noteworthy Editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Mississippi Choctaw Crafts

Membership

Committee chair Operation Comeback, New Orleans, 1986-1987, Hattiesburg Downtown Association, since 1992, Clinton-Gore campaign, Forrest County, Mississippi, 1992. Vice president Magazine St. Association, New Orleans, 1984-1987. Secretary Oseola McCarty Cmty.

Park Foundation, 1997. Member Modern Language Association, Society for the Study of Southern Literature (Executive Committee), College Art Association, Club Pyramid, Downtown Hattiesburg Association, International Visual Sociology Association, Mississippi Folklore Society, Southeastern College Art Association, Society forthe Study of Southern Literature, Society for Scholarly Public, Council of Editors of Learned Jours., Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans.

Connections

Married Susan Elizabeth Siddall, November 5, 1964 (divorced March 1973). 1 child, Brian Scott Young. Married DianaCates, November 25, 1982.

Father:

Robert Harold Young

Mother:

Cary Nell (Flinn) Young

Spouse:

DianaCates

Spouse:

Susan Elizabeth Siddall

child:

Brian Scott Young