Curtis Wilkie was the inaugural senior fellow for the Overby Center and taught as an adjunct professor in the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media. As a reporter for the Boston Globe, he developed a national reputation as an outstanding political reporter covering presidential campaigns. He served for a time as Washington bureau chief for the Globe and in the mid-1980s was Middle East bureau chief for the paper. He is the author of several books, including “The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer,” his portrayal of Richard F. "Dickie" Scruggs, and “Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events That Shaped the Modern South.” He became a national figure when he was featured in Timothy Crouse’s classic book about the 1972 presidential campaign, “The Boys on the Bus.” He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and lives in Oxford, Miss.
