Director Mamie L Hixon

In addition to her academic work, Hixon is also a professional editor, radio and television grammarian, motivational speaker, and workshop organizer and presenter. She has a bachelor’s degree in English from Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, and master’s degree in English from UWF. In her role as a "Grammar Coach," Hixon conducts "Grammarcises" via Zoom every Monday morning at 7:15 a.m. CST in the virtual grammar gym where students and professionals from Pensacola and surrounding areas and other parts of the country, including California, New York, New Jersey, South Florida, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware, “talk grammar” and talk about grammar—its nuances, its limitations, its rules and exceptions, its creativity, its versatility, and its constant changes and limitless possibilities.