He is also the founding director of the Center for Law and Humanities at Elon. He regularly teaches undergraduate courses in American Literature, African-American Literature, Classical Literature, Law and Literature, and Southern Literature. He has also taught Law and Humanities at the Elon University School of Law. Dr. Hairston’s research areas include intersections of Classical Literature and American Literature, especially classical influences on African American and Southern writers, as well as the interdisciplinary study of law, literature, and the humanities.