Misty Smith of Decatur has joined the English faculty at East Central Community College, announced ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin.

Smith, who began her new duties on August 12, 2010, previously served as a member of the College’s adjunct faculty. She is a former graduate assistant in the English Department at Mississippi State University in Starkville.

A graduate of Union High School, Smith received an Associate in Arts degree from ECCC in 2006 and earned bachelor and master’s degree in English from MSU in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

She is the daughter of Becky and Tommy Yarbrough of Gulfport and Carroll Smith of Deatsville, Ala., and granddaughter of Mary Green Smith of Marbury, Ala.