Degrees

B.A., Howard University

M.A., Howard University

Ph.D., Howard University

Specializations

• African-American and American literature
• Literary Criticism and Theory
• Eighteenth-Century British literature

Interests

Theory: M. Bakhtin, M. Foucault, H. Baker, R. Barthes

University/Program Connections

• Faculty Senator, Interdisciplinary Studies
• African-American Studies faculty
• Women's Studies faculty

Community and Club Connections

• Essence Dance Group Faculty Advisor
• Kalpa Bhadra Meditation Center (Harrisburg, PA), FP and TTP Programs, Meditation Teacher
• Tharpa Publications, Guest Editor

Passions & Distractions

Literary Theory

Cultural Studies

Narratology

African-American Oral Tradition and Folklore

Jazz

Dance

Phenomenology

Post-Colonial Theory

Courses Taught

• English 010: Fundamentals of Writing
• English 110: English Composition
• English 235: Early American Literature
• English 237: Literary Research & Analysis
• English 33 & 334 : African-American Literature Survey
• English 334: African-American Literature Survey II
• English 429: Black Women Writers/ The Black Novel in America
• English 494: Perspectives on the Harlem Renaissance
• English 629: Literary Criticism (Graduate)

Sample Publication

"Unraveling the Mystery of Toni Morrison's Beloved." In Trajectories of the Fantastic. Ed. Michael A. Morrison. Greenwood Press, 1998.

"Sterling Brown's Ethnography: A Black and Blues Ontology." Callaloo. 21.4 (Fall 1998): 998-1011.

"Sterling Brown: An Ethnographic Perspective." African American Review. 31.3 (Fall 1997): 417-22.