Education

PhD, English (Literary Studies), University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Research Interests

Black women’s literary interpretive practice
Masking traditions in African-American women’s creative expression
African American knowledge systems
Reading and oral literacy during antebellum era

Course Sampling

Africology 100: Black Reality: Survey of African-American Society
Africology 215: Black Social and Cultural Traditions
Africology 250: Black and White Women in Contemporary American
Africology 372: Literary Movements: The Harlem Renaissance
Africology 414: Black Women in America, Africa, and the Caribbean
Africology 851: African-American Literary Criticism and Theory

Selected Publications