|
|
|
 Professor office: 52 McReynolds phone: 573-882-2783 email: hudsonweemsc@missouri.edu web: web.missouri.edu/~hudsonweemsc office hours: by appointment Research and teaching areas: Africana studies Clenora Hudson-WeemsClenora Hudson-Weems is the author of Africana Womanist Literary Theory (Africa World Press, 2004), Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement (Bedford, 1994), and Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves (Bedford, 1993). The last two are the subject of an interview in The American Audio Prose Library (1995). She is also author of numerous book chapters and articles, co-author with Wilfred D. Samuels of Toni Morrison (Prentice Hall, 1990), has chapters and articles in Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition; Out of the Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies; and A Historical and Bibliographical Guide to the African American Experience. She edited Contemporary Africana Theory and Thought: A Guide to Africana Studies (Africa World Press, 2005) and is the guest editor for a special issue on Africana Womanism for the Western Journal of Black Studies (Fall 2001). Her current works are Emmett: Passion for Truth, a feature-length movie script with Barry Morrow, Oscar Award Winning writer for "Rain Man," and Soul Mates, a novel. A recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Ford Fellowships, she was awarded the Toni Morrison Society Book Award. In 2000, she initiated and launched the nation's first Africana Concentration (Africana Literature, Literary Criticism and Theory) for graduate degrees (MA and PhD) in English. Education Selected Publications
Courses Taught
|
What We're Reading People Awards & Publications Areas of Study Undergraduate Graduate English 1000 Courses News & Events Alumni Department Resources Contact Us |
address: 107 Tate Hall, Columbia, MO 65211-1500 website email: englishweb@missouri.edu English Department | College of Arts and Science | University of Missouri
| |