Mary E. Brown Zeigler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English

ACADEMIC DEGREES Ph.D. English, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Major field: English Linguistics

Minor fields: English Literature to 1550

American Literature to 1900

DISSERTATION

The Lexicon of Richard Malcolm Johnston's Middle Georgia Dialect.

Dissertation director: Professor John Algeo.

M.A., English, Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.

Three Universities Program: Composition and Chamber Theater

B.A., English, South Carolina State College/University, Orangeburg, SC.

Minor Fields: Public Speaking; Education

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dissertation Guidance:

Charrita Danley- Influence of Language Attitudes on the Writing of High

School Students, Graduated December 20, 2003.

Consuella Bennett- Stylistic Beauty and Critical Grace: On the Pedagogy of Imitation

and Sentence Combining. Graduated Spring 2005.

Louvincey D. Brown, The Viability of Gullah Language and Culture: A Discourse

Analysis of the Gullah Sermon, Union Institute and University, Graduated Fall

2005.

Khalilah Watson, Literature as Prophecy: ToniMorrison as a Prophetic Writer.

GraduatedDecember13, 2009.

Mildred Pate, Black Enough For Ya?: Black Identity within 21st Century Cultural

Politics,Union Institute and University. In Progress.

Shae Alexis Anderson, What It Do, Ms. Teacher? You Can’t Teach Me Nuthin’ Til

You Understand How I Live: Combining an African-Centered Curriculum with

Black Youth Culture in Georgia’s Underachieving Schools. Graduated,

December Fall 2012.

Thesis Guidance:

Amy Guinn, “What’s Wrong with Having a Little Pun?: The Use of Homonyms and

Homophones in English Language Jokes and Riddles” Graduated Spring 2004.

Carol Manget Johnson, “Dread Talk: The Rastafarians’ Linguistic Response to Societal

Oppression.” Graduated, Fall, December 15, 2008.

Tiffany Jones, “’You Done Lost Yo’ Mind! Ain’t No Such Thang as AAVE’: Exploring

African American Resistance to AAVE,” Graduated, December 15, 2008.

Ellen Kubica, “The Imprisoned Voice.” In progress.

April Fitz, “I Am Not My Hair, or Am I? The Visual Rhetoric of Black Hair in America”

In progress.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Chair, The Department of English

Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA

Supervising Teacher of Field Practice,

Secondary English, Morris Brown College.

PROFESSIONAL and ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA)

Linguistic Society of America (LSA)

Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee,

LSA Convention, Atlanta, 2002-2003

Charles W. Chesnutt Association (CWCA)

President, 2006--2010; Newsletter Editor, 2007--2010

1998—2001, Membership Committee; 2001—2006, Corresponding Secretary

Committee of Linguists of African Descent (CLAD)

Toni Morrison Society

Langston Hughes Society

College Language Association `93-94, Executive Committee,

Nominations Committee

Local representative for Study Abroad Scholarship Award

Local representative for Creative Writing Award

South-Eastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL)

Program Committee

Member, Executive Committee

Chair, Nominations & Resolutions Committee

American Dialect Society (ADS),

Chair, South Atlantic ADS meeting with SAMLA

Member, Executive Committee, South Atlantic ADS.

South Atlantic Modern Language Association

Modern Language Association

NCTE, CCCC

RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS

Newsletter

Editor, The Goophered Grapevine¸Newsletter of the Charles W. Chesnutt Association, Vol 7.1

(May 2009)

______The Year of the Stamp, 2008. The Chesnutt Grapevine¸Newsletter of the Charles W.

Chesnutt Association, Vol 6.6 (May 2008)

______The Goophered Grapevine¸Newsletter of the Charles W. Chesnutt Association, Vol 5.1

(May 2007)

Book and Edited Journal

Contributing Editor, Placing a Stamp on America: Charles W. Chesnutt, 2008 Black Heritage

Stamp, Studies in the Literary Imagination, 43.2 (Fall 2010).

Editor, Postcolonial Contexts of African American English, Special Issue, Journal of

Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies. 4.1 (Fall 1996).

Video/Film/Radio

Interveiw “The Geechee-Gullah Communities and Their Connections to the Languages

and Culture of Sierra Leone” WRFG, Nov 30, 2010.

Interview, “African American English,”in Beyond Babel.Program 2. Ron Blythe,

Producer.London: Broadcast and Allied Media, Infonation, 2001(See YouTube).

Articles, Encyclopedia Entries, and Book Chapters

20. “Sankofa in Ptahhotep and Nelson Mandela with the Gullah Bible, De Nyew Testament:

The International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science

19. ________and Nana Khetsuriani, Ilia State University,(Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia,

Europe).

“Willa and Dana, Livin the Blues: The Psychohistorical Journey toward Femheraic Self-

Identity” International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol 3. No. 17; September

2012: 105-114.Print code: ISSN-2219-1933Online code: ISSN 2219-6021

18. . . .with Mark Benedict, Laura Gary, Joshua Little, Francisco Lopez, Eric Sandarg,

Debra Sidell (GSU graduate students). “Learning about Life through Language in

Literature: Teaching Chesnutt’s Critical Thinking” Studies in the Literary Imagination.

43.2 (Fall 2010): 109-138.

17. “Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Placing a Stamp on America” Studies in the Literary

Imagination. 43.2 (Fall 2010): viii-iv, 1-4.

16. Review, Language: Its Structure and Use. by Edward Finegan. 5th edition.Boston, MA:

Thomson-Wadsworth, 2008. 574 pages.inSouthern Journal of Linguistics,34.1(2010):

102-106.

15. “Migration and Motivation in the Development of African American Vernacular

English,”Chapter50 inA Companion to the History of the English Language. Edited by

Haruko Momma and Michael MattoOxford &New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008: 509-

520.

14. “Fixin(g) to” in Language, vol.5., Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Ed. Michael

Montgomery and Ellen Johnson. Sponsored by The Center for the Study of Southern

Culture at the University of Mississippi. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina

Press,2007.

13. “African American Vernacular English” Africa and the Americas. Ed. Richard M. Juang

and Wendy Roseth.ABC-CLIO, 2007.

12. “African American English” Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora. Ed.Carole Boyce

Davies and Angela Leonard.ABC-CLIO, 2008.

10. “`Fixin(g) to’: A Grammaticalized Form in Southern American English,” Southern

Journal of Linguistics. 26.1 (Spring 2002): 28-39.

9. “Theorizing the Postcoloniality of African American English” with Viktor Osinubi,

Journal of Black Studies. 32.5(May 2002): 588-609.

8. “Something to Shout about: AAVE as a Linguistic and Cultural Treasure.” in

Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of African American Vernacular English..Ed.

Sonja Lanehart. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2001: 164-185.

7. Review. “Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa

Delpit. (New York: New Press, 1995) in. CLA Journal 41.4 (June 1998): 495-498.

6. “Ebonics, the Real Story Behind the Controversy (or, The Georgia Connection)"

African/American Homefront. 4.1 (Winter 1997): 24-30.

5. “Postcolonial Contexts of African American English” Journal of Commonwealth and

Postcolonial Studies. 4.1 (Fall 1996) : 1-15.

4. “The Invisible Language: African American Vernacular English in Language Arts and

Composition,” Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies, Fall 1996: 134-141

3. "Nanina Alba," The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. Eds. Cathy

N. Davidson and Linda Wagner-Martin. 1995.

2. "The Hero with a Familiar Face: Using Images from Popular Culture to Teach Western

World Literature" Notes on Teaching English. Ga-SC CEA (December 1990): 15-19.

1. "Effie Lee Newsome," Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 76: Afro-American Writers,

1940-1955. Eds. Trudier Harris and Thadious M. Davis. Detroit: Gale Research Inc,

1988: 126-129.

Oral Text Productions*

12/01, 12/02, 12/09, 2008, 6:00PM-8:00PM: Be the Boss!:Taking Control of Your Language in

Life and Learning. A Language-Centered Three-Workshop Series for K5-12 students

with their parents and guardians in the Lovejoy Community.

Lovejoy Branch Library, Clayton County Library System,

McDonough Road, Hampton, GA 30228; with the assistance of students Joanne Bell and

Carol Mange-Johnson of Georgia State University, and Marial Zeigler of Clark Atlanta

University.

3/15/08 (4/12) Critical Thinking and African American Women’s Language (AAWL) in

Literature: A Pedagogical Perspective. Focused on Zora Neale Hurston’s

Their Eyes Were Watching God. Presented for the Conversations Among

Partners in Education conference. Georgia State University.

With Gilda Neri, Research Assistant/Graduate Exchange Student, Italy; and

Cindy Guenzel, English Language Researcher.

11/28/06 Is Standard English a Second Language?:Dialect Variation and Bilingualism in

America.(Invited by Ms. Kinya Jackson), South CobbHigh School, Austell, GA.

6/ 27/06: and CharritaDanley, PhD. Griot: The Man-of-Words Tradition in African and

African American Discourse. (Boys’ Club Summer Project)Corpus Christi

Catholic Church, Stone Mountain, GA.

5/ 17/06 Teamwork and Communication.New Connections to Work,TheGeorgia

Department of Technical and Adult Education.St.SimonsIsland, GA.

1/06-09/2006: Coordinator, Writing Your Personal Best in Twenty-five Minutes—More

or Less. An Essay-Writing Workshop for the SAT and other College Board Tests.

BabbsMiddle School, Jonesboro, GA.

with Dr. Consuella Bennett, MorehouseCollege; Prof. Mildred Pate, Georgia

Southern University; & Instructor Natasha Tyson,School of Language and

Technology.

6/17/04: 11:00- 3:00 Don’ Be Callin Me Outta My Name: Language Variation and Linguistic

*“Oral text” refers to conferences and workshop-oriented linguistic sessions, productions ranging from two hours to

two days in length during which the content explores, by theory and empirical research, the linguistic environment of

the participants. The oral text presents research based on the current language environment. The workshop guides

participants through activities which lead to an understanding of their own language. This mode is designed for

audiences who want to know and need to know about linguistics but are not equipped to maneuver the technical

metalanguage as presented by written linguistic texts.

Difference,” NationalWriting Project, Georgia Southern University,

Statesboro, GA

11/18/03: 8:30- 12:00, “The Struggle for Co-Existence between Standard American

English and AfricanAmerican English” Social Studies Department,

AlonzoCrimm HighSchool, Atlanta, GA.

1/15-17/03 9-10:40AM.“Writing the Autobiographical Essay.”The PSAT Higher Achievers.

Cedar Grove Middle School,Decatur, GA.

10/ /01 “Ain’ Nothin’ Like the Real Thing: The Many Faces of Grammar in the

Classroom.”Grammar Conversations, Georgia State University, Atlanta.

6/23/99 What Ebonics Is Not: Demystifying the Myths about Ebonics. The Urban Atlanta

Coaliton Compact (UACC), Conley Hills Elementary School, East Point,

Georgia.

10/1/98 Re-visioning Vernacular Speech Choices: Language, Dialect, and Pedagogy..

NWAV(E) 27` [New Ways of Analyzing Variations (in English)] Conference.

October 1-3, 1998. Athens, Georgia. Conducted with linguistics and language

scholars.

Review of methods used with elementary school and college faculty workshops.

6/98, Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Language Variation in the Classroom: Language

Theory and Pedagogical Practices. A Workshop on African American Language

Variation.ConleyHillsElementary School, Atlanta.

6/24/97, “Gullah: A Linguistic Homecoming,” 1997 Summer Teachers Institute,

Homecoming:ACultural Conservation Project; A Study of the History and

Culture of the People of theSea Islands (Gullah), Atlanta, GA.

5/28/97, “Language and Dialect Awareness: African American Voices in Oral and Written

Texts,” Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.

5/2/97, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 “Ebonic Discourse: When Diversity Is More Than Skin-Deep”

Workshop. Co-presenter Prof. Mildred M. Pate, Comp-Rhetoric, Georgia

Southern U). Diversity Conference.KennesawStateUniversity, Kennesaw, GA.

4/11/97, “Linguistic Efficacy: Discourse and Difference in the Classroom.,” Two-hour

Workshop: Ethnic Crossroads Convention. Atlanta. April 10-11.

10/95, Coordinator and lecturer, "Approaches to African American Vernacular English

in the Classroom," Rainbow Park School, Decatur, GA; Mrs. E. Brooks,

Principal.

9/19-20/95, African American Language Variation, "Re-Visioning Vernacular Speech Choices:

Language Theory and Pedagogical Practices." Georgia Southern University,

Statesboro, GA.

On-Going Research

1. The Influence of Language Attitudes on Education.

2. Bridging the application gap between linguistic theory and language pedagogy.

3. The lexical heritage of the Saltwater Geechee in Georgia with its connections to the Krio in

Sierra Leone.

Work in Progress

1. Language attitudes and student performance: The Pre-Linguistic Deficit Hypothesis

2. Origins of African American varieties of vernacular English: The Gullah Geechee of

Sapelo Island and other communities in McIntosh County, Georgia.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited Lectures

11/ /13 "School Language with Community Language" Early Childhood Education, Dr.

Olga Jarrett, Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta.

11/ 12

11/05/12 "The Gullah Bible" Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA.

7/23/11 “For All Things Geechee-Gullah: Maintaining the Linguistic Links Between

Lorenzo Dow Turner and the Georgia Geechee Shouters” Special Delegate to the

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, D.C. for the closeout

program for The Lorenzo Dow Turner Exhibition,Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo

Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language . With the Georgia

Geechee Gullah Shouters, our special event, Family Day: All Things Gullah.

11/30/10 “The Gullah-Geechee Heritage in America” –Twelve Noon program, WRFG Radio,

Atlanta, GA.

2/28/10 “Binya!Cumya!Ne’h One!Our Language Heritage Alive on Sapelo Island”

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)-Metro Atlanta, East

Point Public Library, East Point, Georgia.

11/25/08 “Richard Wright’s A Father’s Law” for Wesley Chapel Library Book Club.

William Brown-Wesley Chapel Branch.DekalbCounty Public Library System,

Decatur, GA.

11/01/06 “The Ebonics Issue in Georgia” in The EbonicsRevisited Symposium.

Undergraduate Linguistic Society, Applied Linguistics, GeorgiaStateUniversity.

9/30/06 The Impact of the English Language on the Human Condition: Overview of

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives” Symposium at The New Voices

Conference, GeorgiaStateUniversity

2/28/06 “Shout: The African American Woman’s Literary Voice,”[Toni Morrison, Paule

Marshall, Alice Walker, and Tina Ansa] Wesley Chapel—William C. Brown

Branch, Dekalb Public Library. (By invitationfrom the Library Book Club.)

1/7 /04 “In the Footsteps of DuBois: The Souls of Black Folk in Ghana,” William Brown-

Wesley Chapel Branch, DekalbCounty Library System, Decatur, GA.

4/22-23/02 “Lexical Proof of Language Attitudes in Lower South and the Mid-South,”

Department of English and Linguistics, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.

12/18/01 Keynote Speaker, Narrative Technique in Nora DeLoach’sMama Stalks the Past

and her other Mama mysteries. Discussion Leader, Book Club Conference .

William Brown-Wesley Chapel Branch, DekalbCounty Library System, Decatur,

GA.

6/ /01 ”National Black Arts Festival, Summer Teachers Institute, Tri-CitiesHigh School,

East Point, GA

8/29/00 Heritage Lecture: Exploring the African American tradition of SHOUTING in

Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall and works by other authors. William

Brown-Wesley Chapel Branch, DekalbCounty Library System, Decatur, GA.

6/20/00 “In the Land of Goshen: The Birth of African American Language” Black Arts

Festival, Summer Teachers Institute, SouthsideHigh School, Atlanta, GA.

4/20/00 "The Life and Times of 'Fixin(g) To'" Linguistics Lecture Series. University of

Georgia, Athens, GA.

3/4/00 "Dem Tings Dey Speak Say Home to Me: The Gullah-Geechee Connection."

Statesboro Regional Library, Statesboro, Georgia.

2/9/00 “Baby Mama Drama: Why They Trippin about Ebonics” Georgia Perimeter

College, Dunwoody Campus.

6/2/99 “What Ebonics Is Not” Early Childhood Education, Sponsored by Dr. Olga

Jarrett, Professor. GeorgiaStateUniversity.

2/11/98 “The Invisible Language: African American English in Academe.” PaineCollege,

Augusta, GA.

10/10/97 “Who de Baby Daddy?: Creole Origins of Gullah and Ebonics.” Black Heritage

Folk Life Festival, Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta.

5/14/97 “Well, Hush My Mouth!: Confessions of an Ex-Ebonics Speaker.” African and

African American Studies Lecture Series, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

8/14/96 "African Retentions in African American English: The Gullah Language." The

1996 Summer Teacher's Institute, Homecoming: A Study of the History and

Culture of the SeaIslands (Gullah)

5/21/96 "The Invisible Language: African American English and the Anglicist-Creolist

Debate."Facing South: A Festival of Life and Culture, Cultural Olympiad.Middle

GeorgiaCollege, Cochran, Georgia.

2/28/96 "Rice--the African-to-African-American Connection: Invisible Artifacts Sighted in

theAfrican American Culture," ImhotepCenter of Education, 55 Harwell Rd, NW,

Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Yvette Jackson, Director.

Conference Papers/Presentations (Refereed Professional Conferences)

2/03/12 “Releasing the Shackles from Linguistic Identity:Writing about African American

Language in Literature.” Student Success in Writing Conference,

Georgia Southern University, Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., Savannah, GA

4/15 /11 “The Gullah-Geechee Linguistic Connections in Georgia,” Session Proposer,

Coordinator, Chair. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL)

Convention, Callaway Gardens,Pine Mountain, Georgia.Sponsored by the

University of Georgia.

4/7/11 “Keep Shouting until the Victory Is Won: Chesnutt’s Music-Inspired Spiritual

Weapon in “How Dasdy Came Through” College Language Association (CLA)

Convention, The University of South Carolina, Spartanburg.

4/29/10 “A Binya?A Cumya? Ne’h One?:The Fate of the Saltwater Geechee Lexical

Heritageon Sapelo Island, McIntosh County, Georgia” South-Eastern Conference

on Linguistics (SECOL) Convention, LXXVII. University of Mississippi (Ole

Miss), Oxford, Mississippi, April 27-29, 2010,

3/19/10 “Language and Class: Common Law Bedfellows in the Africana American Human

Condition”

Planner, coordinator, chair of the four-person session,Language Politics in the

Human Condition of Africana Americans. National Council for Black Studies

(NCBS) Conference, March 18-20, 2010, Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, LA.

4/28/06 “Creole Genesis and Grammaticalization: Diachronic Change and Cultural

Identity,” SECOL Convention, AuburnUniversity, Auburn AL.

4/8/05 “From Phrasal Auxiliary to Quasimodal:Unidirectionality and the Case of

“fixin(g) to,” SECOL Convention, North CarolinaStateUniversity (host),

Raleigh, NC

4/2/05 “Creole Genesis and Diachronic Change: Grammaticalization in the African

American variety of “fixin to,”Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL),

Savannah, GA

4/17/04 “Morphologizing “BE fixin to” and “BE goin to” in Southern American English,”

SAMLA/LAVIS Convention, University of Alabama (host), Tuscaloosa, AL.

11/15/03 “`I’m fitna go again’: The Morphologization of fixin(g) to.” SECOL at SAMLA,

Atlanta, GA Nov 14-16.

4/ 25/03 “Blowin’ the Cover on fitna: Fixinto andfitna as Morphosyntactic Markers of

Ethnic Identity,” CLA Convention, HowardUniversity (host), Washington

Marriott (conference site), Washington, DC.

11/15/02 “Country, Ghetto, or Slang: The Influence of Language Attitudes on Linguistic

Profiling,” withIyaboOsiapem (Univ of Georgia). Southeastern Conference on

Linguistics (SECOL) at SAMLA, Baltimore, MD, Nov 15-17.

4/19/02 “Little Attitudes Count: Toward a Lexico-Syntactic Model for Linguistic

Profiling,” withIyaboOsiapem (Univ of Georgia). Southeastern Conference on

Linguistics SECOL, Memphis, TN, April 18-20.

11/ 9/01 “Language Attitudes and Regional Linguistic Profiling” with IyaboOsiapem, UGA

SECOL at SAMLA ,Atlanta, Nov 8-11, 2001

1/05/01 “‘Cause ILikedid It that Way’: Sound and Meaning in AAVE Past Tense,”

Convention of the American Dialect Society (ADS) with the Linguistic Society of

America (LSA).

Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC, January 4 – 7, 2001.

3/15/00 "Off the Chain: Freedom Shouts in Paule Marshall and Toni Morrison "

Contemporary Literature Conference. KennesawStateUniversity, Kennesaw, GA.

9/29/98 “What Makes AAVE a Language and Cultural Treasure?” AAVE: State of the Art

Conference– Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of African American

Vernacular English. University of Georgia. September 29-30, 1998.

4/98, “A Question of Creole Origins for African American English.” College Language

Association Convention, Tallahassee, FL

3/98, “The Grammaticalization of ‘Fixin to’.”Southeastern Conference on Linguistics

(SECOL), Lafayette, LA.

4/19/97 “African American Vernacular English in the Diaspora: a Postcolonial View”

Sessionorganizer and chair. College Language Association convention,

Atlanta,GA.

4/5/97 “Ain No Such Word: A Dictionary History of `Fixin to’, ”SouthEastern

Conference on Linguistics (SECOL), Charlotte, NC.

2/14/97 "Talkdid the Talk and Walkdid the Walk: Epenthetic /d/ and Reduplicated "-ed',"

National Association of African American Studies (NAAAS) Conference,

Houston, Texas.

2/3/96 "The Invisible Language: African American Vernacular English in the Instruction

of Language Arts and Composition." 8th Annual Conference on Linguistics and

Literature, University of NorthTexas, Denton, Texas.

11/5/95 "The Self-Conscious Past: Correcting the Hypercorrection, -t.-d Deletion."

South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Convention, Atlanta,

GA.

4/13/95 "The Invisible Language: African American Vernacular English in the Instruction

of Language Arts and Composition." Conference on British Commonwealth and

Postcolonial Studies, Statesboro, GA.

4/6/95 "The Self-Conscious Past: Lingual Interference in Dialectal Codeswitching."

Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) Convention, Athens, GA.

4/15/94 "Naming Names: Onomastic Repetition in Gloria Naylor's Maternal Metaphors,"

College Language Association Convention, Durham, NC.

4/8/94 "When Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Verbs Collide," SECOL Convention,

Memphis, TN

4/4/94 "Race, Gender, and Mirror Images in Gloria Naylor'sDantean Metaphor."

with Dr. Martha Bargo, KennesawState College Conference on Diversity in the

Curriculum.. A 45-minute interactive workshop presentation.

11/93 "Listen Up! Listen In: A Query on `Listen to' as a Phrasal Verb." Linguistics

session, SAMLA Convention, Atlanta, GA.

11/92 "The Gender Alternative: The Evolution of Dantean Poetics in Gloria Naylor's

Linden Hills." South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention,

Knoxville, TN.

5/8/92 "When God Was Also Woman: Folklore and Feminism in Gloria Naylor's Mama

Day. A lecture/workshop.Multicultural Studies in English/The English Hour,

Kennesaw State C.

4/11/92 "Transformation and Renewal: The Threshing Floor in Charles Johnson's Middle

Passage,"College Language Association Convention, Knoxville, Tennessee.

4/20/91 "Myth and Persona: The Evolution of a Metaphor in the Poetry of Langston

Hughes," College Language Association Convention, Columbia, SC.

10/19/90 "Back to the Future: The Psychohistorical Journey of the Female Hero in the

Works of Gloria Naylor and Octavia Butler" The Middle Atlantic Writers

Association Convention, Baltimore, Maryland.

4/27/90 "A Dream as Strong as Steel: The Evolution of a Metaphor in the Poetry of

Langston Hughes." The Second Annual Contemporary Literature Conference,

Atlanta, GA.

4/15/88 "Popeye Meets Sindbad : Pop-Culture Heroes in Western World Literature,"

College English Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

4/1/88 "That Silver Mirror God in Your Soul: Feminism in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills"

The College Language Association (CLA) Convention, Greensboro, NC.

4/87 "Mother Gardner and the Dew-Drier: Antiphony in the Life and Legacy of Effie

Lee Newsome," College Language Association Convention, Washington, D.C.

11/84 "Place-Names of 19th Century Middle Georgia," American Dialect Society,

SAMLAConvention, Atlanta.

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

10/9, 10/19-20, 10/25/ 2012.SILC on SILC 2012, Part B.

10/9, Introductory session at GSU, Troy Moore Library, with Ms. Cynthia Jarrett Thorpe,

Banana Island, Sierra Leone, CEO of the Carlton-Carew Ep Foundation.

10/19-20, Historical Tour with consultants at the Geechee Kunda History Center,

Riceboro, GA. Presentations to and participation with the Sapelo Island Cultural Day

Festival sponsored by the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society.Performance

with the Georgia Geechee Gullah Shouters.

10/25/ 2012 Closing Summary Session.

Children are the legacy of their heritage. Family is the source of their history.

5/18-5/21/2012 Exploring the Geechee Gullah Corridor,The SILC on SILC Student

Conference, Theme: “Children and Family: Tapping the Roots Within.” Riceboro, GA;

Sapelo Island, GA; Savannah; Hilton Head Island, SC, Beaufort, SC; Charleston, SC.

3/ 11-13/11 Conference Coordinator, Program Director: Student-Inspired

Language/Literature Conference on Sapelo Island Lexical/Literary Connections

(SILC on SILC), Theme: “Cultural Links: Healing, Ecology, & Heritage on the Sea

Islands” Sapelo Island &Riceboro, GA.

11 12/09/10 7:00, Invited panelist, “The Gullah-Geechee Language” with discussions on Sierra

Leone, “The Language You Cry In,” and Bunce Island. Cornelia Bailey, Sapelo Island

historian, special guest.Auburn Avenue Library.

11/30/10 12:00-1:30, Invited Interview, “Gullah-Geechee Language and Its African

Connections” WRFG (89.3) FM Radio. With Dr. AkinyelaUmoja and JuaniqueShabazz.

11/02/10 Discussion leader, Roundtable, “African American English in Coastal Georgia,”

African American Language Conference, University of Texas, San Antonio.

05/14-15 /10 Coordinator, Director: The Salt-Water Geechee Lexical Heritage Student Mini-

Conference. Theme:“Cultural Links to Education in the Geechee-Gullah Community of

African-Americans”

Friday, 05/14, The Geechee Kunda, Riceboro, Georgia, Session: “Experiencing the

Ring Shout”

Saturday, 05/15, Meridian Dock, Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society,

Session: “Conversations on Sapelo Island Heritage” with Cornelia Bailey and Sapelo

Island Descendants; Historic Island tours.

10/17 /09 Coordinator and Sponsor: Salt-Water Geechee Lexical Heritage Demonstration,

a Conference-styled Video Poster Demonstration at the 15th Annual Cultural Day Festival

on Sapelo Island. Presented by Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society

(SICARS).Presentations from two classes (Engl 3190 and Engl 3200) of GSU student

research. Supported by the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at GSU.

3/6-7 /09 Coordinator and Director: Student Mini-Conference.The Sapelo Island Lexical

Heritage. Hogg Hummock Community Library, Sapelo Island, GA. Introductory

Speaker, Mrs. Michele Johnson, Library Director and author of Sapelo Island’s Hog

Hammock(2009), and Keynote Speaker, Mrs. Cornelia Walker Bailey, island historian and

author of God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man(2000). Supported by the Graduate

English Association and the Writing Across the Curriculum program of Georgia State

University.

12/04/04 Writing the SAT Essay: A Preparation Session.Sickle Cell Foundation,

Benjamin E Mays Boulevard, Atlanta, GA.Invited by the Director of the Sickle

FoundationTutorialCenter, Ms. Natasha Tyson.

11/09/04 Step-Daddy: Hip-Hop, African American Vernacular English and Language

Realities for African American Students. FLC Engl 1102 TTh 9:30,.Georgia

StateUniversity.Invited by course instructor, Ms. Khalilah Watson.

11/02/04African American Literacies: The Multiple Voices of Communication. Lecture to

the tutors of The Writing Studio. English Department, Georgia State University. Invited

by Director of the Writing Studio, Dr. Beth Burmester.

9/09/04 Standard American English as a Second Language: Language in the Social

Contexts of American Education. MSIT Department,Georgia State University.

4/10/04. Language Variation in the American South, Appalachian English.Language

Variation and Language Learning. Invited by Prof. Gertrude Tinker-Sachs, MSIT

Department, College of Education, Georgia State University.

6/98 Book Discussion Leader, ColdMountain by Charles Frazier. Wesley Chapel Branch

Library, DekalbCounty Library System, Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur

11/13/97, Invited by the author, Dr. Bobia. “A Conversation with Rosa Bobia about James

Baldwin”, A specially designed program by the Auburn Avenue Research Library to join

Richard Long in conversation with Rosa Bobia to discuss her book The Critical Reception

of James Baldwin in France. Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American

Culture and History, Atlanta.

2/25/97, “Ebonics: Language, Dialect and Education” panel. Spotlight Programs, GeorgiaState

University.

10/29/96, Book Club Lecture and Discussion: Gal by Ruthie Bolton, Wesley Chapel Branch

Library, DekalbCounty Library System, Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur.

2/16/96, American Dialect Society delegate, President's Inauguration, MorehouseCollege.

4/13/95, Coordinator and moderator, panel "African American Contextuality in a Postcolonial

America" FourthAnnualCommonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference,

Statesboro, GA.

2/22/94, Lecture, Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor. The William Brown--Wesley Chapel

Branch, Dekalb Public Library.

1/29 and 2/ 4./94, Workshop Facilitator, African American Philosophy Workshop. Sponsored by

The Philosophy Department, GSU. Workshop coordinator, Dr. Angelo Corlett, Assistant

Professor of Philosophy, GSU.

7/93, Invited book club lecture.Gloria Naylor's Mama Day, Wesley Chapel Branch, Dekalb

Public Library.

Spring/93: Invited class Lecture, "African-American English" Sociolinguistics class (Joan

Carson, Professor), GSU,

Spring/93, Lecture-Discussion: "Inner Voices and Positive Visions: The Influence of the Word on

Self Impressions." Youth Group, CofferGroveBaptistChurch, Ellenwood,GA.

1993, Coordinator for Ishmael Reed, the keynote speaker at the Contemporary Literature

Conference (CLC), KSC, Marietta, GA.

4/4/92, Session Organizer, "The African-African American Experience," with keynote speaker

Nigerian writer and critic Dr. EbeleEko and a panel of writers, educators, and students

as respondents.. Contemporary Literature Conference, KSC.

4/3/92, Student Session Organizer, "Readers Respond toToni Morrison's Beloved," Contemporary

Literature Conference, KSC

Winter/92, Discussion Leader, Alice Walker's Temple of My Familiar, Book Club.

Fall/91, Discussion Leader, Charles Johnson's Middle Passage Book Club.

Summer/91: Discussion Leader, Gloria Naylor's Mama Day. Book Club.

Spring/91: Discussion Leader, Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills, Book Club.

2/91 "Eye to I: Mythic Realism in Langston Hughes's Poetry," The English Hour,

KennesawState College.

3/15/88, "That Silver Mirror God in Your Soul," a symposium presentation on Gloria Naylor's

feminist characterizations in Linden Hills. The English Hour, KennesawCollege.

10/29/87, "Popeye Meets Sindbad: Pop-Culture Heroes and Their Ladies," Lecture. The English

Hour, KennesawCollege.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2012: English Department Summer Research Grant.

2012—2013: GSU Research Initiation Grant: Linguistic Identity in the Evolution of the Gullah-

Geechee Language inGeorigia: an Oral History Study.

2009: English Department Research Grant.

2007: 7/7-8/4: NEH Summer Institute, “African American History as Public History:South

Carolina as a Case Study.”Constance Schulz & Robert Weyeneth (Co-Directors),

University of South Carolina, Columbia.

2007: English Department Summer Research Grant.

2006: 10/16 – 20: The Grant Institute: Certificate in Professional Program Development and

Grant Communication held at Georgia Institute of Technology,

2003: 7/7-8/5: West African Origins of “Shout.” $1,000 Travel Grant.Ghana, West Africa.

2000: 7/3-9, Computerized Text-Marking in Linguistic Analysis. $1,000 Travel Grant.

Linguistics Institute,OhioStateUniversity.

1996: English Department Summer Research Grant.

1996: English Department Fall Research Grant.

“Community Speech Characteristics in the Pronunciation, Vocabulary, and

Grammar of English Language Learners” National Endowment for the

Humanities (NEH) Grant, Submitted May 1996, Proposal not accepted.

1995, "Sociolinguistic Characteristics in the Speech of Early Learners: Writing and Re-

visioning." African American Faculty Research and Development Faculty Grant, Provost

Office, GSU. Granted research time, equipment, travel, and supplies.

1994, Winter Quarter, African American Faculty Research and Development Grant, Provost

Office, GSU."Sociolinguistic Characteristics in the Pronunciation, Vocabulary, and

Grammar of Suburban Atlanta Kindergarten through Third Grade Students."

Amount: $2,000 and a departmental match (research time, equipment, supplies).

Proposal submitted Fall 1993.

1994, Winter Quarter, Start-Up Funds, Directed Research Program, GSU. "Sociolinguistic

Characteristics in the Pronunciation, Vocabulary, and Grammar of Suburban Atlanta

Kindergarten through Third Grade Students."

Amount: $4,934 (project assistant, equipment, and supplies)

Proposal submitted Fall 1993.

1994, Summer, Summer Research Grant, English Department, GSU.

"The Sociolinguistic Characteristics of Vernacular Speech Choices: Language, Literature,

and Criticism in Vernacular Theory and Pedagogy."

Amount awarded: $4,500 (course research, travel, and supplies to develop theoretical

background).

Proposal submittedMarch 14, 1994.

1994, Fall, Instructional Improvement Grant, GSU. The Sociolinguistic Characteristics of

Vernacular Speech Choices: Language, Literature, and Criticism in Vernacular Theory

and Pedagogy.

Amount: $3,457.00 (course research time, travel, and supplies to develop the theoretical

background and design instructional module for the study of vernacular variation and

sociolinguistics in an introduction to linguistics course).

Proposal submitted February 22, 1994.

1994, Fall Quarter, African American Faculty Research and Development Grant. The

Sociolinguistic Characteristics of Vernacular Speech Choices: Pedagogical Perspectives."

The develop the design of an instructional module for the study of vernacular speech and

to design and conduct a school-community workshop to implement the study.

Proposal submitted Spring 1994.

HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

2012 December 20, 2012, Recognition and Certificate of Nomination for the MLKing Jr. Torch

of Peace Award, presented to members of the GSU community who have exemplified his

vision in their daily lives and who have worked diligently toward the promotion of social

justice and intellectual relations.

2010: February 28, 10. Certificate of Excellence.Afro-American Historical and Genealogical

Society-GA, Metro-Atlanta Chapter.

2009: May 1, 09. The Outstanding Faculty Supporter Award.African American Student

Services and Programs (OAASSAP), Georgia State University.

2009: Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences, by

MA and PhD Graduates, Graduate Students and Faculty. Georgia State University

1988: Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award, Kennesaw College.

1980-83: Dana Faculty Development Fellowship, Pre-doctoral Studies.

The United NegroCollege Fund

1979-82: Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty Development in Georgia Fellowship, The Institute of

Higher Education, The University of Georgia.