Background
Bonnie MacDougall was born on September 15, 1947 in Somers Point, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Willis Clayton and Maude Barbara MacDougall.
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Bonnie MacDougall
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Bachelor, Cedar Crest College, 1969;
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1970;
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1982.
Career
Professor Emerita, 2017
Professor, Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey, 1991-2016
Interim Academic Vice President, Bergen Community College, 2011-2012
Professor, Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey, 1991-2016
Teacher of English, The Chapin School, New York City, 1975-1979;
teacher English, The Spence School, New York City, 1984-1986;
associate professor, Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey, since 1990. Program coordinator The American Language Program Bergen Community College, Paramus,1988-. Adjunct assistant professor Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1983-1988.
Achievements
Politics
Above all, my work focuses on the elimination of racism in American life. My guiding spirit in this work is James Baldwin, specifically the final paragraph in "Stranger in the Village," in which he says, regarding racism in America: "“the perpetual challenge posed by this problem was always, somehow, perpetually met.” I believe he is saying that here in America, hardly the only country with a history of racism, this curse of racism will be resolved by a dialectic between black and white Americans. This gives me such hope.
Membership
Vice president Academy of Indian Art and Culture, Rockaway, New Jersey, since 1988. Member Teachers of English as a Second Language, The Integration Project.
Connections
Married Kalyan Ray, August 23, 1980. 1 child, Pia Margaret.
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Independent