Chezia Brenda Thompson-Cager

Background

Thompson-Cager, Chezia Brenda was born on September 8, 1951 in St. Louis. Daughter of James Henry and Emma Jean (Mack-Anderson) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1973; Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1975; Doctor of Arts, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1984.

Career

Teaching assistant, Washington University, 1973-1976; instructor, assistant professor, St. Louis Community College, 1975-1979; assistant professor, Clarion (Pennsylvania) State University, 1980-1982; assistant professor, U. Maryland., Catonsville, 1982-1986; associate professor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1986-1989; visiting associate professor, Bowie (Maryland.) State University, 1989-1990; senior vice president, Park Heights Development Corporation, Baltimore, 1990-1992; consultant, Baltimore City Public School, Institute Division, 1992-1994; professor language & literature, Maryland. Institute College Art, Baltimore, since 1993. Distinguished scholar in residence University of Pennsylvania Department Theatre, University Park, 1989.

Project director poetry enrichment program U. City Public School, 1972;performance artist Artscape, 1996, exhibit curator, 1997. Curator InCelebration of Maryland Artists, Government House, Annapolis, 1998. Exhibit curator Through The Fire To the Limit: African American Artists in Maryland.

Government House, Annapolis, 1999.

Achievements

• Chezia Brenda Thompson-Cager has been listed as a notable Literature educator, writer, performance artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board Sexual Assault Recovery Center, Baltimore, 1989-1993. Site project evaluator National Endowment Arts, Washington, 1984. Member Heritage Art panel Maryland.

State Council Arts, 1990-1994. Consultant Baltimore Arrabers Documentation Project, 1992. Member National Women Studies Association, National Association Teachers English, National Black Theater Network, African Literature Association, College Art Association.

Connections

Married Lawrence Chris Cager Junior, May 19, 1984. 1 child, Chezia.

Father:

James Henry Thompson

Mother:

Emma Jean (Mack-Anderson) Thompson

Spouse:

Lawrence Chris Cager Junior

child:

Chezia Thompson-Cager