Christine A. Loflin

Background

Christine A. Loflin was born on July 30, 1959, in New York City, John Loflin, Jr., an attorney, and Bonnie G. Loflin, a writer.

Education

Christine received Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College in 1981, and Master of Arts from University of Wisconsin in 1983. In 1989, she received Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin.

Career

From 1989 to 1990, Christine worked as an assistant professor of English at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. At the University of Ibadan, in Ibadan, Nigeria, she was a visiting lecturer from 1990 to 1991. As an assistant professor of English Christine worked from 1991 to 1998 at Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa, and at Emory University in Oxford College, Oxford, Georgia, in 1998. She was also a guest lecturer at colleges and universities, including Bryn Mawr College in 1992. She was a book review editor in Contemporary Literature from 1986 to 1989 and critical editor in Journal of Caribbean Literatures.

Achievements

• Christine Loflin is a contributor to books, including An International Companion to the Contemporary Short Story in English, edited by Maurice Lee, Mary Rohrburger, and Susan Rochette-Crowley, 1999. Contributor to periodicals, including CLIO: Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History, Journal of Modem Literature, Research in African Literatures, and SAGE: Scholarly Journal on Black Women.

Works

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• Other Work

  • African Horizons: The Landscapes of African Fiction 1998

Membership

Christine is a member of African Literature Association and of the Modern Language Association.

Connections

Christine was married to Paul Miller, but their marriege ended a divorce. On May 10, 1991, she married James Dillon, a woodworker and poet. Christine has two children: Jeffrey and Carl.

Father:

John Jay Loflin

Mother:

Bonnie G. Loflin

Son:

Jeffrey Loflin

Son:

Carl Loflin

Ex-husband:

Paul D. Miller

husband:

James J. Dillon