Background
Upton, Elaine Maria was born on December 22, 1945 in Athens, Tennessee. Daughter of Alvin Kenneth and Amy Louise Upton.
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Upton, Elaine Maria was born on December 22, 1945 in Athens, Tennessee. Daughter of Alvin Kenneth and Amy Louise Upton.
Bachelor, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1967; Master of Arts, University Birmingham, England, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1983.
Teacher South Haven High School, Michigan, 1967-1973. Assistant professor English department Dartmouth College, 1983-1985, University Massachusetts, Boston, 1985-1990. Teacher, teacher trainer Max Stibbe School and Fountain School, Pretoria, South Africa, 1988-1990.
Assistant professor English department Gallaudet University, 1990-1991, University Maryland, College Park, since 1991. Treasurer Washington Writers Public House, Washington, since 1993. Part-time instructor Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1978-1979.
Member affiliate faculty women's studies University Maryland, since 1992, comparative literature, since 1992, curriculum committee English department, since 1991, coordinator committee English department, 1992, African Diasporan Discipline Group, since 1991. Reader poetry performances. Panelist in field.
Author: (book of poetry) Children of Apartness, 1993 (Columbia Book award 1993). Member editorial board National Women's Studies Journal, since 1992. Contributor poetry to anthologies including Journal for Anthroposophy, 1990, The Threefold Review, 1992, Drum Voices, 1994.Contributor reviews to Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, Volunteer II, 1985, The Women's Studies Review, 1983, 84. Contributor articles to lit publications.
Member Modern Language Association (commissioner commission on status of women 1984-1986), Africa and Africa in the American mathematical society (steering committee since 1992).