Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1980.
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Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1980.
Assistant professor Georgia State University, Atlanta, since 1974. Associate professor Massachusetts Maritime College, Buzzards Bay, 1980—1998, Wheelock College, Boston, 1985—2009. Consultant A.L. Nellum Associates, Braintree, Massachusetts, 1980—1985.
President Boston Pan African Forum, 2007—2009. Regional vice president Hope Africa, Newton, 1998—2009. Committee member, chair Fulbright Peer Review Committee, Washington, 2004—2007.
Member of Association Study World Wide African Diaspora, Collegium on African American Research, African Literature Association (board directors 2001-2003), New England American Studies Association, Toni Morrison Society.