Background
Pertillar-Brevard, Lisa Ann was born on March 9, 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Senior and Edna Pearl (Roberts) Pertillar-Brevard.
Pertillar-Brevard, Lisa Ann was born on March 9, 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Senior and Edna Pearl (Roberts) Pertillar-Brevard.
Bachelor with honors, Smith College, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1995.
Apprentice dance anthropologist Artists' Collective, Hartford, 1982-1985. Assistant manager Galt Toys-Hartford Civic Center, 1985, 87. Intern Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1987, 88, 89.
Academic peer assistant Community College Connections Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1990. Intern coordinator Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1992. Researcher Afro-American Studies department Smith College, Northampton, 1988-1989, liaison, since 1989, peer counselor Finance Aid Office, Smith College, 1989.
Instructor Emory University, 1993-1994. Visiting scholar Smithsonian Institute, 1993. Presenter April in Paris: African-American Music and Europe Conference, Paris, 1996.
Lecturer Spelman College, 1995. Postdoctoral fellow University Maryland, 1995-1997. Artist-in-residence Loomis Chaffee, 1997.
Assistant professor English University Wisconsin, Oshkosh, since 1997, director Master of Arts in English program, since 1999.
President Smith College Choir Omega, 1987-1988. Liaison finance aid Smith College,1987-1988, career development Smith College, 1989-1990. Member International Alumnae Organisation Smithsonian Institute, Loomis Chaffee Alumnae Organisation F C.