Background
Bristow, Margaret Bernice Smith was born on February 20, 1950 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Leroy and Margaret (Gatling) Smith.
English language educator literature consultant
Bristow, Margaret Bernice Smith was born on February 20, 1950 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Leroy and Margaret (Gatling) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, Hampton University, 1971. Master of Arts, Hampton University, 1974. Doctor of Education, University Virginia, 1990.
English teacher, Hampton (Virginia) High School, 1972-1978;
teaching assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1978-1979;
instructor English, Hampton (Virginia) U., 1979-1984;
assistant Professor of English, Hampton (Virginia) U., 1985-1991;
associate professor, Hampton (Virginia) U., since 1992. Adjunct lecturer Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, Virginia, 1974-1977, Christopher Newport U., others. Workshop consultant Kent (Ohio) State University, 1985, 86.
Consultant for young adult literature Zion Baptist Church, Newport News, Memorial Church, Newport News, Presbyterian Church, Newport News, Newsome Park Elementary School, Chesapeake Public Library., Virginia Beach Public Library. Participant local workhsops, state, national and international conferences.
Assistant youth director National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Newport News, 1983-1985. Member American Association of University Women, American Philological Association, National Council Teachers English (committee to evaluate curriculum 1989-1993), Virginia Association Teachers English (college member-at-large 1989-1991), Newport Association Teachers English, Assembly for Literature for Young Adults, Mid Atlantic Writers Association, Society Study Black Genealogy (charter), The Motion Writers' Workshop, New Vision Playwrights Workshop, Addison Gayle Reading Group, College Language Association, Commission on Educators of Color, Alpha Kappa Alpha (assistant secretary 1982-1983), Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Marshall David Bristow, September 21, 1972.