Background
Crahan, Margaret Ellen was born on June 2, 1939 in Catskill, New York, United States. Daughter of Thomas Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Crahan.
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Africa and the Caribbean: The Legacies of a Link (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture)
(The African migration and the origins of an Afro-American...)
The African migration and the origins of an Afro-American society and culture / Franklin W. Knight and Margaret E. Crahan -- The cultural links / Harry Hoetnik -- African and Creole slave family patterns in Trinidad / B.W. Higman -- Myalism and the African religious tradition in Jamaica / Monica Schuler -- Jamaican Jonkonnu and related Caribbean festivals / Judith Bettelheim -- The African impact on language and literature in the English-speaking Caribbean / Maureen Warner Lewis -- The African presence in the poetry of Nicolás Guillén / Lorna V. Williams.
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Margaret Ellen Crahan
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AB, College of New Rochelle, 1960; Master of Arts, Georgetown University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1967.
Career
Instructor, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, 1967-1968; assistant professor, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, 1968-1974; associate professor, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, 1974-1982; Luce professor, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1982-1994; Will & Ariel Durant professor, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, 1988-1989; Marous professor, U. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1993-1994; Dorothy Epstein professor Latin American History, Hunter College, CUNY, New York City, since 1994. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, Washington, 1981-1982.
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Africa and the Caribbean: The Legacies of a Link (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture)
(The African migration and the origins of an Afro-American...)
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Africa and the Caribbean: The Legacies of a Link (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture)
Membership
Electoral observer Centro de Asesoría y Promoción, Paraguay andHonduras, 1993, Mexico and Uruguay, 1994, El Salvador, 1991, Chile, 1988, 89. Board directors Kellogg Institute, U. Notre Dame, since 1986. Member executive county Interam.
Institute Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica, since 1982. Board of directors Council for International Exch. Scholars, Washington, 1990-1994.
Member American History Association, Conference Latin American Historians, Latin American Studies Association (board directors 1973-1975), Pacific Coast Council Latin American Studies (board directors 1988-1990), New England Council Latin American Studies, Society for Science Studyof Religion.
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American
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Fellow National Institutes of Health, 1992, Woodrow Wilson International Center, 1985-1986, Social Science.Rsch. Council, 1975-1976; recipient Hubert Herring award Pacific Coast Council Latin American Studies, 1987.Fellow National Institutes of Health, 1992, Woodrow Wilson International Center, 1985-1986, Social Science.Rsch. Council, 1975-1976; recipient Hubert Herring award Pacific Coast Council Latin American Studies, 1987.