Background
Pearson, Melissa Berry was born on August 25, 1965 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Charles F. and Hester M. Berry.
literature and language educator
Pearson, Melissa Berry was born on August 25, 1965 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Charles F. and Hester M. Berry.
Bachelor in Liberal Arts-English, Communications, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1997. Master of Arts in English, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2000. Attending in English-Rhetoric and Composition, University South Carolina, Columbia, since 2004.
Assistant professor English Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, since 2005. Interim director Jonathan Jasper Wright Institute Study Southern African American History, Culture and Policy, since 2007. Executive director South Carolina Council African American Studies, Columbia, 2005—2008.
Founding board member South Carolina College Summit, Columbia, 2006—2008. Member of National Council Teachers English.
Children: Justin Wayne, Jordan Charles.