Background
Saloy, Mona Lisa Daughter of Louis Saloy and Olga Fitch.
literature and language professor
Saloy, Mona Lisa Daughter of Louis Saloy and Olga Fitch.
Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, California, 1982. Master of Fine Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2005.
Visiting associate professor University Washington, Seattle, 2005—2007. Associate professor Dillard University, New Orleans, since 1991. Poet in residence African American History & Cultural Society, San Francisco, 1983—1985.
Speaker, guest writer National Black Jewish Conference, New Orleans, since 1996, Tennessee Williams,New Orleans Literature Festival, 1997. Speaker New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2001—2003. Moderator Society Study Southern Literature, Lafayette, Louisiana, 2002.
Speaker, presenter Tom Dent Literature Festival, New Orleans, 2003. Speaker Jack Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature, University Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, 2003. Speaker, guest writer Association Writers & Writing Programs, Baltimore, 2003, Savannah State University, Georgia, 2003.
Speaker, presenter American Folklore Society Annual Conference, Milwaukee, 2006. Speaker, guest writer Santa Barbara Community College, 2006. Guest writer Lakeside School, Seattle, 2008.
Keynote speaker Louisiana Council Teachers English, Baton Rouge. Speaker Louisiana Creole Research Association, New Orleasna. Fellow, guest writer DeBose Fine Arts Fesival.
Speaker, presenter Purdue African American Cultural Center, New Orleans, 2008.
Scholar Louisiana Endowment Humanities, New Orleans, since 2008. Member of Modern Language Association, Louisiana Folklore Society, American Folklore Society, Louisiana Creole Research Association (conference co chair 2008).