Background
Nelson-Humphries, Tessa was born in Yorkshire, England.
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Tessa Nelson-Humphries
Edit Profilelecturer writer English language educator
Education
Cameto United States, 1955. M.Cecil H. Unthank, September 26, 1963 (deceased 1979). Bachelor, U. London, 1953.
Master of Arts, U. North Carolina, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy in English, U. Liverpool (England), 1973. Head English department Richard Thomas Girls School, Elmore Green School, Walsall, England, 1956-1958, 59-60.
Director English studies Windsor College, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1958-1959. Professor of English, Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky, 1964-1990.
Professor department English, New Mexico State University, 1990-1991.
Best Actress award Carlsbad (New Mexico) Little Theatre, 1962, Cumberland College, 1979. Fulbright fellow, 1955-1956, Danforth fellow, 1971, James Still fellow, 1983. Mellon travel/study grantee, China, 1981, 87.
Recipient awards for fiction England, 1986, 87, 88, Clemence Dane trophy, 1995, Third prize Cairns Poetry Competition, 1995.
Career
Head English department Richard Thomas Girls School, Elmore Green School, Walsall, Engineering Director English studies Windsor College, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1958-1959.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association of University Women. Member Society Women Writers and Journalists (Short Story prize 1975, 87, Poetry prize 1988, 89, Julia Cairns Silver trophy for Poetry, 1978, article prize, London, 1986, poetry prizes, 1994, Fiction award United Kingdom 1995), Society Women Writers and Journalists England, Society Children"s Book Writers, Vegetarian Society (life), Doña Ana County (New Mexico) Humane Society (life), Mensa.
Connections
Married Kenneth Nelson Brown, June 1, 1957 (deceased.
