The aim of the Edwidge Danticat Society is to encourage and sponsor the study of the works—literary and activist—of Edwidge Danticat. The society recognizes and supports valuable grassroots and scholarly work-in-progress and strives to create further opportunities for publication of critical, creative, and pedagogical projects addressing Danticat’s oeuvre.
Executive Board Members:
Dr. Megan Feifer, President
bell hooks center Teacher Scholar in-Residence
Berea College, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
megan.feifer@edwidgedanticatsociety.org
Dr. Maia L. Butler, Vice President/Secretary
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Department of English
maia.butler@edwidgedanticatsociety.org
Advisory Board Members:
Dr. Maria Rice Bellamy, Associate Professor
College of Staten Island, CUNY, Department of English
Dr. Jana Evans Braziel, Western College Endowed Professor
Miami Ohio University, Global and Intercultural Studies Department Chair
Dr. Nadège T. Clitandre, Assistant Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Global Studies
Dr. Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Associate Professor
University of North Texas, Department of English
Ms. Norrell Edwards
University of Maryland, College Park, Department of English
Dr. Alicia Ellis, Assistant Professor
Colby College, Department of German and Russian
Dr. Angeletta KM Gourdine, Associate Professor
Louisiana State University, Department of English
Ms. Shylah Hamilton, Lecturer
California College of the Arts, First Year & Diversity Studies Programs
Dr. Carine Mardorossian, Professor
University at Buffalo, Department of English
Lifetime Advisory Board Member:
Dr. J. Michael Dash, Professor
Lifetime Members:
Dr. Nadège T. Clitandre, Assistant Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Global and International Studies
Dr. Thadious Davis, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Alicia Ellis, Assistant Professor
Colby College, Department of German and Russian
Dr. Wandeka Gayle, Assistant Professor Southern Utah University, Department of English
Affiliations:
American Literature Association
South Atlantic Modern Languages Association
Northeast Modern Language Association