Education | Teaching Positions | Conference Presentations | Works Published | 
Academic Honors & Scholarships | Professional Development | Professional Activities | 
Service (Campus Committees & Services) | Other Scholarly Presentations | International Projects

CONFERENCE PAPERS SUBMITTED/ACCEPTED:

"Technology and Literature: Another Way of Teaching African American Literature," and "Racial Reconciliation in Cassandra Darden Bell's
          The Color Of Love." Submitted to CLA 64th Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, April 2004.
"Body Politics of Chaos and Corruption of Neo-Colonialism in Ngugi's Devil on the Cross." Accepted by the 12th Annual British
          Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA, Feb. 2004.
“A Postcolonial Perspective of African American Writers’ Shifting Relationship with the Bible.” Submitted to the Second International
          Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Monash University Centre, Prato (near Florence), Tuscany, Italy, 20-23 July
          2004.
"Colonial Mapping and Re-mapping of Guyanese Landscape in the Works of Edgar Mittelholzer." Submitted to The Ninth International
          Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, England, Aug. 2004. 
"A Comparative Perspective of Wright and Naipaul's Use of The Short Story As Precursor to Their Great Novels." Submitted to The Sixth
          International Conference on The Short Story in English, Iowa, June, 2005.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

“A Postcolonial Perspective of African American Writers’ Shifting Relationship with the Bible: Stage One.” Tenth International Conference on
          the Literature of Region and Nation, Manchester, England, August 3-6, 2004.
“Biblical Allusions in Caribbean Literature.” Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Studies, Paris, France, July 25-
          31, 2004.
Plenary Lecture: "Multicultural and Postcolonial Interpretations of Caribbean Literature and Its Environment." Twenty-Fifth Annual          Conference of the Association of Caribbean Studies in Lima, Peru, July 26-31, 2003.
"Another Way of Teaching that Other Literature." Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Studies in Lima, Peru,          July 26-31, 2003.
Chair, "Beyond the Caribbean." Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Studies in Lima, Peru, July 26-31, 2003.
"Diversity at East Carolina University." CFLN Annual Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, July 18-20, 2003.
“The Transcendence of True Love in the Struggles of an Interracial Marriage in Cassandra Darden Bell’s The Color Of Love.” CLA 63rd
          Annual Convention, Washington, DC, April 2003.
“Monoculturalism to Multiculturalism in Globalization,” at the Sixth Southeast Regional Faculty Conference in Atlanta, GA, Feb. 21-23, 2003.
“Colonial and Postcolonial Implications for African Diasporic Evangelization in an Era of Globalization,” at MLA 118th Annual Convention,
          New York, NY, Dec. 2002. Also organized a special session, “From Around the Globe: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives.”
Organized a special session, "From Around the Globe: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives." MLA 118th Annual Convention, New           York, NY, Dec. 2002.
Plenary lecture: “A critical overview of Caribbean literature” at the Ninth International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation,
          Durban, South Africa, July 29-August 3, 2002.
Chair, "Caribbean Literature." Ninth International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, Durban, South Africa, July 29-August
          3, 2002.
“Colonialism and Capitalism: ‘the love of money is the root of all evil’ in Jean Rhys’Wide Sargasso Sea,” at the Ninth International
          Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, Durban, South Africa, July 29-August 3, 2002.
“Placing Caribbean Writers in the Forefront and Center of Postcolonial Criticism,” at the Second International Conference of the United
          States Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, San Jose, California, April 26-28, 2002. Also chaired a
          session on Caribbean Literature.
Chair, "Caribbean Literature I." Second International Conference of the United States Association for Commonwealth Literature and
          Language Studies, San Jose, California, April 26-28, 2002.
“Reviewing Colonial History and Forging Postcolonial Analyses through Autobiography Part One, at the Eleventh Annual British
          Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA, Feb. 22-23, 2002. Also chaired a session, “Oppositions and
          Resistance.”
Chair, "Oppositions and Resistance." Eleventh Annual British Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA, Feb.          22- 23, 2002.
“Bhaka’s Rejection of Christianity: A Question of Justice for the Poor,” at the Fifth Southeast Regional Faculty Conference in Augusta,
          GA, Feb. 8-10, 2002.
"Leaping Across Cultural Barriers through Team Relationships," at the Second Asian ICLC Conference in Malasia in May 2001.
"A Postcolonial and Feminist Perspective of the Role of Nature as an Instrument of Resistance in Caribbean Literature." Twenty-Third
          Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Studies in Veracruz, Mexico, July 25-31, 2001.
"The Significance of Caribbean Criticism in Postcolonial Studies." 3rd Annual The Islands in Between: Language, Literature, and History of
          the Eastern Caribbean Conference, ST. Croix, US Virgin Islands, Nov. 9-12, 2000. 
Participated in and presented a report, "The Racial and Cultural Conflicts in the New South Africa,"at an international conference on Culture
          and missions, ICLC Conference, Pawling, NY, Nov. 29-Dec.2, 2000. 
"Synonymy of Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism through Globalization," at the Eighth International Literature of Region and Nation
          Conference, Östersund, Jämtland, Sweden, Aug. 2-6, 2000. 
"The Present State of Caribbean Literature and Criticism," "A Response to Dane Kennedy's 'Imperial History and Post-Colonial Theory,'"
          and "A Critical Review of Sarvepalli Gopal's Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography," at the National Endowment for Humanities Seminar in
          Austin, Texas, Summer 2000. 
"Re-colonization and Re-canonization of Resistance through the Creation of Oppositional Perspectives," at the Ninth Annual British
          Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA, Feb. 24-26, 2000. 
"Popular Culture in African Artistic Expression." Respondent. The 115th MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, Dec. 27-30, 1999. 
"The Reality and Aftermath of Colonial Education in Caribbean Literature." The Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Association of
          Caribbean Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 26-August 1, 1999. 
"Wit and Feminist Humor in Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea." College Language Association
          Fifty-Ninth Annual Convention, Fayetteville, NC, April 14-18, 1999. Also chaired a session,"Identity and Survival Strategies in
          Works by Ellison, Morrison, Hurston, and Larsen." 
Chair, "Identity and Survival Strategies in Works by Ellison, Morrison, Hurston, and Larsen." College Language Association Fifty-Ninth  
         Annual Convention, Fayetteville, NC, April 14-18, 1999.
"Disorder and Mimicry through Colonial Apparatuses in V. S. Naipaul's The Mimic Men." Rivers Foundation Lecture, East Carolina
          University, April 7, 1999. 
"Postcolonialism and the Bible." Eighth Annual Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, March 25-27, 1999.
Chair, "Of Mimes and Men." Eighth Annual Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, March 25-27, 1999.
"Progression from Single-Dimensional Incompetence to Multi-Dimensional Competence in Wright's Native Son and Gaines' Of Love and          Dust and A Lesson Before Dying." English Association of the Pennsylvania System Universities 1998 Conference, Indiana, PA,          Oct. 15-17, 1998.
Organizer and chair, "Session on African American Literature," which included Sharon Raynor's "Historical Oppression in Toni Morrison's
          Beloved: A Retrospective According to Walter Benjamin," Washella Turner's "The Origin of Negative Black Male Stereotypes and the
          Effects of these Stereotypes on Society in America Today," and Reginald Watson's "Negative Male Imagery in Zora Neale
          Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God and Alice Walker's Third Life of Grange Copeland." 
"Disorder and Mimicry through Colonial Apparatuses in V. S. Naipaul's The Mimic Men." First International Conference on Caribbean
          Literature, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov. 4-7, 1998. 
"Colonization and Canonization: Class Marginalization Through Education." The Seventh International Literature of Region and Nation
          Conference, Germersheim, Germany, July 31-August 5, 1998. Also contributed "What Does Cultural Relativism/Multiculturalism do
          to Regions and Nations?" to a Forum. "What Is Region and Nation?" and chaired a session on "Gender and (Post-)Colonial Travel." 
"Color Complication and Confrontation in Caribbean Culture." College Language Association Fifty-Eighth Annual Convention, Tallahassee,
          FL, April 1998. 
"What Does Cultural Relativism/Multiculturalism Do to Regions and Nations?" Forum, "What Is Region and Nation?" Seventh International
          Literature of Region and Nation Conference, Germersheim, Germany, July 31-August 5, 1998.
Chair, "Gender and (Post-)Colonial Travel." Seventh International Literature of Region and Nation Conference, Germersheim, Germany,
          July 31-August 5, 1998.
"Color Complication and Confrontation in Caribbean Culture." College Language Association Fifty-Eighth Annual Convention, Tallahassee,          FL, April 1998.
Chair, "Making and Mending Myths." The Seventh Annual Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, April 1998. 
"The Caribbean: Colonial and Postcolonial Representations of the Land and the Peoples' Relationships to Their Environment." The Fifty-
          Seventh Annual Convention and Sixtieth Anniversary of The College Language Association, Atlanta, GA, April 16-20, 1997. 
"Multiplicity of Interdisciplinarity, Intertextuality, and Multiculturalism in Works by Writers of Color." The Twenty-First Annual Meeting of The
          Philological Association of the Carolinas, Greenville, NC, March 6-8, 1997.
"Cultural and Literary Imperialism in Joseph Conradís Heart of Darkness." The Sixth Annual British Commonwealth and Post-Colonial
          Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, April 18-20, 1997. 
Plenary Lecture: "Babel or Pentecost: The Language Controversy Facing African, Indian, and Caribbean Writers." Eight Annual          Commonwealth Studies Conference, Poona, India, Nov. 21-23,1996.
Chair, "Commonwealth Literature." Eight Annual Commonwealth Studies Conference, Poona, India, Nov. 21-23,1996.
"An Overview of the Socio-Economic and Complications Facing Third World Writers." Also chaired session. The Sixth International
          Literature of Region and Nation Conference, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, August 2-7, 1996. 
Chair, "Postcolonial Literature." Sixth International Literature of Region and Nation Conference, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, August          2-7, 1996.
"Language Implications Facing Caribbean Writers." Also chaired a special Belize Session. The Eighteenth Annual Conference of the
          Association of Caribbean Studies, Belize City, Belize, July 27-31, 1996. 
Chair, "Special Session on Belizean Literature." Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Studies, Belize City, Belize,          July 27-31, 1996.
"The Horror of Colonial Education in Naipaul's The Mimic Men." The Fifth Annual British Commonwealth and Post-Colonial Studies
          Conference, Statesboro, GA, April 18-20, 1996. 
"African and Caribbean Hybrid." Chaired session at The Fifth Annual British Commonwealth and Post-Colonial Studies Conference,
          Statesboro, GA, April 18-20, 1996. 
Chair, "African and Caribbean Hybrid." Fifth Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, April          18- 20, 1996.
"Colonization and Canonization: Marginalization on the Basis of Race." The Fifty-Sixth Annual Convention and Fifty-Ninth Anniversary of
          The College Language Association, Winston-Salem, NC, April 10-13, 1996. 
"Colonialism and Capitalism: The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea." The 24th Annual Twentieth
          Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 22-24, 1996. 
"Secular Humanism's Implication for Third World Cultures." International Connection Leadership Conference (ICLC), Kerhonkson, NY, June
          1995. 
"Base and Superstructure: A Marxist Rationale for the Difference between Wright and Walker's Portrayal of Female Characters." The Fifty-
          Fifth Annual Convention and Fifty-Eighth Anniversary of The College Language Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 1995. 
"Colonization and Canonization are Two Good Companions." The Fourth Annual British Commonwealth and Post-Colonial Studies
          Conference, Statesboro, GA, April 1995. Organizer and Chair, "The Impact of Colonization in Caribbean Literature." Fourth Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, April 1995.
"Multiculturalism and Balance: Other Voices Providing Plausibility in Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed With Kindness." Nineteenth Annual          Meeting of The Philological Association of the Carolinas, UNC-Asheville, NC, March 1995.
"Justice for the Poor." Guyana Leadership Symposium 94, Harauruni, Guyana, May 1994.
"The Impact of Colonization in Caribbean Literature." Organized and chaired panel session on Caribbean literature at The Fourth Annual
          British Commonwealth and Post-Colonial Studies Conference, Statesboro, GA, April 1995. 
"Multiculturalism and Balance: Other Voices Providing Plausibility in Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed With Kindness." The Nineteenth
          Annual Meeting of The Philological Association of the Carolinas, UNC-Asheville, NC, March 1995. 
"Justice for the Poor." Guyana Leadership Symposium 94, Harauruni, Guyana, May 1994. 
"The Implication of Materialism in an Under-developed Country." Guyana Leadership Symposium 94, Harauruni, Guyana, May 1994. 
"Jefferson Bible: A Result of Revolt Against Spiritual Tyranny and a Search for Truth." Indiana University of Pennsylvaniaís Sixth Annual
          English Graduate Colloquium, April 1994. 
"The Academic Job Search: Expense, Expectation, and Endurance." A Round table Discussion. Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Sixth
          Annual English Graduate Colloquium, April 1994. 
"The Irrationality of Bigger Thomas' World." Fifty-Fourth Annual Convention and Fifty-Seventh Anniversary of The College Language
          Association, Durham, NC, April 1994. 
"Reggae in Caribbean Oral Tradition." IUP Faculty KLATCH Series, April 1994. 
"Alice Walker's Decolonization of Traditional Love in The Color Purple." English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities (EAPSU),
          Mansfield, PA, Fall, 1993; Published in Proceedings: The 1993 Conference of the English Association of the Pennsylvania State
          Universities. 
"Urban Concerns: A Battle is Raging for the Soul of the City." International Connections Leadership Conference (ICLC), Deerpark, NY,
          May 1993. 
"The Complication of Quentin's Search for Truth in Absalom, Absalom!" Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Fifth Annual Graduate
          English Colloquium, May 1993. 
"A Marriage Between Western Autobiography and Native American Autobiography: Cultural Struggle in Content and Form in Black Elk
          Speaks." Pennsylvania College English Association (PCEA), Bloomsburg, PA, Spring 1993. 
"The Evolution of Eastern Philosophies into Western New Age Movement and Its Impact on Third World Cultures." International
          Connections Leadership Conference (ICLC), Curacao, Fall 1992. 
"Central Concerns of Caribbean Literature: Depicting Cultural and Historical Struggle." Indiana University of Pennsylvaniaís Fourth Annual
          Graduate English Colloquium, April 1992. 

TOP