Academics: Majors and Programs

English Faculty

Geneva Baxter, Associate Dean, UG Studies 3-Yr, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1987

Alma Billingslea Brown, Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas; M.A., Atlanta University; A.B., Rutgers University | Spelman College, 1989

Assefa Dibaba, Lecturer, B.A., M.A., Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Tananarive Due, Instructor, M.A, University of Leeds, England; B.S. Journalism, Northwestern, University | Spelman College, 2011

Tikenya Foster Singletary, Lecturer, Ph.D., M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2009

Donna Akiba Harper, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Oberlin College | Spelman College, 1987

Michelle S. Hite, Lecturer, Ph.D., Emory University; M.S., B.A., University of Kentucky| Spelman College, 2004

Piper Hughley-Riggins, Ph.D., Lecturer

Stephen KnadlerProfessor, Ph.D. and M.A., Vanderbilt University| Spelman College, 1997

Opal Moore, Associate Professor, M.F.A., M.A., University of Iowa; B.F.A., Illinois Wesleyan University | Spelman College, 1997

Pushpa Parekh, Dir. Honors Program, Professor of English, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.Phil., B.A., Panjab University; M.A., University of Madras | Spelman College, 1990

Margaret Price, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Amherst College | Spelman College, 2004

Christine Sizemore, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology | Spelman College, 1978

Tarshia Stanley, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Florida; B.A., Duke University | Spelman College, 1999

Sharan Strange, Instructor, M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College

Patricia Ventura, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Florida | Spelman College, 2005

Anne Warner, Associate Professor, Director of the Comprehensive Writing Program, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., B.A., Hollins College | Spelman College, 1981