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Willa B. Player Endowed Professor of English Teaching Excellence Award, Bennett College, North Carolina. B. A. (Economics) University of Connecticut. M. A. (Economics) University of Connecticut. M. F. A. (in English and Creative Writing) University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ed. D. (Oral Literature Curriculum and International Education) University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Taught at various HBCUs, including Howard University, Spelman College, Bennett College, Edward Waters University, University of Guyana, South America. Interim Vice President for Students affairs and First Dean of Students, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. Speech writer and consultant for the Mayors of Durban and other city officials. New York Literature Award for my play Bird of My Luck. First Larry Neale Playwright in Residence, Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, New York City, following the New York Literature Award for my play. Storyteller Published poet and playwright in books, magazines, and journals. Plays produced in New York, Boston, Washington, D. C., Amherst, Massachusetts and Greensboro, North Carolina. Member of the group authors of the award-winning storytelling series of African oral narrative, The Magic Cellar, appearing in the South African Broadcasting Corporation TV and HBO. Co-Editor of the Howard University Humanities Textbook Reader for undergraduates. Director of the Howard University Undergraduate Writing Center. Hobbies: Playing music, martial arts, tennis, soccer, cooking, auto-mechanics.