{"id":197,"date":"2010-12-16T17:07:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/emfl\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T16:08:49","slug":"rashell-smith-spears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/2008-2\/rashell-smith-spears\/","title":{"rendered":"RaShell Smith-Spears"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Email: rashell.spears@jsums.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Phone: 601.979.5859<\/p>\n

Office Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4th<\/sup> floor, Office #431<\/p>\n

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DEGREES<\/p>\n

Ph.D., University of Missouri\u2014Columbia, English, 2005<\/p>\n

MFA,\u00a0University of Memphis,\u00a0Creative Writing, 1999<\/p>\n

M.A.,\u00a0University of Memphis,\u00a0English, 1998<\/p>\n

B.A.,\u00a0Spelman College,\u00a0English, 1997<\/p>\n

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RESEARCH INTERESTS:<\/p>\n

African American Literature<\/p>\n

19th Century Literature<\/p>\n

Identity Politics<\/p>\n

Popular Culture Studies<\/p>\n

Creative Writing<\/p>\n

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COURSES TAUGHT:<\/p>\n

Graduate<\/p>\n

Seminar on Black Authors<\/p>\n

Creative Writing Seminar<\/p>\n

American Literature after 1900<\/p>\n

Publication Process: Poetry & Prose<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate<\/p>\n

Margaret Walker<\/p>\n

Richard Wright<\/p>\n

Black Authors<\/p>\n

The Novel<\/p>\n

Composition I & II<\/p>\n

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:<\/p>\n

College Language Association<\/p>\n

Popular Culture Association of the South<\/p>\n

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cMy grandmothers were . . .full of sturdiness and singing\u201d: Margaret Walker\u2019s Literary Portrayal of Working Class Women.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0JEAL: Journal of Ethnic American Literature<\/em>\u00a07 (2017): 28-46.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEven Our Women are Warriors: The Black Woman as Warrior in LA Banks\u2019 Vampire<\/p>\n

Huntress Legend Series.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Meeting Points<\/em>.\u00a0 Eds. Helen Chukwuma and Preselfannie McDaniels.\u00a0 Trenton: African World Press, 2016.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cEverybody\u2019s Mama Now:\u00a0Gloria Naylor\u2019s\u00a0Mama Day<\/em>\u00a0as Discourse on the Black<\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s Identity.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Black Motherhoods<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. Karen Craddock. Toronto: Demeter Press, 2016.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cMargaret Walker.\u201d\u00a0The New Literary Encyclopedia<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0February 2015.\u00a0\u00a0Web.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeferred.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Dying Dhalia Review<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0(May 16, 2017).\u00a0\u00a0Web.<\/p>\n

\u201cBorn Again.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Sycorax\u2019s Daughters<\/em>.\u00a0 Eds. Kinitra Brooks, Linda D. Addison, and Susanna<\/p>\n

Morris.\u00a0 San Francisco: Cedar Grove Publishing. 2017.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n

\u201cVivify.\u201d (writing as Cashmere S. Jackson.)\u00a0Sex Objects<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. Delilah Devlin. Berkley: Cleis<\/p>\n

Press, 2016.\u00a0 Web.<\/p>\n

\u201cLosing her Religion.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Mississippi Noir<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. Thomas Franklin. Brooklyn: Akashic Books, 2016. Print.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cRobert Greenfield: Vampire Story.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Black Magnolias: A Literary Journal<\/em>\u00a06.4 (Winter<\/p>\n

2012-2013): 88-96.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n

Back to EMFL Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Associate Professor   Email: rashell.spears@jsums.edu Phone: 601.979.5859 Office Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4th floor, Office #431         DEGREES Ph.D., University of Missouri\u2014Columbia, English, 2005 MFA,\u00a0University of Memphis,\u00a0Creative Writing, 1999 M.A.,\u00a0University of Memphis,\u00a0English, 1998 B.A.,\u00a0Spelman College,\u00a0English, 1997   RESEARCH INTERESTS: African American Literature 19th Century Literature Identity Politics Popular Culture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":2008,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2751,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/2751"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}