College of Charleston

Department of English

Valerie Frazier

Faculty

Valerie Frazier, Assistant Professor

Areas of interest   Contact Information
- African American literature
- Mulitcultural literature
- Women's literature

  Office: 26 Glebe Street #203
(843) 953-1921
frazierv {at} cofc.edu

Profile

Dr. Valerie Frazier received her B.A. in English from the College of Charleston and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia.  She teaches composition, American, African American, and ethnic literatures. Her research centers on contemporary African American, postcolonial, and women’s literature. In addition, she is currently working on a book on the critical reception of Gwendolyn Brooks.

Recent Publications and Presentations

The Critical Reception of Gwendolyn Brooks. Camden House Publishers. [in progress]

“King Kong’s Reign Continues: King Kong as a Sign of Shifting Global Racial Politics.” College Language Association Conference.  The University of Alabama at Birmingham. April 2006.

“The Epistolary Novel.”  Writing African American Women: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color.   Ed.  Betsy Beaulieu. Wesport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

"Domestic Epic Warfare in [Gwendolyn Brooks’s] Maud Martha. ”African American Review.  39.1-2 (2005): 133-141

 

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