NELSON, Emmanuel S(ampath)

NELSON, Emmanuel S(ampath). American (born India), b. 1954. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Gay and lesbian issues, Cultural/Ethnic topics, Bibliography. Career: Colby College, Waterville, ME, assistant professor of English, 1983-84; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, postdoctoral research fellow, 1985-86; State University of New York College at Cortland, assistant professor, 1986-89, associate professor of English, 1989- 91, professor of English 1991-, director of Black Studies Program, 1987-89, coordinator of Global Studies Work Group, 1989-90. Publications: EDITOR: Connections: Essays on Black Literatures, 1988; Reworlding: Critical Essays on the Literature of the Indian Diaspora, 1991; Writers of the Indian Diaspora: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, 1992; AIDS: The Literary Response, 1992; Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio- Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, 1993; Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color, 1993; Bharati Mukherjee: Critical Perspectives, 1993; Contemporary African American Novelists, 1999; African American Authors, 1745-1945, 2000; Asian American Novelists, 2000; African American Autobiographers: A Sourcebook, 2001. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals. Address: Department of English, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, U.S.A. Online address: emmanueln@hotmail.com