Deena, Seodial F(rank) H(ubert) 1956-
DEENA, Seodial F(rank) H(ubert) 1956-
PERSONAL:
Born August 22, 1956, in Guyana; married Deborah V. Morris, June 5, 1982; children: Shivaun O., Esther A., Rachel B., David M. A. Ethnicity: "Asian American." Education: Lilian Dewar College of Education for Secondary Teachers, teacher's degree, 1979; University of Guyana, B.A., 1986; Chicago State University, M.A., 1990; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1996. Religion: Christian.
ADDRESSES:
Home—900 Maple Ridge Rd., Greenville, NC 27858. Office—Department of English, BATE 2201, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; fax: 252-328-4889. E-mail—deenas@mail.ecu.edu.
CAREER:
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, associate professor of English, 1994—, and coordinator of Multicultural Literature Program.
MEMBER:
Modern Language Association of America, Comparative Literature Association, Association of Caribbean Studies, Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, 2000.
WRITINGS:
Canonization, Colonization, Decolonization: A Comparative Study of Political and Critical Works by Minority Writers, Peter Lang Publishing (New York, NY), 2001.
Situating Caribbean Literature and Criticism in Multi-cultural and Postcolonial Studies, Peter Lang Publishing (New York, NY), 2003.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
From around the Globe: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives.