Haywood, Chanta M. 1968-

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Haywood, Chanta M. 1968-

PERSONAL:

Born 1968. Education: Florida A&M University, B.A.; University of California at San Diego, Ph.D., 1995.

ADDRESSES:

Office—School of Graduate Studies and Research, Florida A&M University, Tucker Hall, Ste. 400, Tallahassee, FL 32307-4800. E-mail—chanta.haywood@famu.edu.

CAREER:

Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, interim dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research and associate professor of English.

AWARDS, HONORS:

University Teaching Award, Florida State University, 2000.

WRITINGS:

Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913, University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO), 2003.

SIDELIGHTS:

Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913 is the first book written by Chanta M. Haywood. Haywood's research focuses on four African American women who, at the turn of the twentieth century, challenged traditional gender roles by becoming preachers, despite coming from humble beginnings with limited formal education. After presenting the reader with biographical information on the women, Haywood discusses the place of these "prophesying daughters" in literary history, their philosophies and preaching methods, their interpretations of the Bible, their dedication to social issues, and how they were discriminated against as women and as African Americans. In a review of the book for Clio, Dolan Hubbard wrote: "With extensive reference to historical facts, periodicals, archival materials, and the primary sources, Haywood shows us how these 'prophesying daughters' 'used gender solidarity to challenge race exclusion' and helps us to understand the character of America. The general reader as well as the specialist will gain a new appreciation for the centrality of black women preachers in black American life and culture." Journal of Southern History contributor Karen Kossie-Chernyshev observed that the book has "literary and historical merit."