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Andy - 2004-11-30 01:30:21 I believe she teaches literature of the African diaspora, is that correct?* * * * * * * * * * * * Andy - 2004-12-01 04:17:22 right you are. http://www.emich.edu/public/english/literature/neff.html* * * * * * * * * * * * Kelly - 2004-12-02 11:18:04 She is amazing. I had her from African-American Literature a couple of years ago. They way she teaches, what she knows and how passionate she is about it is very inspiring. Also, her life story is fascinating. She grew up in Detroit, went to UMich after graduating from Cass Tech, but was so disillusioned with the UM experience and life here in general that she moved to Paris. She learned fluent French and got a degree from the Sorbonne. She later moved to Switzerland and married a Swiss man. While living there, she decided to go back to grad school, but in Switzerland, you have to be able to speak both French and German to be admitted. So she taught herself fluent German and got her PhD there. She and her husband then moved to the Caribbean to teach high school there and from there moved to Ypsi to teach at EMU. She's quite fascinating to listen to because her life has given her such a broad view of the world. She also teaches women in literature for the women's studies department.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-12-02 11:22:42 Wow. That's quite the biography. The sheer force of will indicated by such things as teaching oneself German is fairly amazing, as well. EMU certainly has some top-notch jewels in its faculty crown, like linguistics prof Daniel Seely and some people in the art department. And doubtless others; that's all I know of.* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |