{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2013-04-09T18:09:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:09:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/janaka-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/janaka-lewis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2012\/10\/ENGL_lewis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21\" alt=\"ENGL_lewis\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/janaka-lewis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2012\/10\/ENGL_lewis.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., English, Northwestern University, 2009<\/li>\n<li>M.A., English, Northwestern University , 2004<\/li>\n<li>B.A., English and African and African American Studies, Duke University, 2003, magna cum laude<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My areas of research interest include African American literature of the nineteenth century (specifically narrative studies), and African American women\u2019s writing. I am currently working on articles about black women and mobility as portrayed through literature in the nineteenth century and representations of motherhood in post-emancipation African American literature.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Selected Publications and Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Publications:<\/p>\n<p>Introduction, SKETCHBOOK 2008 online art exhibit (April 2008)<\/p>\n<p>Entries on \u201cAtlanta, Georgia,\u201d \u201cLeticia Benson,\u201d and \u201cMae V. Cowdery\u201d; <em>Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature<\/em> (2005)<\/p>\n<p>The Impact of the Black Church in Augusta, Georgia\u201d; <em>Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society <\/em>(Spring 2004)<\/p>\n<p>Recent Papers Presented at National\/International Conferences:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReflections on Freedom:\u00a0 Anna Julia Cooper, Lucy Laney, and Liberation,\u201d South Atlantic Modern Language Association; Louisville, Kentucky; November 2008<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElizabeth Keckley and Freedom\u2019s Labor,\u201d Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities; Honolulu, HI; January 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrederick Douglass:\u00a0 Writing, Revising, and Performing Intellectualism,\u201d American Literature Association Conference; San Francisco, CA; May 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngendering John: Modernity and Masculinity in Hurston\u2019s \u201cJohn Redding Goes to Sea,\u201d College English Association Conference; San Antonio, TX; April 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpening the Church Doors: Space, Femininity, and Sexuality in <em>The Amen Corner<\/em>,\u201d College English Association Conference; Indianapolis, IN; March 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevisiting Pecola Breedlove:\u00a0 Adolescence, Trauma, and Respectability in <em>Push <\/em>and<em> The Bluest Eye,<\/em>\u201d University of New Orleans \u201cRace, Gender, and Class\u201d Conference; September 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate:<br \/>\nEarly African American Literature<\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate:<br \/>\nEarly African American Literature, Introduction to African American Literature<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Appointments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of North Carolina\u00a0at\u00a0Charlotte , English Department<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor, 2009-present<\/li>\n<li>Spelman College, English Department<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, 2008-2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Ph.D., English, Northwestern University, 2009 M.A., English, Northwestern University , 2004 B.A., English and African and African American Studies, Duke University, 2003, magna cum laude Areas of Interest My areas of research interest include African American literature of the nineteenth century (specifically narrative studies), and African American women\u2019s writing. 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