Patricia Thornton Emenyonu
Background:
Education:
BA - Oberlin College, OH (History)
MA - University of Wisconsin, Madison (African Lang & lit.)
EdS -University of Colorado, Boulder (Curriculum & Reading)
PhD - University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Curriculum & Reading)
Prior Teaching Experience:
Peace Corps Kenya (English & Geography)
Virginia State College, Petersburg (Freshman Comp)
Fairview High School, Boulder, CO (English & Black Literature)
AICE, Owerri, Nigeria (Curriculum)
University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria (Curriculum)
Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria (English), HOD
Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT (Speech & Humanities)
St Augustine’s College, Raleigh, NC (Children’s Lit, English Methods)
Recent Publications:
1. “Responses to Nigerian Children’s Stories by Children of Nigerian Immigrants in America: A Pilot
Study.” Lincoln Journal of Social and Political Thought, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 2006)
2. “Literacy and Education in Kenya” in Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol.3 (2006)
3. “Teenage Readers in Conversation with Nawal El Saadawi,” in Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El
Saadawi, Emeyonu, E.N. & Maureen N. Eke (Eds.). Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2010
4. “Nawal El Saadawi and Creativity, Dissidence and Women: An International Conference Report, “
In Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi, Emeyonu, E.N. & Maureen N. Eke (Eds.).
Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2010
Service:
Board Member, Christ Enrichment Center
Member, St Paul’s Episcopal Church Bell Choir
Member, Absalom Jones Diversity Ministry, St Paul’s Episcopal Church
Member, FACT
Professional Organizations:
African Literature Association
Delta Kappa Gamma International Women Educators
International Reading Association