Patricia Thornton Emenyonu
For for past two years I have chosen to teach my courses online.
I teach Improving Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools, Africana Studies for Teachers, and Women Writers of the African World. I have been a lecturer for over thirty years, first in Peace Corps in Kenya, then at Virginia State University, Fairview High in Boulder (where I was hired to teach Black Literature), and for twenty years in Nigeria. Returning to the US in 1995, my experiences were varied. The last institution I taught at before moving to Flint was St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, NC.
My qualifications include a BA from Oberlin College, Ohio; an MA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; and EdS from the University of Colorado, Boulder; and a PhD from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
I am a member of the International Reading Association (IRA) and a founding member of the Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) which is affiliated to the IRA. I also belong to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). In 2004 I presented a paper at the World Congress of IRA held in Manila, Philippines.
My publications include numerous journal articles, chapters in books, and a book Reading and the Nigerian Cultural Background. I serve on the Vestry at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, am on the Board of Christ Enrichment Center where I tutor adults in literacy, and I love to travel. The last three summers have been spent in Uganda where my daughter and granddaughter live.
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