Valerie Frazier
Associate Professor and Director of the 1967 Legacy Program
Office Hours: MWF 12-1 p.m and by appointment.
Phone: 843.953.1921
E-mail: frazierv@cofc.edu
Valerie Frazier teaches composition, American, African American, and ethnic literatures. Her research centers on contemporary African American, postcolonial, and women’s literature. In addition, she is currently working on a book on the critical reception of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Education
Ph.D., English, University of Georgia
M.A., English, University of Georgia
B.A., English, College of Charleston
Research Interests
- African American literature
- Mulitcultural literature
- Women's literature
Publications
The Critical Reception of Gwendolyn Brooks. Camden House Publishers. [in progress]
"King Kong's Reign Continues: King Kong as a Sign of Shifting Global Racial Politics." College Language Association Conference. The University of Alabama at Birmingham. April 2006.
"The Epistolary Novel." Writing African American Women: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color. Ed. Betsy Beaulieu. Wesport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.
"Domestic Epic Warfare in [Gwendolyn Brooks's] Maud Martha." African American Review. 39.1-2 (2005): 133-141