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Dianne Johnson-Feelings
Title: | Professor |
Department: | English Language and Literature College of Arts and Sciences |
Email: | dianne@sc.edu |
Office: | HUO 507 |
Resources: |
English Language and Literature |
Education
PhD, Yale University, American Studies
MA, Yale University, Afro-American Studies
AB, Princeton University, English/Creative Writing
Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC
Fellow, NEH Summer Institute on Black Film, University of Central Florida
Areas of Specialization
• Children's and Young Adult Literature
• African American Literature
• Creative Writing
• African American Film
• Multicultural American Autobiography
Recent Publications
• Co-Editor, A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies' Book, Part of the Centennial Studies Series of The Children's Literature Association,
University of Mississippi Press, 2022. School Library Journal starred review.
• H is for Harlem, illustrated by April Harrison. NY: Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown, 2022.
Named a Boston Globe - Horn Book honor book for non-fiction.
• Indigo Dreaming, illustrated by Anna Cunha. NY: HarperCollins, 2022. Chosen to represent the State
of South Carolina at the Library of Congress National Book Festival 2023. See review here. Also featured as a Richland Library "Table Talks" book.