Dr. Sandra M. Grayson, Professor   •   E-mail:  sgrayson@uwm.edu   •   Tel:  414-229-4524

 

Books:

Visions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future (Africa World Press).

Symbolizing the Past: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, and Eve’s Bayou as Histories (University Press of America).

Edited Books: 

A Literary Revolution: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance. (Ed. Sandra M. Grayson.  University Press of America).

Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism. (Eds. Sandra M. Grayson and Muyiwa Falaiye. Lagos, Nigeria:  Foresight Press).

Selected Articles:

 “Athena’s Advice and Academia:  Mentoring and the Marginalized.”  The International Journal of Humanities Education.

“Bipolar Diversity: Recruitment and the Revolving Door.” The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies.

Selected Presentations:

“The Institute for Colored Youth: A Model in Mentoring and Sustainability ”  Modern Language Association Convention.

“From Microaggressions to Institutional Racism:  Strategies for using Literature and Film to Raise Awareness and Challenge Racism” Modern Language Association Convention.  

“Symbols of Africa in Science Fiction by Black Women.” Modern Language Association Convention.

“Replacing Human Cities:   The New Urban Landscape in Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn.” Modern Language Association Convention.

“Creating Religion, Reflecting Alternative Worldviews:  Earthseed in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.”  Modern Language Association Convention.

“Representing Legacies of Slavery:  Legal Cases, Race, and Difference in Samuel R. Delany’s The Einstein Intersection.” Modern Language Association Convention.

“Philosophy and Science Fiction.” Binaries in Science Fiction. The World Science Fiction Convention.

“Explore the Philosophical Side of Science Fiction.” Equal and Marginalized. The World Science Fiction Convention.

 

Editor, Langston Hughes Colloquy and Network 2000: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance.  www.lh1c.com