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FACULTY

Marvita Gowdy
Part-Time Lecturer
Fall 2001-Present

Office: SR3-124
Phone: 559.278.2832
FAX: 559.278.2233
Email: Mgowdy@csufresno.edu or Calivita@aol.com

Educational Background

MA in English Literature, California State University, Fresno—Spring, 2001

Awards and Special Honors

Highest Honors Award

Courses Taught

104-W Upper Division Writing with special emphasis placed on Poverty in America

Professional Service

Editor for Uhuru Na Umoja, 2000-02
Movie Critic of Allied McDonald & Associates, 1999-02
Historian for Sierra Point Ski Club, 2002
Youth Director and Teacher for Mount Mariah Baptist Church, 1989-99

Professional Organization Memberships

National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES
National Black Graduates Association (NBGA)
Golden Key Honor Society
CSUF Film Club
Black Faculty and Staff Association
English Graduate Students Association (ESGA)

Grants Awarded

NAES Conference in Kississime, Florida and Fresno, California
NBGA Conference in Lubbock, Texas

Professional and Research Interests

African American Studies
Treatment of Women in Society
20th Century African American World Literature
Medieval and Renaissance Literature with special emphasis placed on Shakespeare

Recent Publications

Early Modern Gender Ideology and Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke
Editorial Articles in the Uhuru Na Umoja and The California Advocate

 

Marvita Gowdy