Deborah E. McDowell | |
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| Awards | Honorary Doctorate, Purdue University, Helen Homans Gilbert Prize Lectureship, Harvard University, Zintl Leadership Award |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Thesis | "Women on Women: The Black Woman Writer of the Harlem Renaissance--Jessie Fauset, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston" |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Virginia,Carter G. Woodson Institute of African-American and African Studies |
| Main interests | African-American Literature and Culture,Women's Literature |
Deborah E. McDowell (born 1951) is a scholar,author and member of the University of Virginia faculty since 1987 where she serves as the Alice Griffin professor of Literary Studies. [1] [2] In 2008 professor McDowell was named director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies,at the University of Virginia. [1]
