Brenda F. Berrian
is a Full Professor of Africana Studies, English and Women's Studies at the
University of Pittsburgh. From July 1, 1991 to December 31, 1996, she was the
Chair of the Department of Africana Studies. Berrian received both a B.S. and
M.A. in French from Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia (1967 and 1968) and
the doctorat de 3e cycle in North American Studies from the Universite de Paris
III-Nouvelle Sorbonne in Paris, France (1976). Berrian's research interest is
on contemporary African American, African and Caribbean women writers. She has
compiled and edited two major bibliographies: Bibliography of Women Writers
from the Caribbean (Three Continents, 1989) and Bibliography of African
Women Writers and Journalists (Three Continents, 1985) and a special issue
on Caribbean writers for The Shooting Star Review (Spring 1993). She
also published articles in and compiled bibliographies for various scholarly
journals (national and international) on African American, African and Caribbean
writers.
Please visit my extensive webpage at http://www.brendaberrian.com
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: bberrian@pitt.edu |
