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Cecile Accilien
Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
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| Professor Accilien received her Ph.D. in French from Tulane University in New Orleans. She was assistant professor of Francophone and French literature at Portland State university in Oregon previous to her present appointment. She has published in French and English journals and her research interests include representations of women in Caribbean and African literature and contemporary representations of plantations, or habitations in French, in Louisiana and the French Caribbean. |
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Jessica Devi Adams
Lecturer in English, University of California-Berkeley
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| Forced from Tulane University, where she received her Ph.D. and taught, by Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Adams is now associated with the University of California-Berkeley. She is also co-editor, with Cecile Accilien of the collection of essays, "Just Below South: Performing Intercultures in the Caribbean and Southern United States," to be published by the University of Virginia Press. |
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| George Anglade
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| Dr. Anglade is a geopgrapher with a passion for literature who set himself the task of modernizing the oral tradition of the Haitian lodyans and of universalizing its expressions.
He received his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Strasbourg and is emeritus professor and chair of the Department of Geography of the Universite du Quebec in Montreal. |
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| Ulrick Jean-Pierre
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| Drawing and painting from an early age, the artist received his training from the Foyer des Arts Plastiques in Haiti before being invited to the U.S. and studying at the University of the Arts at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Jean-Pierre's fascination with Haitian history forms the basis of his work, which hangs in galleries and museums in the U.S., Haiti, Canada, Europe, and Africa and has been featured in a range of articles and publications.
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Elmide Meleance
Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools
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| A teacher with the Montgomery County (MD) public schools, Ms. Meleance is also pursuing her doctorate in education at American University in Washington, DC.
She received her master's in French studies and literature at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Her research interests include linguistics, second-language acquisition, and translation, and she has published on these subjects as well. |
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Melinda Miles
Co-Director, Haiti Reborn/ Quixote Center, Hyattsville, MD
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| Melinda Miles has been actively involved in Haitian issues since 1993. She coordinates the Haiti Reborn program of the Quixote Center, which supports community-based Haitian initiatives in the U.S. and advocates for justice in U.S. policy toward Haiti and its people.
Miles has coordinated over a dozen delegations to Haiti and was a press spokesperson for the International Coalition of Independent Observers for Haiti's elections held in 2000. She authored a report on that process, "Elections 2000:Monitoring Participatory Democracy in Haiti." |
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Tatiana K. Wah
Assistant Professor of Urban Development and Policy, New School University, NY
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| Dr. Wah is assistant professor of urban development and policy at the Robert J. Milano School of Management and Urban Policy of the New School University in New York. She received her master's degree and doctorate in urban and regional planning and policy development from Rutgers University and her undergraduate degree from Brown University.
Her research and consulting work have focused on two areas: the economic development of small countries, particularly those in the Caribbean; and the global management of... More |
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