Department of English
Marlene Allen
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Dr. Marlene Allen Office: Butler Building 136 |
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Education Ph.D. in English, The University of Georgia, 2005. M.A. in English, The University of Georgia, 1996. B.A. in English and Minor in French, Cum Laude, Georgia Southern University, 1993.
Publications Afterimages of Slavery: Essays on Appearances in Recent American Films, Literature, Television and Other Media. Coedited with Seretha D. Williams. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing Company, 2012. "Tricksterism, Masquerades, and the Legacy of the African Diasporic Past in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber." In Afterimages of Slavery: Essays on Appearances in Recent American Films, Literature, Television and Other Media. Eds. Marlene D. Allen and Seretha D. Williams. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing Company, 2012. "Octavia Butler's Parable Novels and the 'Boomerang' of African American History." Callaloo. 32.4 (Winter 2009): 1353-1365. "L.A. Banks." Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Ed. Tarshia L. Stanley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2009. "Chase Twichell." Contemporary American Women Poets: An A-to-Z Guide. Ed. Catherine Cucinella. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. "Karen Swenson." Contemporary American Women Poets: An A-to-Z Guide. Ed. Catherine Cucinella. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. "Ann Petry." Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Ed. Emmanuel S. Nelson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Recent Conference Presentations "Kindred Spirits: African American Women Writers and Speculative Fiction." Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2012. "Octavia Butler's Fledgling as Gothic Neo-Slave Narrative." College Language Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2012. "Tricksters, Masks, and the Legacy of the African Diasporic Past in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber." Popular/American Culture in the South Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2011. "Teaching Africa: The Pedagogical Value of Nigerian Drama and Culture." Association for Theater in Higher Education Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2011. "Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: A Science Fiction Reading." College English Association Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, March 2011. "Walter Mosley's Blue Light as a Blues-Science Fiction Novel." Penn State African American Tradition Conference, "Celebrating Contemporary African American Literature: The Novel Since 1988," October 23-24, 2009. "Slavery and Exile in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber." College Language Association Conference, Charleston, SC, April 2008.
Fellowships Emory University Library Short-Term Fellowship, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library, July 2010. Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellowship in Scholarly Information Resources, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005-2006.
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