Department of English and Foreign Languages
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Carole Boston Weatherford Visiting Distinguished Professor Office : Butler 348 Phone : 672-1459 Email : cweatherford@uncfsu.edu |
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BIOGRAPHY |
Carole Boston Weatherford is Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and Foreign Languages. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and an M.A. in publications design from the University of Baltimore. She has authored sixteen books of poetry, nonfiction and children’s literature and received a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship, the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award, an NAACP Image Award nomination, and the Carter G. Woodson Award from National Council for the Social Studies. Her books have been short-listed by the National Council of Teachers of English, International Reading Association/Children’s Book Council, Voices of Youth Advocates and National Council for the Social Studies.
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TEACHING COURSES |
Creative Writing, Children's Literature, Adolescent Literature |
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RESEARCH |
Her research interests include oral traditions, photography, folk art, and the Jim Crow era.
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PUBLICATIONS |
The Sound that Jazz Makes (Walker, 2000) Illustrated by Eric Velasquez |