Barbara J. Wilcots

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University of Denver
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
English
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2001
University of Denver
Gender and Women's Studies
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Gender and Women's Studies

Mailing Address

Department of English
University of Denver
2000 E. Asbury
Denver, Colorado 80208
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (303) 871-2878
Fax: (303) 871-2853
bwilcots@du.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Denver, English, 1995.
M.A., Texas Woman's University, English, 1989.
M.A., Drake University, Public Relations, 1986.
B.A., Drake University, Journalism, 1979.

Expertise and Research Interests

I am currently researching female sacrality and women's healing practices in African American and Afro-Caribbean women's fiction. I am interested in women's spiritual empowerment and experience of the sacred.

Other Expertise

I also am researching Toni Morrison's narrative style.

Future Research

Carl Van Vechten
Critical Whiteness Studies

Keywords

COS Keywords:

African-American Studies, American History, American Literature, Biography and Autobiography, Folklore and Mythology, Nonfictional Literature.

Additional Terms:

African-American Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, Folklore, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Healing Practices, Narrative Studies, Toni Morrison.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Functional, Basic, None)

Memberships

Modern Language Association of America
National Council of Teachers of English
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

Honors and Awards

2000-2001, Teacher/Scholar of the Year, United Methodist Church, University of Denver

Publications

  • Wilcots, Barbara J., Toni Morrison's Folklore, African American Review, 26(4), Winter 1992
  • Wilcots, Barbara J., 'African American Folklore', Companion to Southern Literature

Profile Details

Last Verified: 10/26/2007

COS Expertise ID #411213
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