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African American History Month: Toni Morrison Writing Center

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Toni Morrison Writing Center

The Writing Program will include a Toni Morrison Writer-in-Residence. Appointed annually, a different writer each year will have a one-year visiting appointment at PVAMU, where that individual will offer a seminar in writing. The Toni Morrison Writer-in-Residence will also hold public readings of the writer’s work and that of other writers to bring visibility to the importance of writing and the legacy of African American writers, especially those educated at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Morrison was a graduate of Howard University, an HBCU in Washington, D.C.

Emma Joahanne Thomas-Smith, Ed.D., PVAMU provost emerita, will oversee the Toni Morrison Writing Program at PVAMU. With decades of experience in higher education, Thomas-Smith previously led the University’s Honors Program and its Department of English and Languages.

https://www.pvamu.edu/blog/prairie-view-am-university-to-launch-toni-morrison-writing-program/

Selected fiction books by Toni Morrison available at John B. Coleman Library

Most recent books by Toni Morrison on order at John B. Coleman Library

Books currently unavailable at the John B. Coleman Library. 

Page will be updated when books are available.

Non-fiction books by Toni Morrison available at John B. Coleman Library

Dr. E.J. Johanna Thomas-Smith

  Dr. Thomas-Smith is a graduate of Tuskegee University in Alabama.   She holds a master’s degree in educational administration from New Mexico Highlands University and a doctorate in higher education administration from Washington State University.  Her professional biography includes:

  • Professor and Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Emerita, 2014 – Present
  • Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1996 – 2014
  • Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, 2004 – 2007
  • Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1994 – 1996
  • University Liaison, Institutional Accreditation, 1994 – 2014
  • Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1991 – 1994
  • Professor and Head, Department of English, 1982 – 1991
  • Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1978 – 1982
  • Professor and Head Department of English, 1976 – 1978
  • On Study Leave, 1973 – 1976
  • Associate Professor of English and Honors Program Director, 1970 – 1973
  • Assistant Professor of English, 1968 – 1970
  • Teacher, Shadle Park High School, Spokane, WA, 1967 – 1968
  • Teacher, Radford High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1966 – 1967 

Select Publications

  • Thomas-Smith, E.J. (2015). 60X30TX, Draft of the Texas Higher Education Plan: A Review and Commentary – A Framework for Planning – A Construct for Discussion at Prairie View A&M University
  • Thomas-Smith, E.J. (2002). Preface, Ebon Dialect, Student Literary Journal, PVAMU
  • Thomas-Smith, E.J. (1990 and 1995) Heath Guide to Literature, Vol. III. Invited Review
  • Thomas, E.J. (1986). “Eternal Commandments,” prose fiction. Vineyard Vignettes, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Thomas, E.J. (1976). “Racism, Sexism: “Focus on Concentricity”. The Voice of Black Studies (aka Western Journal of Black Studies), Spring Edition

 

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