African American Literary Studies @ SIUE

Toward a history
• A Record Semester (Fall 2025) for African American Literary Studies at SIUE

• 20 Years of African American Literary Studies at SIUE

• Jean Kittrell, Eugene B. Redmond, and Jazz Literature at SIUE 

• Jean Kittrell, Barbara Schmidt & Af-Am literary studies at SIUE
• African American Literary Studies at SIUE, 2013-2014 
• 10 Years of African American Literature at SIUE 
• From Richard Wright to Toni Morrison 
• African American Literature @ SIUE
• Ruth Ellen Kocher & the Growth of African American Literature at SIUE  
• Our Underground Minor in African American Literature at SIUE
• Condoleezza Rice & African American literature at SIUE
• 10 Years of Poets Reading at SIUE
• The Redmond Effect
• From the EBR Collection to the Underground Reading Room  

• Candice Love Jackson's crucial contributions to African American Literary Studies at SIUE

Course descriptions
• An African American literature course: Recordings of black women reading poetry (Fall 2016)  
• An African American lit. course: "Hip Hop & Black Consciousness" (Fall 2016)
• An African American literature course on Ta-Nehisi Coates (Fall 2016)
• Descriptions of upcoming Fall 2016 courses
• Descriptions of upcoming Spring 2016 courses
• Covering Jay Z in African American literature courses at SIUE & UTA (Spring 2016)
• Description of upcoming Fall 2015 courses   
• Description of upcoming Spring 2015 courses  
• Elizabeth Cali’s upcoming (Spring 2015) Af-Am Lit courses 
• Tisha Brooks’s upcoming (Spring 2015) Af-Am Lit. courses 
• Howard Rambsy's upcoming (Spring 2015) Af-Am Lit. course
• Description of upcoming Fall 2014 courses 

Lists and tallies of courses
• A List of African American Literature Courses at SIUE, Fall 2003 - Fall 2016 
• A List of African American Literature Courses at SIUE, 2003-2015 
• A List of African American Literature Courses at SIUE, 2003-2013 
• A Tally of African American Literature Courses at SIUE, 2003-2013 

Class Notes
• When a poetry scholar offers a class on Biggie, Jay Z & Nas
• April Reign as literary artist?
• Teaching an African American Literature course on Ta-Nehisi Coates in fall 2016 
• Teaching an African American lit. course with audio recordings of black women reading poetry as the basis
• Beyond Electives: Rethinking African American literature courses

Resources
• A Reading List
• Keywords 
• 25 poems by or about black men 
• 25 poems by African American poets for a class 

Programming
• Toni Morrison: Beyond Fiction
• Images from the Toni Morrison exhibit
• 10 Years of Poets Reading at SIUE 
• Humanities grants and the Graham Effect
• Grant writing and the Teri/Patience Effect

 
Students and Colleagues 
• Why You Gotta Visit Cindy Reed's Classes

• Donavan Ramon presents research at the Race & Ethnicity Study Group gathering

• Student rappers & poets in an African American Literature course  
• Elizabeth Cali, African American literary studies & print culture 
• The engaging reading practices of Tisha Brooks 
• High-performing contributors in Af-Am Literary studies aren't accidental 
• Reading The Big Smoke with Collegiate Black Men 
• The value of cohorts
• The Redmond Effect 
• Toward a Language and Literature Lab
• The Ward, Wright & Whiteside Connections 
• College students have little exposure to African American poetry
• Candice Jackson Pulls a T. Harris


Related:
• Class notes
• Assorted Notebooks
• Collegiate Students
• Field of African American Literary Studies