Draft:Chiyuma Elliott

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Chiyuma Elliott
Academic background
EducationPhD in American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin (2011)

MFA in Creative Writing at Warren Wilson College (2010)

BA in English at Stanford University (1996)
Academic work
InstitutionsAssociate Professor of African American studies at the University of California, Berkeley

Chiyuma Elliott is an American poet and scholar.[1] She is an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of African American Studies.[2] Before this, she was at the University of Mississippi as an assistant professor of English, Creative Writing, and African American Studies .[3] From 2011-2013, Elliott was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University[4] and is a Cave Canem Alumni Fellow,[5] among other fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Vermont Studio Center.[2] Elliott has published four books of poetry, most recently, Blue in Green (University of Chicago Press, 2021).[6][7] Elliott earned a PhD in American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin (2011), an MFA in Creative Writing at Warren Wilson College (2010), and a BA in English at Stanford University (1996).[3]

Books[edit]

  • Blue in Green (University of Chicago Press, 2021)[6]
  • At Most (Unicorn Press, 2020)[8]
  • Vigil (Unicorn Press, 2017)[9]
  • California Winter League (Unicorn Press, 2015)[10]

Contributions[edit]

  • "Blackness Out of Place and in between in the Sahara" in The Black Geographic: Praxis, Resistance, Futurity (Duke University Press, 2023)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chiyuma Elliott - African American Studies". africam.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  2. ^ a b "Chiyuma Elliott | Research UC Berkeley". vcresearch.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  3. ^ a b Box 1848, The University of Mississippi P. O.; University; Usa915-7211, Ms 38677 (2012-12-11). "Chiyuma Elliott". Department of English. Retrieved 2023-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program". creativewriting.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  5. ^ "Cave Canem » glossary » e". Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  6. ^ a b "Chiyuma Elliott". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. ^ Search results for Book/Printed Material, Chiyuma Elliott.
  8. ^ "At Most". www.unicorn-press.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  9. ^ "Vigil by Chiyuma Elliott : Unicorn Press". www.unicorn-press.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  10. ^ "California Winter League by Chiyuma Elliott : Unicorn Press". www.unicorn-press.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16.