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ALA Executive Council 2007-2008

President
Thelma Pinto, Ph.D.
Africana Studies
Director, Self Instructional Language Program
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Smith Hall 308
Geneva N.Y. 14456
Tel: 315 -781 3187
pinto@hws.edu

Vice President

Maureen Eke, Ph.D.

Professor of English

Central Michigan University

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

989-774-3117 (direct line)

989-774- 3171(main office)

989-774-1271 (fax)

eke1mn@cmich.edu or

maureen.eke@cmich.edu

Deputy Vice President

Mildred Mortimer, Ph.D.

French and Italian

UCB 238

University of Colorado

Boulder CO 80309

303-492-7226

mortimer@colorado.edu

Past President
Eustace Palmer
Department of English
Georgia College and State University
Milledgeville, GA 31061
(478) 445 5557
eustace.palmer@gcsu.edu

Secretary
Amy Elder
Dept. of English/Comp. Lit.
University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH 45219
(513) 556-3517
elder2@fuse.net

Treasurer
E. Anthony Hurley
Treasurer, African Literature Association
Department of Africana Studies
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York 11794-4340
(631) 632-7473
(631) 632-7470 (messages)
(631) 632-5703 (fax)African_Literature_Association_Treasurer@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

ALA Headquarters Director
Jo Anne Cornwell
French and African Studies
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-8132
(619)594-4131
cornwel@mail.sdsu.edu

JALA Editor
Abioseh Porter
Department of English & Philosophy
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 895-2448
alabulletin@drexel.edu

Term Expiring in 2008 Becky Ayebia Clarke
Ayebia Clarke Literary Agency & Publications, Ltd.
7 Syringa Walk
Banbury
OX16 1FR
Oxfordshire

+44(0) 1295 709228
ayebia@ayebia.co.uk Kusunose Keiko
23-12 Tadekuracho Shimogamo
Sakyoku
Kyoto, Japan
kusunose@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp Mark Lilleleht
Global Studies 301 Ingraham Hall University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, 53706
608-238-6458
mllillel@wisc.edu Term Expiring in 2009
Omoniyi Afolabi W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
325 New Africa House University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01002-6210 (413) 577.0491 oafolabi@afroam.umass.edu Fahamisha Patricia Brown
Associate Professor, ACSHSE
Metropolitan College of New York
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
212-343-1234, ext 2419
fbrown@mcny.edu Anthonia Kalu Africana Studies Program School of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO 80639 970-351-1744 anthonia.kalu@unco.edu Amy Elder
Dept. of English/Comp. Lit.
University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH 45219
(513) 556-3517
elder2@fuse.net
Term Expiring in 2010 G. Oty Agbajoh-Laoye Department of English Monmouth University
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch • New Jersey • 07764-1898 732-571-3662 olaoye@monmouth.edu Anne F. Carlson Southern Illinois University Carbondale Mailcode 4521 1000 Faner Dr Carbondale IL 62901 618/453-4516 acarlson@siu.edu Lokangaka Losambe Department of English University of Vermont 400 Old Mill Burlington VT 05405 (802) 656-4040
lokangaka.losambe@uvm.edu