MELISSA PEARSON
Assistant Professor of English
Department of English

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EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. (Candidate) English Composition and Rhetoric with concentration in African
• American Rhetoric - University of South Carolina
• M.A., English with Specialization in Writing Studies - University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign
• B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences with Concentration in English & Communications - University of Illinois
• A.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences - Parkland College

HONORS/AWARDS:

• SC Council for African American Studies, Founding Board of Directors
• SC College Summit , Founding Board of Directors
• African American Historical Alliance , Secretary, Founding Board of Directors
• AAPP – African American Professor’s Doctoral Scholar
• University of South Carolina , Black Graduate Students’ Association
• NCTE
• NAACP
• Parkland College 's Professional Speakers Bureau
• University of Illinois Black Alumni Association (Executive Committee)
• University of Illinois Black Graduate Students' Association