Dianne Johnson-Feelings

Title:	Professor of English Inaugural Patricia Moore-Pastides Distinguished Chair
Department:	English Language and Literature McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
Email:	dianne@sc.edu
Office:	HUO 507
Resources:	English Language and Literature www.dinahjohnsonbooks.com (Image: Standing in front of statue of Richard T. Greener, USC's first African American professor)

Education

PhD, Yale University, American Studies
MA, Yale University, Afro-American Studies
AB, Princeton University, English/Creative Writing
Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC
Fellow, NEH Summer Institute on Black Film, University of Central Florida

Areas of Specialization

   • Children's and Young Adult Literature
   • African American Literature
   • Creative Writing
   • African American Film
   • Multicultural American Autobiography

Recent Publications

   • Co-Editor, A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies' Book, Part of the Centennial Studies Series of The Children's Literature Association, University of Mississippi Press, 2022. School Library Journal starred review.
   • H is for Harlem, illustrated by April Harrison. NY: Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown, 2022. Named a Boston Globe - Horn Book honor book for non-fiction.
   • Indigo Dreaming, illustrated by Anna Cunha. NY: HarperCollins, 2022. Chosen to represent the State of South Carolina at the Library of Congress National Book Festival 2023. See review here. Also featured as a Richland Library "Table Talks" book.

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