Dr. Joyce White will be presenting on the enduring presence of Gullah Geechee communities in Georgia—their stories, spiritual traditions, cultural expressions, and profound influence on the state’s identity. Registration is requested. * By registering, you consent to signing up for the monthly Adult Programs newsletter. Joyce White is the author of Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat: Crossroads as Ritual and an Associate Professor of English in Gullah Geechee Literature and Cultures and the Interim Director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center at Georgia Southern University. She received her Ph.D. in Humanities with a primary focus in African American Studies from Clark Atlanta University and earned a BA and MA in English, with a focus in Creative Writing and literature from Florida State University. Her research interests include 19th, 20th, and 21st century African American and diasporic literature, as well as African cosmological and spiritual continuities in diasporic literature, including Gullah Geechee literature and culture. Specifically, her research attends to the textual topography diasporic authors create to contemplate Africana subjectivity and consciousness. Presented by Adult Services.
