| Interests:
She has several teaching and research interests, including International
Black Literatures, Literatures of the African Diaspora, Black Women's
Writing, Cross Cultural Theories, and Migration Studies. Much of
her work is preoccupied with issues of migration and identity.
Current Research:
Ms. Gadsby's research has taken her to Barbados , the United Kingdom
, Ghana , Senegal , Gambia , Guinea Bissau, and Grenada . At Oberlin
she teaches courses in African American, African and Caribbean Literature.
Recent Publications and Awards:
Ms. Gadsby's first book, Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers,
Migration, and Survival will be published in July 2006 by the University
of Missouri Press .
Education: Meredith
M. Gadsby holds a B. A. in English from Vassar College , M.A. and
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Binghamton University SUNY.
Ms. Gadsby is at present serving as Secretary for the Association
of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars. She has received many fellowships
and awards, including the African-New World Studies Dissertation
Year Fellowship, 1997-1999, and Clifford Clark Fellowship at Binghamton
University.
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