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Rosamond King
Academic History
Rosamond S. King, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department
of English, has recently been named a Fulbright Scholar. She
will travel to Gambia, West Africa to pursue her project “Tracing
Gambian Literature: Engaging Authors and Texts.” While
in residence, she will interview Gambian authors, scholars,
and archivists. Working with the National Library, National
Archives, and the University of The Gambia, King will examine
not only the literature, but also the contemporary literary
landscape in this often overlooked country. Her research will
culminate in essays which examine what is being written –
and what is being written about – in the Gambia, how
literature is published and distributed there, and what Gambians
feel is needed to nurture, promote, and preserve their literature
at home and abroad.
Professor King enjoys teaching African and Caribbean literature
and culture to LIU-Brooklyn's diverse student body. She began
teaching here in 2004, and has also taught at New
York University, Rutgers University-Newark, and Hunter
College.
She earned her doctorate in Comparative Literature from NYU
with the dissertation "Born Under the Sign of the Suitcase:
Caribbean Immigrant Literature 1959-1999." She also earned
an MA in Comparative Literature from NYU, and a BA in Literature
& Linguistics from Cornell
University. In addition to studying these subjects, she
completed credentials for a "teaching field" in
Performance Studies.
Her scholarly work has been presented at conferences around
the world, and has been published in several journals. In
addition, Prof. King's creative work has appeared in over
a dozen journals and anthologies, and has been performed throughout
the Americas.
Courses Taught at LIU
ENG 16 English Composition
ENG 64 Non-Western Literature
ENG 150 Introduction to Caribbean Literature
Honors Elective
Professional Memberships
American Comparative Literature Association
Modern Language Association
African Literature Association
Caribbean Studies Association
African Studies Association
Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars
No. 1 Gold Artists' Collective
Awards & Prizes
Junior Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago Center for
the Study of Race, Politics, & Culture, 2005-2006
Geraldine R. Dodge Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute on Ethnicity,
Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University Newark,
2002-2004. As part of this fellowship I conceived of and directed
"Newark Reads Du Bois" and "Newark Reads Poetry,"
Newark's first-ever city-wide reading programs.
Honoree, "The First Mellon 100+ PhDs," The Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation & The Social Science Research Council,
NYC, March 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar,
"Caribbean Theater and Cultural Performance," University
of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 30 June-2 August 2003
Poet Participant, "Symmetries, Shadow, Series and Sequence,"
a Cave Canem Workshop led by Erica Hunt, October-December
2003
Emerging Writers Seminar, The Center for Book Arts, 2003
Residency Grant, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 2002
Finalist, Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, 2002
Residency Grant, Norcroft: A Writing Retreat, 2002
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1997-2001
New York University MacCracken Fellowship, 1996-2001
New York University Opportunity Fellowship, 1996-2001
NYU Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Dean's Travel
Grant, Spring 1999 & Fall 1998
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, 1996
Leadership Award, Committee on Special Educational Programs,
Cornell University, 1996
College Scholar, Cornell University College of Arts &
Sciences, 1993-1996
Telluride Scholar, 1992-1995
Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellow, 1993-1996
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