Afro-American Studies Professor A Yęmisi Jimoh Awarded MELUS Lifetime Achievement Honor
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A Yęmisi Jimoh, professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, was recently honored with the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Jimoh was recognized as for her significant contributions to the MELUS organization as a past president; as a contributor, reviewer, and guest editor for the journal MELUS; and as a force behind the continuation and revitalization of the women in color caucus.
"We are so very proud of this achievement," says Yolanda Covington-Ward, chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies. "It is very well-deserved!"
Jimoh is an educator, leader, and scholar. She is on the faculty in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. As a literary and cultural analyst, she focuses her scholarship and teaching on African American culture and literary studies, with additional research interests in critical race studies, narratology, and onomastics. Jimoh offers courses in twentieth-century African American literature and has particular interests in African American literary movements and African American women novelists.
Her leadership includes roles in collective bargaining, governance, and executive oversight, such as chair of the Faculty Senate Rules Committee at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and president of the Society for the Study of the Multi-ethnic Literature of the United States, a prominent national literary society where for more than two decades she also has served as a member of the editorial board for the Society's internationally distributed and award winning journal, MELUS.