Alison Ligon teaches Composition and World Literature courses.  Her current research activities are focused upon examining sociopolitical subtexts in literature from the African Diaspora, namely, the Anglophone Caribbean, and oral histories and narratives associated with The Great Migration and its counter movement.  The scope of her research interests include: Contemporary African American literature and culture, postcolonial Caribbean and Latin American women’s literature, and North American popular culture.  Ligon is a member of the Humanities Division’s Learning Communities Initiative, and a supporter of the Morehouse Film and Literature Society.

Education
D.A. in Humanities/African American Studies, Clark Atlanta University

M.A. in Liberal Studies; certificates in Women’s Studies and African American Studies, Duke University

B.A. in Political Science, Hampton University

Selected Publications
Rev. of Out of the Rough: Women’s Poems of Survival and Celebration. Dorothy Perry Thompson and Deborah James, eds., Fall 2001. <http://BlackArtsYourCity.com>. 

Forthcoming Publications
“‘Monkey Caa’n See’e Own Tail’: Reflections Upon the Historical Import of  Merle Hodge’s Crick Crack, Monkey”

“In Search of a ‘True-True’ Name: Adolescence in Selected Contemporary Caribbean Novels”

Contact
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aligon@morehouse.edu