Albany State University

Potential. Realized.
Writing. Realized.

 

 



  

 

 

 

 

 


 

Dr. Doris Davenport

Associate Professor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ph. D. (African-American Women’s Literature) University of Southern California, Los Angeles

 

M.A.  State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

 

B.A.   Paine College, Augusta, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 Courses:

 

 

WELCOME……

 

 

 

 

ENGL 1101

Composition I

 

Office: 113 Gibson Hall

 

 

ENGL 1102

Composition II

 

Phone: 229.430.1383

 

 

ENGL 2111

World Literature I

 

Email:

 

 

ENGL 2112

World Literature II

 

doris.davenport@asurams.edu

 

 

ENGL 3799

Poetry

 

Office hours: 

 

 

ENGL 2550

Special Topics in African

Posted on office door.  

 

 

 

American  Literature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profile 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Doris Davenport is a performance poet, writer, and educator. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers, and This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. She has published six books of poetry, the most recent are madness like morning glories (LSU Press 2005) and a hunger for moonlight (Self-published 2006). Dr. Davenport was born and raised in Gainesville and Cornelia, Georgia, in the foothills of Appalachia.

 

 

 

Academic Specialties: 

 

 

 

 
  • African American Literature

 

 
  • Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Literature

 

 
  • Creative Writing

 

 
  • Feminist Literature

 

 
  • Literary Criticism

 

 
  • Women’s Studies

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Memberships:

 

 
  • Alternate ROOTS (Arts & Community Activism)

 

 
  • College Language Association (CLA)

 

 
  • Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS)

 

 
  • Poets and Writers

 

 
  • National Writers’ Union (NWU)

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Publications:

 



Appalachian Heritage : A Literary Quarterly of the Southern Appalachians  Vol. 36, No. 3, Summer 2008, 4 Poems, 52-56. http://community.berea.edu/appalachianheritage/issues/summer2008/contents.html#poetry

 

 

Blue Fifth Review  “ Appalachia: A Sampling of Contemporary Poems” ed.Felicia Mitchell,  Spring Supplement 2008,  3 Poems.              

 http://www.angelfire.com/zine/bluefifth/Spring2008/davenport.html