MAXINE LAVON MONTGOMERY, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (1986). Specializes in African-American literature, Women's literature, and Modern Fiction. Professor Montgomery is currently at work on a book-length critical study of Gloria Naylor's fiction.

Memberships include: MLA, CLA, The Toni Morrison Society and FCEA.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• Conversations With Gloria Naylor., University Press of Mississippi, forthcoming Spring 2004.
• The Apocalypse in African-American Fiction, U Press of Florida, 1996.
• "Good Housekeeping: Domestic Rituals in the Fiction of Gloria Naylor," Gloria Naylor's Early Novels, U Press of Florida, 1999.
• "Authority, Multivocality, and the New World Order in Gloria Naylor's Bailey's Cafe," African-American Review, 1997.
• "Racial Armageddon: The Image of Apocalypse in Richard Wright's Native Son," College Language Association Journal, 1991.
• "A Pilgrimage to the Origins: Apocalypse as Structure and Theme in Toni Morrison's Sula," African-American Review, 1989.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• COFRS Grant, 2004.
• Sabbatical, Fall 2003.
• University Teaching Award, 2002 - 2003.
• W.E.B. DuBois Honor Society Distinguished Faculty Award, 2001.
• Teaching Incentive Program Award, 1994-5.
• University Teaching Award, 1994-5.
• McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1989-90.
• Gold Key Faculty Member Recognition. 1994.