Nilgun Anadolu Okur, Ph.D.
826 Gladfelter Hall
(215) 204-8513
anadolu@temple.edu

Doctoral Dissertation:
"Toward a New Identity of Manhood as Reflected in the Dramatic Works of Amiri Baraka" February, 1984.

Education:
Ph.D.,   American Studies.
M.A.,  American Studies.
B.A.,  English Language and Literature.

Selected Publications:

Book
Contemporary African American Theater: Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller. Garland Publishing, 1997.

Articles
"The Unmaking of Dyson's Malcolm X: An Afrocentric Review." in Journal of Black Studies, September 1996, Vol. 27, No.1. 126-139.

"Foremothers Remembered: An Afrocentric Quest into the Works of Phillis Wheatley and Lucy Terry." in The Afrocentric Scholar. West Virginian University, Fall 1996.

"The Beginning Before the Beginning: An Inquiry Upon the Origins of Drama." in The International Journal of Black Drama. Fall 1996.

"The Underground Railroad in Philadelphia: 1830-1860." in The Journal of Black Studies, May 1995, 537-557.

Lecture Topics:
Pennsylvania's History of the Underground Railroad
Abolitionists and Anti-Slavery Organizations in Pennsylvania
Stories from the Underground Railroad

Honors:
Fulbright Award, University of Texas, 1978
Fulbright Senior Research Award, Temple University, 1988
Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Philadelphia, 1996 & 1999