Dr. Daryl Dance
Professor of English
323 Ryland Hall
Office: (804) 289-8295
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Teaching:
African American Literature
Selected Readings in American Literature
Selected Readings in Caribbean Literature
American Literature Since the Civil War
Black Women Writers
African American Women Writers
Caribbean Literature
Seminar: The African American Novel
Selected Publications:
In addition to numerous articles, book chapters, and book reviews on American, African American, and Caribbean literature, folklore, popular culture, and humor, I have published the following books:
From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore: An Anthology. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002.
The Lineage of Abraham: The Biography of a Free Black Family in Charles City, VA. (self published, 1998).
Honey, Hush! An Anthology of African American Women's Humor. New York: W. W. Norton, 1998.
New World Adams: Conversations with Contemporary West Indian Writers. Leeds, England: Peepal Tree Press, 1992.
Long Gone: The Mecklenburg Six and the Theme of Escape in Black Folklore. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1987.
Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical and Critical Sourcebook. Edited with introduction and essays on Michael Anthony, Austin Clarke, Earl Lovelace, Vic Reid, Andrew Salkey, and Michael Thelwell by Daryl Cumber Dance. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1985.
Shuckin' and Jivin': Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.
Awards:
Fellowships and research grants
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellowship, Stanford, CA, 1998-99
Virginia Endowment for the Humanities Resident Fellowship, Spring 1997
University of Richmond PETE Grant, Summer, 1995
University of Richmond Faculty Travel Grant, Summer 1994
Virginia Commonwealth University Grants-in-Aid, Summer 1986
Sabbatical, VCU, 1984-85
VCU Grants-in-Aid, Summer 1981
Robert R. Moton Research Grant, 1979-80
Fulbright Research Grant (Jamaica), Summer-Fall, 1978
Eastern Virginia International Studies Consortium Grant, Fall, 1977
NEH Research Grant, Summer, 1976
NEH Research Grant, 1974-75
Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1970-71
Southern Fellowships Fund Fellowships, 1969-70, 1968-69, and 1967-68
Ford Foundation Fellowship in Asian Studies, Summer, 1964
Other special awards and honors (partial listing)
Legacy Award, Virginia State University, January 23, 2008
The Sojourner Truth Award from The African American Studies Program of George Mason University, March 20, 2007
Zora Neale Hurston Award, National Association of Black Storytellers Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 13, 2004
From My People won the 2004 Storytelling World Award
From My People selected as one of the "Top 10 African American Nonfiction" books reviewed by Booklist between February 1001 and February 2002
Sister Circle Book Award for Outstanding Anthology, March 12, 1999, San Francisco, CA
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education's (NAFEO's) 1998 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award (Virginia State University), Washington, D.C., April 18, 1998
Award of Distinction from The African American/Caribbean Cultural Arts Commission of Miami, FL, September 21, 1996
Citation for Contributions to Caribean Literature, by The Caribbean-American Association of Richmond, VA, June 10, 1994
Featured in "Muses: A Tribute to Mature Women Who Have Lived Creative Lives," Photograph exhibit by Carlie Collier, opened at VCU on May 14, 1992
VCU African-American Alumni honoree
Phi Beta Sigma Outstanding Faculty Award, VCU, April 1991
VCU Humanities and Sciences Distinguished Research Award, 1989
Subject of "A Black History Moment" (features on selected individuals shown throughout Black History Month), WXEX-TV8, February, 1988
Fifty Caribbean Writers named an outstanding reference book of 1986 by Library Journal
Member, Virginia Writers Club, 1986-
VCU Arts and Sciences Lecturer Award, March 31, 1981
Black Arts Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts, Branches of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia, September 25, 1980
Danforth Associate, 1974-
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Award for Achievement in Education, May 1972