Selwyn Cudjoe

Selwyn Cudjoe
Born
Selwyn Reginald Cudjoe

(1943-12-01) 1 December 1943 (age 80)
Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago
EducationFordham University; Columbia University; Cornell University
Occupation(s)Professor, historian, scholar
Known forCaribbean literature and Caribbean intellectual history

Selwyn Cudjoe (born 1 December 1943)[1] is a Trinidadian academic, scholar, historian, essayist and editor who is Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. He was also the Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literature and the Marion Butler McClean Professor in the History of Ideas at Wellesley.[2][3] Cudjoe's particular expertise is Caribbean literature and Caribbean intellectual history, and he teaches courses on the African-American literary tradition, African literature, black women writers, and Caribbean literature.[2]

  1. ^ "Selwyn Cudjoe", Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ a b "Selwyn R. Cudjoe", Wellesley College.
  3. ^ "Selwyn Cudjoe Named to the Carlson Professorship in Comparative Literature at Wellesley College", 10 June 2010 (via Trinicenter.com).