African Literature Association 2008
The 34th Annual African Literature Association Conference
April 22 - 27, 2008
The Professor Igolima Amachree ALA Membership Award
The Organizers of the 2008 ALA conference are delighted to announce the names of five Undergraduate Students who have won the Professor Igolima Amachree ALA Membership Award, which pays their ALA membership fee for the 2008 calendar year. They won by virtue of being the first five Undergraduate Students whose abstracts were accepted for presentation at the 2008 ALA conference. The ALA Membership is a requirement to present at ALA conferences.
The winners are:
- Sarah Groeneveld, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
- Jessica Julius, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Nneka Edwards, Medgar Evers college
- Stephanie F. Gordon, Western Illinois University
- Nicole Karr, Western Illinois University
Please join us in congratulating these students and their faculty mentors for their fine achievements. The Organizing Committee and WIU look forward to receiving the winners at the conference!
African Literature Association 2008
Department of African American Studies • Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
E-mail: ala2008@wiu.edu
Phone: 309-298-1181