Dr. Rose A. Sackeyfio
Associate Professor Department of English
Winston Salem State University
Tel. 336-750-2026
E-mail: sackeyfior@wssu.edu
Rose Sackeyfio has taught in the Department of English at Winston Salem State
University since 1993 after completing a Ph. D. at Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, Nigeria where she taught for 10 years. Her area of specialization and
research interest is inter-disciplinary and includes the literature of African and
African-American women, Women’s Studies, Cultural Studies and recently,
South Asian Women’s Writing. Her research interests evolved from over 40 years
of travel and research in West Africa. Her publications and scholarly pursuits
explore various aspects of the lives of African women in the global arena. Her
many publications include book chapters and peer reviewed articles in the
leading journals in her field: Journal of the African Literature Association, African
Literature Today and Research in African Literatures (forthcoming). She is a CoDirector of the National Endowment for the Humanities Initiative: Integrating India
into the Liberal Arts Curriculum at WSSU. She was awarded the WSSU
Research Initiation Proposal Grant and produced a documentary in Accra,
Ghana called Building Bridges: the Untold African Story. In March 2014, she was
awarded the University of North Carolina India Technology Learning Grant to
develop a Video/Skype course with WSSU and Jamia Millia Islamia University in
Delhi India. Her commitment to curriculum development in cultural studies, and
women’s writing is reflected in the creation of two courses: Women’s Literature in
a Global Context, and Black Women’s Identity Through Time. Her scholarly
engagement includes numerous presentations in USA and international
conferences in Europe, Africa and Asia including guest lectures in three
universities in India. Presently, she the Co-Editor of a collection of critical essays,
Emerging Perspectives on Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo who is a leading Nigerian
woman writer.