MICRO-BIO

• Michelle Diane Wright was born, raised and received her early education in Frederick, Maryland. She attended Dartmouth College where she received a dual B.A. degree in English and Art History in 1987. Following undergraduate study, she attended The...More

  Michelle Diane Wright was born, raised and received her early education in Frederick, Maryland. She attended Dartmouth College where she received a dual B.A. degree in English and Art History in 1987. Following undergraduate study, she attended The Ohio State University in 1989, received a M.A. in Black Studies, an M.A. in Political Science and an A.B.D. in History. Wright taught Black Studies and Political Science at The Ohio State University following graduate school. Michelle Diane Wright is the author of three books; "Let’s Learn Swahili," published in 2001, a workbook designed to teach Kiswahili to children aged 5-12. Her second book was released in 2004 and was entitled"The Case of Marshall 'Eddie' Conway," a resource manual outlining the case of former Black Panther and 40 year political prisoner Eddie Conway. Her most recent book was released in 2007 and was entitled "Broken Utterances: 19th Century Black Women’s Social Thought." Currently, Michelle Diane Wright is in the final stages of writing a book about anarchist labor leader Lucy E. Parsons. The working title for that book is "More Dangerous Than A Thousand Rioters."

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EXPERIENCE

• Community College of Baltimore County

  • Associate Professor/Department Coordinator
  • History & Africana Studies
  • August 2007 to Present

EDUCATION

• The Ohio State University

  • ABD
  • August 1991 to June 1993

  History Concentration - Black Women's Identity

• The Ohio State University

  • MA
  • August 1990 to June 1991

  Political Science Concentration - Transnational Relations/African Independence

• The Ohio State University

  • MA
  • August 1989 to August 1990

  Black Studies Concentration - Black Women

• Dartmouth College

  • BA
  • August 1983 to June 1987

  English/Art History Dual Major African and African American Studies Minor

Interests

• Gardening

• Travel

• Cooking

Links

• Africana Studies Independent Film Festival