Jeffrey Lamar Coleman

Jeffrey Lamar Coleman is a Professor of English and Department Chair at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico and has published extensively on literature of the American Civil Rights Movement, social protest poetry, and intersections of music and social consciousness.

• B.A. in Communications (Journalism & Advertising), Winthrop University (1987)
• M.F.A. in Creative Writing/Poetry, Arizona State University (1993)
• Ph.D. in American Studies, University of New Mexico (1997)

His research focuses on:

• Literature of the American Civil Rights Movement
• Music as social protest
• Twentieth- and twenty-first century American literature

He has edited The Journal of Hip Hop Studies and curated the Delaware Poetry Review, emphasizing Black resilience and cultural commentary in literature.