معرفی
Dr. Salita S. Bryant is Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department at Lehman College, CUNY. An award-winning poet and scholar, she also trained as a psychoanalytic candidate with the Harlem Family Institute and has held college-wide roles including Arts & Humanities Interim Associate Dean.
Education
- Ph.D. in Early American Literature – University of Mississippi
- M.Ed. in Clinical Counseling – University of Mississippi
- M.A. in British Literature – University of Mississippi
- M.F.A. in Poetry – New York University
- B.S. in Sociology and Psychology – Georgia Southern University
Research & Creative Work
Her scholarship bridges early American print culture and narrative confinement, while her creative practice centers on poetry and libretto writing. Themes of voice, captivity, and psychological interiority recur across her critical and creative output.
Publications & Recognition
She is author of the poetry collection Addie Bundren is Dead (Finishing Line Press) and Associate Editor of the scholarly volume Liberty’s Captives: Narratives of Confinement in the Print Culture of the Early Republic (University of Georgia Press). Her poems, essays, broadsides, reviews, and libretto “Lady Killers” have appeared widely, earning her more than two dozen major prizes and three Pushcart Prize nominations.
Honors & Awards
- Spoon River Poetry Review Editors’ Prize
- Boulevard Emerging Poet’s Award
- Iron Horse Literary Review Discovered Voices Award
- Gradiva Award (National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis)
- Multiple contest wins and placements in Atlanta Review, North American Review, Nimrod, New Letters, Dogwood, The MacGuffin, and others
College & Professional Service
Dr. Bryant has served on numerous governance bodies including the President’s College Branding Task Force, Middle States Periodic Review, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Provost’s Faculty Research Advisory Board, AAC&U Integrative Learning Council, and as Chair of the Provost’s Assessment Council. Within the English Department she has been Graduate Director, Assessment Coordinator, and Faculty Senate representative.
Outreach & Engagement
She has delivered hundreds of poetry readings, workshops, and critical presentations across the United States and internationally, fostering dialogue between creative writing, psychoanalysis, and early American studies.
