David Dzaka
Assistant Professor of English

Contact Information: P.O. Box: 3017 E-mail: ddzaka@messiah.edu Phone: (717) 796-1800, ext. 3481 Office: Boyer 204 Fax: (717) 796-4790

Education:

B.A., Dip Ed.,Cape Coast

M.Phil., Ghana

Ph.D., Hawaii, Composition Theory and Twentieth Century

Postcolonial Literature


Publications:

Reinventing English Studies in Anglophone Africa. Accra: Impact Publishers. (in press)

  "Theorizing Representations of Christianity in African Literary and Cultural Texts." Journal of Languages and Literatures. (forthcoming)

Shifting Lenses: "Refiguring Writing Instruction in Ghana." Problems of Languages in Education in Africa. (ed.) L.A. Boadi. Winneba: UEW. (in press)

  "Resisting Writing: Reflections on the Postcolonial Factor in the Writing Class." Crossing Borderlands: Composition and Postcolonial Studies.

(eds) A. Lundsford and L. Ouzgane. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburgh P, 2004, pp 157-170.

Book Review: Contemporary Literature in Ghana: 1911-1976 A Critical Evaluation by Charles Angmor. Wisconsin Review of African Literature. vol 1 no.1, June 2001, pp 107-110.

Angmor et al "Literature in the JSS Language Classroom." English in Ghana.
M.E. Kropp Dakubu (ed.) Accra: G.E.S.A., 1997 pp. 157-172

     
Courses Taught:

World/Postcolonial Literature Courses, "Nonwestern"

Topics COurse

Contemporary British Literature

First Year Seminar

Personal Statement:

My vision for all of my students is that they not only accept, but deeply appreciate our common humanity and the beauty of diversity.

Fun Fact:
Have you ever met a black or white person? Write and tell me about the experience.

	Jean Corey	Paul Nisly
	Crystal L. Downing	Peter Powers
	David Dzaka	Matthew Roth
	Larry Lake	Samuel Smith
	Heidi Lee	Helen Walker