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April 30, 2014

Meet the Womyn: Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon, PhD

PhD (Cultural Anthropology), M.A. (Anthropology), MFA (Theater), Graduate Certificate) Women’s Studies, B.A. (Journalism); is an Associate Professor in the Theater Department in the Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts at Temple University. The 2008, $50,000 Research and Creative Scholarship Seed Grant Co-recipient, 2003 Provost’s Arts Commission Grant recipient ($5000); a 2001 Independence Foundation Theater Communications Group Grant, the 2000 winner of the PEW Charitable Trust $50,000 fellowship in scriptwriting, and the 1999, winner of the DaimlerChrysler “Spirit of the Word” National Poetry Competition (Seattle), Kimmika Williams has also been the recipient of a host of awards and honors, including: the DaimlerChrysler Regional Poetry Contest (Philadelphia), the 1996, Lila Wallace Creative Arts Fellowship with the American Antiquarian Society and a two-time returning playwright with the Minneapolis Playwrights’ Center and Pew Charitable Trusts Playwrights Exchange. The author of Through Smiles and Tears: The History of African American Theater—from Kemet to the Americas. (LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing: 2011)and The Secret Messages in African American Theater: Hidden Meaning Embedded in Public Discourse” (Edwin Mellen Publishing, 2006) Williams’-Witherspoon is the author of nine books of Poetry, has published essays and articles in a host of publications and is a recipient of numerous Residency, Teaching and Community Service Awards including citations from City Council, The Goode Admin., the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the key to the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania (1992)

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