UPCOMING EVENT
Jonah's Gourd Vine
Date: September 18, 2021, 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Moderators:
Tawnicia Ferguson Rowan
Assistant Professor English at Florida Memorial University
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Tawnicia Ferguson Rowan
Assistant Professor English at Florida Memorial University
Tawnicia Ferguson Rowan is an Assistant Professor of English at Florida Memorial University, a licensed teacher in the Universal Foundation for Better Living, and the founder of Well-Written Words, LLC. She is a second-generation native of Miami, Florida, and a proud alumna of two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Spelman College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and the Interdenominational Theological Center, where she earned her Master of Divinity degree. She earned her Master of Arts degree in English from Vanderbilt University.
Tawnicia is passionate about good writing, spiritual activism, and womanist thought, and she is committed to uplifting people through literacy. “Well-written words have the power to effect change,” she says. “We must cultivate our ability to comprehend them, to interpret them, and to generate them for ourselves.” She currently serves in the Adult Education ministry at the Universal Truth Center in Miami Gardens, where she and her husband James have been members since 1999.
Tawnicia is a member of the Miami Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the Dade County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Miami Chapter of The Girl Friends, Incorporated. In her leisure time, she enjoys playing musical instruments, journaling with her favorite fountain pens, and gathering with friends and family, especially at the beach.
Dr. Darnise C. Martin
Clinical Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Loyola Marymount University
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Dr. Darnise C. Martin
Clinical Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Loyola Marymount University
Darnise C. Martin holds a doctorate in Cultural and Historical Studies in Religion from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at Loyola Marymount University where she teaches courses in Theological Studies and African American Studies. Dr. Martin is the author of Beyond Christianity: African Americans in a New Thought Church (New York University Press, 2005), and coeditor of Women and New and Africana Religions, a volume within the Women in Religions Series for Praeger press (Praeger, 2009). She continues to conduct research on African Diaspora religions and Africans Americans in metaphysical religions. Dr. Martin has also been featured on Tavis Smiley’s radio program on National Public Radio (NPR), and has appeared on KJLH radio in Los Angeles. She has consulted on feature length documentaries such as Dark Girls and Light Girls for the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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