AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Stacey Close, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Assistant Professor of American History
African-American Slavery
Civil Rights Movement
Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction
Religions of the World
19th Century American History
Webb Hall, Room 351
(860) 465-4612
E-Mail: closes@easternct.edu
Elena Tapia, Ph.D., Indiana University
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Grammar
Language Change & Variation
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
Conceptual Metapho/Figurative Language
Webb Hall, Room 250
(860) 465-5078
E-Mail: tapiae@easternct.edu