Prof. Sandra Adell
Professor of Literature, Department of Afro-American Studies at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ph.D.,
UW-Madison, Comparative Literature. Areas of specialization: Black literature
(English, French, Spanish), Modern Narrative, Literary Criticism and Theory,
and Continental French literature and philosophy, African American Theater History.
Books: Double-Consciousness / Double Bind: Theoretical Issues in Twentieth-Century
Black Literature (University of Illinois
Press, 1994); Literary Masters: Toni Morrison (The Gale Group, 2004) and
an edited reference book for general readers, Dictionary of Twentieth Century
Culture: African American Culture (The Gale Group, 1996). Other publications
in a number of scholarly journals, among them, Diacritics, Transitions, Comparative
Literature Studies, and the Journal of Caribbean Studies. Adell is also a commercial
print model and on-screen and theater actor. She is a proud member of three
professional acting unions: Screen Actors Guild (SAG); the American Federation
of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Actors Equity Association (AEA).