Lanetta Dickens 4506 Sunshine Lane, Missouri City, Texas, 77459 Phone: (281) 438-7051 Cell: (281) 222-9997

Email: lanetta_d@hotmail.com Education Expected May 2013 2011 Bachelor of Arts in Literature with minor African American Studies University of Houston Associate Degree in Arts - English Houston Community College High School Diploma, Lawrence E. Elkins High School

2009 Awards June 2008

Scholarship Batts/Hammond Reunion Scholarship ($500) - Awarded earned to purchase text books for College

Publications Dickens, Lanetta. Guest Post: African American Studies Intern Reviews Hip Hop Conference, Special Collections Blog, May 24, 2012. http://weblogs.lib.uh.edu/speccol/2012/05/24/african-american-studies-intern-lanetta-dickensreviews-hip-hop-conference/

Notable Achievements

Spring 2013 -

Independent Study with Professor Paul Guajardo, University of Houston o Research Assistant - project that examines African American prison memoirs with special reference to drug and gang culture. The research will assist the professors book project. Annual Undergraduate Conference on English Language and Literature University of St Francis, Illinois o Research paper The Desire for Freedom accepted and will be presented at the conference.

March 23, 2013

Spring 2012 -

Key Committee member on the 2012 Hip Hop Conference, University of Houston o Organized special exhibit from Library archives; o Researched and interviewed renowned musician in Houston music scene.

Employment: 2011 - 2013 University of Houston Campus Bookstore - Cashier General Merchandise and Textbook MD Anderson Library, University of Houston - Intern for the Special Collections

Spring 2012

Oct 2008 Jan 2013 CVS Pharmacy - Cashier/Sales Representative

References Guajardo, Paul. Associate Professor of English. University of Houston. Specializations: Mexican American Literature, British/Victorian Literature, Henry David Thoreau (713) 743-3199 pg@uh.edu

Hogue, Lawrence. English Professor. University of Houston. Specializations: Contemporary American Fiction, U S Minority literatures, Modern American literature, Critical Theory, Postmodern Fiction, Post-structuralism/Postmodernism, African American Fiction, and Native American and Asian American literatures. (713) 743-2950 whogue@uh.edu

Pierre, Hazel. Assistant Professor of English. University of Houston. Specializations: Caribbean Diasporic and 'Postcolonial' Literatures in English; Postcolonial theory; questions of colonialism, imperialism, globalization; nationalism and the construction of subjectivities; questions of representation in literature and other visual media especially painting. Research interests intersect with Hemispheric, Cultural and Auto/biography Studies. (713) 743-2946 hapierre2@uh.edu