Dr. Chola Chisunka, Associate Professor

Miller Hall ~ 21A  Ext. 3445  cchisunka@fsc.edu

Education:

B.S. Nkumah Teachers� College, Kabwe, Zambia

Teaching Certificate, Copperbelt Teaching Centre, Kitwe, Zambia

B.A. University, Lusaka, Zambia

M.A. Syracuse University, New York

Ph.D. Syracuse University, New York

Graduate Courses Taught:

Africa Through the Novel

History of Theatre and Drama

Areas of Interest:

Reader-response patterns among American and African high school students; the use of natural images in women�s poetry of the Harlem Renaissance; Nature as a character in Caribbean novels.

Professional Highlights:

Visiting Research Fellow, Syracuse University, Department of African American

Studies, September 1993-1994.

Producing, Artistic, and Managing Director: The Misanthrope (1993),

 The Importance of Being Earnest (1994 - FSC Centennial Production),

Fitchburg State College.

�Reader�s Responses to the Images of African-American and European American

Females in Shirley Williams� Dessa Rose� Paper presented at Virginia State University, 1994.

            Chola Chisunka�s development of the college�s theater program, our multicultural consciousness, the department�s reading and writing curriculum, along with his great collegiality, make him a valued member of the department and a mentor for students. He has supported innovative uses of portfolios and journals among Fitchburg State College students. He has poured his energy into producing and directing our first full theatrical productions in recent years while maintaining a schedule that has included both graduate and undergraduate courses and presentation of papers nationally every semester. He is a man with a mission to introduce change toward greater understanding between cultures. Such a mission requires the patience, humor, insight, and enjoyment of teaching that Chola possesses in abundance. He has recently returned from Zambia, where he is gathering research data for an intercultural study of the reading processes of students in both his native country and in nearby Leominster High School.