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William (Maurice) Shipley

William (Maurice) Shipley

William (Maurice) Shipley

Assistant Professor Emeritus

shipley.4@osu.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Nineteenth-Century American literature
  • Black American literature and composition

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1975.
  • M.A., University of Illinois, 1971
  • B.A., University of Illinois, 1970

Author of several articles and reviews, Dr. Shipley has two works in progress: a critical study of Black women's writings and a work on the mulatto in literature.