Elizabeth Nunez
Biographic Data
| ID | 1223768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Nunez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Nunez |
| SIGNATURE | NUNEZ E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medgar Evers College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Truth in Fiction, Untruths in Memoir
Truth in Fiction, Untruths in Memoir Elizabeth Nunez (bio) For the epigraph of my memoir Not for Everyday Use, I quote a poem by one of the finest poets and essayists in the English-speaking Caribbean, the late Wayne Brown. The poem is entitled “A Letter from Elizabeth.” I was fortunate to have had a long, close friendship with Wayne, so I assumed the poem was meant for me and referred to a letter I had written to him, though I must add a caveat.…
Evaluating the Impact of Dental Care on Housing Intervention Program Outcomes Among Homeless Veterans
Objectives. In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study, we examined the impact of dental care on outcomes among homeless veterans discharged from a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transitional housing intervention program. Methods. Our sample consisted of 9870 veterans who were admitted into a VA homeless intervention program during 2008 and 2009, 4482 of whom received dental care during treatment and 5388 of whom did not. Primary outcom…
How I came to America
A Caribbean immigrant in America is reminded of a fundamental truth: power and privilege cede nothing without a struggle. She credits the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s for breaking down barriers that limited the immigration of people of colour to the United States
Bruised Hibiscus
Beyond the Limbo Silence
In the tradition of novelists Alice Walker, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tsitsi Dangarembga, Elizabeth Nunez weaves a personal story into the broader tapestry of political history. Twenty-year-old Sara Edgehill has left her native Trinidad in 1963 to attend college in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where she joins two other girls -- Courtney from St. Lucia and Angela from British Guyana -- in the task of integrating the all-white school. For Sara, coming from a wor…
Could Shakespeare Have Known
I find myself in a dilemma-the peculiar dilemma of the Black scholar who must explain and legitimize his interest in investigating the Black side of the question. The role is clear in the fields of history, sociology and psychology. We admit to Black Art, Black Music, Afro-American Literature and even highbrows are tolerant of the concept of Black Economics. But in the area of English literature the field is clouded with snobbery. The authors her…
Why Black Johnny Cant Write College English
Why Black Johnny Cant Write College English
Evaluating the Impact of Dental Care on Housing Intervention Program Outcomes Among Homeless Veterans
Objectives. In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study, we examined the impact of dental care on outcomes among homeless veterans discharged from a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transitional housing intervention program. Methods. Our sample consisted of 9870 veterans who were admitted into a VA homeless intervention program during 2008 and 2009, 4482 of whom received dental care during treatment and 5388 of whom did not. Primary outcom…
Why Black Johnny Cant Write College English
Could Shakespeare Have Known
I find myself in a dilemma-the peculiar dilemma of the Black scholar who must explain and legitimize his interest in investigating the Black side of the question. The role is clear in the fields of history, sociology and psychology. We admit to Black Art, Black Music, Afro-American Literature and even highbrows are tolerant of the concept of Black Economics. But in the area of English literature the field is clouded with snobbery. The authors her…
Beyond the Limbo Silence
In the tradition of novelists Alice Walker, Jamaica Kincaid, and Tsitsi Dangarembga, Elizabeth Nunez weaves a personal story into the broader tapestry of political history. Twenty-year-old Sara Edgehill has left her native Trinidad in 1963 to attend college in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where she joins two other girls -- Courtney from St. Lucia and Angela from British Guyana -- in the task of integrating the all-white school. For Sara, coming from a wor…
Bruised Hibiscus
How I came to America
A Caribbean immigrant in America is reminded of a fundamental truth: power and privilege cede nothing without a struggle. She credits the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s for breaking down barriers that limited the immigration of people of colour to the United States
Evaluating the Impact of Dental Care on Housing Intervention Program Outcomes Among Homeless Veterans
Objectives. In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study, we examined the impact of dental care on outcomes among homeless veterans discharged from a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transitional housing intervention program. Methods. Our sample consisted of 9870 veterans who were admitted into a VA homeless intervention program during 2008 and 2009, 4482 of whom received dental care during treatment and 5388 of whom did not. Primary outcom…
Truth in Fiction, Untruths in Memoir
Truth in Fiction, Untruths in Memoir Elizabeth Nunez (bio) For the epigraph of my memoir Not for Everyday Use, I quote a poem by one of the finest poets and essayists in the English-speaking Caribbean, the late Wayne Brown. The poem is entitled “A Letter from Elizabeth.” I was fortunate to have had a long, close friendship with Wayne, so I assumed the poem was meant for me and referred to a letter I had written to him, though I must add a caveat.…
Art (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · History (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Botany (1 work) · Civil rights (1 work)