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Elizabeth Alexander | |
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| Born | May 30, 1962 Harlem, New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Boston University (MA) University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
| Spouse | Ficre Ghebreyesus (deceased 2012) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Relatives | Clifford Alexander Jr. (father) Mark C. Alexander (brother) Arthur C. Logan (grandfather) Myra Adele Logan (greataunt) |
Elizabeth Alexander (born May 30, 1962)[1] is an American poet, writer, and literary scholar who has served as the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018.
Previously, Alexander was a professor for 15 years at Yale University, where she taught poetry and chaired the African American studies department. In 2015, she was appointed director of creativity and free expression at the Ford Foundation.[2] She then joined the faculty of Columbia University in 2016, as the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor in the Humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature.[3][4][5] In 2022, Time named Alexander one of 100 Most Influential People in World.[6]
- ^ "Elizabeth Alexander". The Africana Research Center. PennState College of the Liberal Arts. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
- ^ "Ford appoints Elizabeth Alexander as director of Creativity and Free Expression". Ford Foundation. October 6, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Elizabeth Alexander - Words That Shimmer". On Being with Krista Tippett. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ Milstein, Larry; Emma Platoff (September 18, 2015). "Elizabeth Alexander, poet and professor, to depart for Columbia". Yale Daily News. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Elizabeth Alexander '84 named president of Mellon Foundation". Yale University News. February 7, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Nottage, Lynne (May 23, 2022). "Elizabeth Alexander: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022". Time. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
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