Nancy D. Tolson

Nancy D. Tolson is the assistant director of the African American Studies Program at the University of South Carolina. She received a MA and PhD from the University of Iowa, researching the history and development of Black children’s literature and Black folklore. Tolson has been a Ford Fellow, NEH facilitator, Fulbright scholar/lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), and an Illinois Humanities’ “Road Scholar”. She has been a storyteller for as long as she has been able to talk and is proudly a storyteller at the Augusta Baker’s Dozen Storytelling Festival (Columbia, SC) since 2015. She is a commissioner for the Columbia Museum of Art, as well as an active docent.

Speakers Bureau Topics by Nancy D. Tolson

The Importance of Diverse Children’s Literature

Education and Pedagogy Literature and Writing

The History of Black Children’s Literature

African-American History and Culture Education and Pedagogy Literature and Writing Nineteenth-Century History and Culture Twentieth-Century History and Culture Twenty-First-Century History and Culture

Black Southern Folklore – Storytelling

African-American History and Culture South Carolina History and Culture Storytelling The Food We Celebrate

Nancy D. Tolson

Speakers Bureau Topics by Nancy D. Tolson

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