Diane Engber

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Diane Engber is a Jewish teacher, writer, and mother who currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is most noted for her work with African and South American literature and has taught at such prestigious schools as the University of Cincinnati.

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Diane was one of the premiere teachers on African and South American literature [1] in the state of Ohio and was, in the late 90s [2], a promoter of the internet back when there were apprehensions.

While at University of Cincinnati, Diane Engber developed what would become a nationally recognized course on postcolonial writings by women. An article was featured in NWSA Magazine [3] about her course. Engber stated that, "To teach this literature effectively, I had to learn to view literature differently from how I had been trained to view it, to learn more about geography and history, and to become acutely sensitive to my cultural position in relationship to the literature." The course was successful and it put Engber on a plateau of feminist writers and teachers in Middle America.[4]