PHD to Ph.D.: How Education Saved My Life

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(Po H# on Dope = PHD) Elaine Richardson, PhD Working and Writing for Change Series Editors: Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek Information and Pricing 978-0-9840429-7-5 (paperback, $22.95); 978-1-60235-426-5 (PDF, $19.99). © 2013 by Elaine Richardson. 263 pages with illustrations. Bookstores : Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. Interviews Listen to the interview with Dr. E. on the Tavis Smiley show (2014). What People Are Saying There was a time when Elaine Richardson was one of ‘the Negroes everybody pointed to as the Negroes you didn’t want to become.’ The title of this book is no metaphor or allusion, but a literal shorthand for a remarkable, unpredictable journey. She inherits a plain way of talking about horrific pain from a mother who seemed impossible to shock. The way too fast way she grew up was and is too common, but her will to remap her destiny is uncommon indeed. To call her story inspiring would be itself too plain a thing, hers is a heroic life. — dream hampton, writer and filmmaker Hers is a story of triumph against all odds. — Anita D. Diggs , Review, African American Literature Book Club (June, 2013) A deeply revealing, emotional and inspiring memoir, PHD (Po H# on Dope) to PhD: How Education Saved My Life is a must read for everyone, especially young women. — R. Lee Gamble , Phenomenal Woman Magazine (June, 2013, p. 6) About the Author Dr. Elaine Richardson, aka Dr. E. and Professor of Literacy Studies in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, is focused on literacy education of African American and African diasporic people, and specializes in critical language and literacy education for social equality. Richardson belongs to a global network of Hiphop activist-educators for social transformation. She founded The Ohio State University Hiphop Literacies Conference and the SistaFriends Afterschool Program in 2011 (currently serving sixth to eighth grade girls at Sherwood Middle