In 1955, she joined the faculty at Morgan State College (now Morgan State University) as an English instructor. Collier’s dissertation was “Steps Toward a Black Aesthetic: A Study of Black American Literary Criticism,” which was published by the University of Maryland.Īfter graduating from Columbia University, she worked as a caseworker from 1950 to 1955 with the Baltimore Department of Public Welfare. degree from Columbia University and in 1976, her Ph.
degree from Howard University (magna cum laude) in 1948. Author and professor Eugenia Collier was born on Apin Baltimore, Maryland to Harry Maceo, a physician, and Eugenia Williams, an educator.
