- Bryant Freeman
Dr. Bryant Freeman is a professor at the
University of Kansas . He is primarily known for being the founder and director of the University of Kansas Institute ofHaiti an Studies, one of the few such institutes in a major university in theUnited States . Freeman received his Ph.D. in French fromYale University .He has also been an instructor for the
United Nations Observers in Haiti, an advisor for U.S. and U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces in Haiti, receiving the protocol rank of Major General.His awards include:
* Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Haitian People
*U.S. Department of Justice Commissioner's Special Service Award
* Kansas Humanities Council Award, Kansas French Educator of the Year
* Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa
*Yale University Fellow, Fulbright ScholarAmong his several publications include one of the most comprehensive dictionaries of
Haitian Creole -English ever made, as well as specialty dictionaries such as medical terminology. He edited a collection of the works ofCarrié Paultre , a leading Haitian novelist. He was specifically asked by theU.S. State Department in 2004 to translate a letter written byJean-Bertrand Aristide , to determine if he had actually stated his resignation.Among the classes he teaches are French, Haitian Creole and Haitian history.
References
*http://www2.ku.edu/%7Eafs/faculty_staff/people/bryant_freeman.shtml
*http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/mar/11/ku_prof_asked/
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