Books:

PRISCILLA Engaging in the Game of Politics

Expertise:

• Fiction writer

Seminars or Keynote Topics:

• Becoming a Book Author (fiction)

M. J. Simms-Maddox is a tenured-professor in political science and chairs the Department of History & Political Science at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. She earned her Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University, served as a legislative aide in the Ohio Senate, has operated her own public relations agency and has published in various academic, community and religious publications for over thirty years.

Affiliations: The African Literature Association, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Association of Professional Women, the North Carolina Writers? Network, the Professional Woman Network, the Rowan Arts Council and the Women?s National Book Association, and she is a founding member of the Livingstone Writers Club.