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Karen Morell holds a Ph.D. and Master's in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts in English. She taught African Literature at the University of Washington, produced the African Encounters video series, and served on the African Studies Faculty Committee. The University published her collection of edited transcripts from the 1973 African Studies Seminar in the book In Person: Achebe, Soyinka, and Awoonor. She produced documentaries from film that were included in the Saint Louis Art Museum and Smithsonian's Festival Arts of the Caribbean. These programs are part of the Alan Lomax collection in the Library of Congress. She served on the African and Caribbean Committee of the Seattle Art Museum.