Heather Neff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Heather Neff

American writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1957

Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States

Profession: novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Heather Neff (born January 28, 1957) is an award-winning university professor.
Born in Akron, Ohio, at the age of 13 her family moved to Detroit, where she graduated from Lewis Cass Technical High School in 1975 with a degree in music.
She earned a B.A.
with "high distinction" from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
After graduating in 1978 she studied French at the University of Paris VII, Censier and then lived in Switzerland, where she studied at the University of Basel and the University of Zurich.
She received a licentiate in English Literature and Linguistics, Comparative Literature and French Linguistics in 1987, and, in 1990, a Doctorate in English Literature at the University of Zurich.
Currently, she is a professor at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she specializes in the literature of the African Diaspora.
Neff currently serves as the Director of the McNair Scholars Program, a federal TRiO program.