Robert E. Boyd
is currently an Instructor of English at Pellissippi State Technical Community
College. Born in Maryville, Tennessee, he attended Green School and
Austin High School in Knoxville. He holds a BA degree in English from
Queens College, City University of New York, and an MA degree from Columbia
University (New York).
Mr. Boyd studied acting with the Negro Ensemble Company of New York City and studied Readers' Theater at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. He was the faculty advisor for the Masque and Wig Drama Club of Freeport High School, Freeport, Long Island where he taught Secondary English from 1972 to 1994 During affiliation
with The Studio Theater on Long Island, Mr. Boyd appeared in the following
productions: Driving Miss Daisy (character: Hoke); The
Iceman Cometh; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's; Corners (an original
one act play); I'm Not Rappaport (character: Midge Carter).
His other theatrical appearances include: The 1971 Carpetbag Theater
production of Sister Sade at Knoxville College. He most
recently appeared in Big River, a Summer of 1996
Mr. Boyd has written many poems and is a published writer, including articles for Our Voice, a now defunct Knoxville, TN magazine. He has also written an essay "Colored Me" published in the anthology Breathing the Same Air: An East Tennessee Anthology, a publication of the Knoxville Writers' Guild and is a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Boyd is presently writing an autobiography: A Letter to Martin. |
