[1] He became a teacher-counselor at Southern Illinois University's Experiment in Higher Education, in East St. Louis, where he worked under the direction of Dr. Edward W. Crosby, his mentor, until 1969.
[2] He left SIU to teach at Oberlin College for a year, and then joined the faculty at California State University, Sacramento as a professor of English.
[4] Redmond’s published works include a pamphlet poem and six poetry collections, as well as numerous contributions to journals and anthologies.
Dumas had taught at nearby Hiram College before he was shot down in a New York subway, in a case of mistaken identity.
He is the founding editor of Drumvoices Revue, a multicultural literary journal jointly published by the English Department of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club.