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Kim D. Butler: Ph.D., History.(African & Comparative Diaspora Studies, Brazilian History, Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean Studies) |
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| Kim D. Butler received her Ph.D. in History from Johns Hopkins University in 1995, and holds M.A.s in History from Johns Hopkins and Howard Universities. She is a historian specializing in African diaspora studies with a focus on Brazil and Latin America/Caribbean. Two of her courses, "Afro-Atlantic Diaspora" and "Afro-Brazilian History" engage students with diaspora studies directly. Dr. Butler also brings her training in material and oral history, and her curating experience at the Smithsonian Institution, to a special course in Advanced Methodologies for Africana Studies Research. As a member of the graduate faculty in History, Dr. Butler teaches a graduate colloquium in African diaspora studies as well. Professor Butler is the author of Freedoms Given, Freedoms Won: Afro-Brazilians in Post-Abolition Sao Paulo and Salvador, winner of the Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History from the American Historical Association, and the Letitia Woods Brown Publication Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians. She has published numerous articles on Afro-Brazilian history and, more recently, diaspora theory. Her current work applies advances in diaspora studies to new interpretations of African diaspora history. Dr. Butler currently serves as Chair of the Department of Africana Studies. | 732-445-3334 Ext:224 BE-114 Please email/call for appointment Kbutler@rci.rutgers.edu |
Ousseina Alidou: Ph.D., Linguistics. (African Literature and Folklore; African & Comparative Women's Studies) |
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| Ousseina Alidou is currently the Director of African Languages and Literature in the Department of Africana Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Linguistics with a minor in African Studies and Literacy from Indiana University at Bloomington. Ousseina has a trans-disciplinary research orientation with a focus on linguistics, cultural politics and gender studies. Her publications have centered on a variety of topics including linguistics, the political sociology of language in Africa, gender and identity (re)construction in African literature; women's education and literacy in Francophone Afro-Islamic societies. Ousseina Alidou is the author of Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency (The University of Wisconsin Press (2005). She is also co-editor and author of A Thousand Flowers: The Struggle for Education in African Universities (2000) and some of her articles appeared in refereed journals such as SUGIA (Journal of Historical Linguistics), Trends in African Linguistics, Issues in Political Discourse Analysis, Research in African literatures, American Journal of Comparative Literature. | 732-445-3334 Ext: 238 BE-208 On Leave |
Leonard Bethel: Ed.D., Religion & Philosophy. (African-American Religious Cosmologies; Black Philosphical Thought) |
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| Leonard L. Bethel teaches courses in African and African American religion and philosophy, as well as additional courses in the history of education. He presently is at work on two manuscripts; one on the life and times of Layle Lane, a civil rights activist involved in the first March on Washington, and a second on the education of African leaders in America such as Kwame Nkrumah and Nnamdhi Azikiwe, who subsequently returned to the continent. Dr. Bethel is also at work on a project on Westry Horne, an African American educational pioneer in New Jersey and another on the historical philosophy of sports at Lincoln University. | 732-445-3334 Ext:234 BE-120 Tue: 12-1 & 4:10-5
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Lillian Farhat: M.A., Political Science & Arabic. (Islamic Contemporary Political Movements; Lebanese Political Theory) |
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| Lillian Farhat is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University. As Arabic Lecturer in the Department of African Languages & Literature, she has: Taught classes in Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Arabic; Devised Arabic curriculum for all levels; Coordinated instruction with Teaching and Lab Assistants; Worked with Language Institute in putting Arabic course online; Expanded course offering in different Arabic dialects (Egyptian, Moroccan, Syrian, and Saudi) through the Language Lab; Introduced Winter & Summer Elementary Arabic Program to Department; Produced and presented a video documentary entitled "I speak Arabic"; and, Conducted several studies concerning standards for Arabic language instruction and less commonly taught languages. Her Research Interest also include: Sociology of the Arabic Novel; Religion, Nationalism, and National Identity of the Arab people; The Case of Lebanon; Theories of State in the Middle East; and Political Economy of the Lebanese Civil War. | 732-445-3334 Ext:230 BE-104 Wed: SAC (CAC) 3-4:30 Wed: 11:30-12:30 Lfarhat@rci.rutgers.edu
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Regina Jennings: Ph.D. Africana Studies. (Creative Writing; African American Literature, African American Politics) |
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| Regina Jennings is distinctive in our faculty by having obtained a Ph.D. in Africana Studies. She has written Midnight Morning Musings , The Malcom X Muse in Haki Madhubuti's Poetic Vision , and Race, Rage and Roses . Professor Jennings teaches African American Folklore, Black Social and Political Development, and Black Profiles. An accomplished poet, she founded the Journal of Black Poetry at Rutgers, in which the work of some of our students has been published. | 732-445-3334 Ext:245 BE-220 Tue & Thu: 2:30-3:30 Rjennings@rci.rutgers.edu
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Walton R. Johnson: Ph.D., Social Anthropology. (African Political Economy, South African Race Relations; U.S. Race Relations) |
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| Walton Johnson was trained in social anthropology. His field work has been primarily in southern Africa and he has published on religion and social change. His major works include: Worship and Freedom: A black American church in Zambia ; African Christianity ; Inside the Mixed Marriage ; and Dismantling Apartheid . In recent years he has been exploring the nature of social dominance in human societies and is completing a manuscript entitled Making Democracy Work , based on research in the United States. Professor Johnson teaches courses on Africa and race relations. | 732-445-3334 Ext:244 BE-218 Waltonj@rci.rutgers.edu
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Edward Ramsamy: Ph.D., Urban Planning. (African Development, Political Theory) |
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| Edward Ramsamy is an Assistant Professor in Africana Studies and a member of the graduate faculties of geography and urban planning and policy development. His book From Projects to Policy: The World Bank and Urban Development , will be published by Routledge in 2005. In addition to his interests in international development planning, Dr. Ramsamy is also interested in comparative race relations and the political economy of transition in post colonial societies. He has published several articles on regional integration and nation-building in Southern Africa. He is currently a faculty fellow at the Institute for Research on Women. He has been a fellow of the Rutgers Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture and the Social Sciences Research Council, among other honors. He was editor of The Common Purposes Journal, a Rutgers University publication exploring pluralism and cross-cultural understanding. | 732-445-3334 Ext:233 BE-118 6-7 & By appt. Ramsamy@rci.rutgers.edu |
Gayle Tate: Tate, Ph.D., Political Science. (African American Women's Politics;African-American Antebellum Women's Political Theory, Urban Politics) |
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Gayle Tate (currently on leave) has a PhD in Political Science. Her major books include: Dimension of Black Conservatism in the United States, Unknown Tongues: Black Women's Activism in the antebellum Era and Rights for a Season: The politics of race, class and gender in Richmond, Virginia. In 2004 the latter book won the American Political Science Association's prize for Best Book on Race and Ethnic Politics. Dr. Tate teaches courses on Black Community Law and Social Change, Black Woman in a Political Context, Black Identity, and Religion and Politics. |
732-445-3334 Ext:232 BE-116 By appt. |
Ivan Van Sertima: D.H.L., Anthropology. (Ancient African Historiography) |
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| Ivan van Sertima (on leave) is a world renown public intellectual. Author of 15 books, he has been a major force in scholarship of the African Diaspora and of South American history. They Came Before Columbus , perhaps his most well-known book, is a model of the contributions to knowledge which can emanate from Africana scholarship. He has received dozens of significant awards, including appointment to the Nobel Committee to evaluate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
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| Mohamed Abdur-Raheem Alsiadi is the Coordinator of Arabic Program, Newark Campus He teaches Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Arabic Language Courses. Mr. Alsiadi is a renown composer and conductor in the Shaami Arab world. Additionally, he as published 3 articles on Arab Music. His research interests are in Arab History, Culture, Poetry, and Music | (732)932-7373 CAC 9:00-9:30 Wed: 1:15-2:20 Alsiadi@rci.rutgers.edu
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| Suzan Armstrong-West received her Ph.D. in Counseling from University of Florida. At Rutgers, she has taught interdisciplinary psychology courses, e.g. Psychology of the Black Experience, Psychology of Women, Psychology of Women and Leadership from a Global Perspective (compares cultural differences in women's leadership, and Gender and Spirituality (from a holistic perspective on psychological development), and Douglass course for women in science entitled, Introduction to Scientific Research. Her research interests include: Identity Development, with particular interests in ethnic and gender differences, and a focus on the development and assessment of self-concept and self-esteem; nature of spiritual development and its impact on self-concept and self-esteem. | |
| Denniston Bonadie is a Lecturer. He earned a B.A., Rutgers University, a M.C.R.P., and is A.B.D. at Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Teaching Mr. Bonadie's research interests include: Planning: Property theory and development in the Caribbean; planning theory, and history. His Africana Studies teaching includes: Theory and Methods in Africana Studies; Ethnicity and Government in the Caribbean; Pan African Movements; Black Civilizations and Societies: Africa and the Americas. | (908)881-8317 Room & Wed: 6:00 |
Prosper Godonoo is the director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and teaches courses within the Department of Africana Studies, and the Graduate School of Education, at Rutgers, New Brunswick. Dr. Godonoo attended the University of Alberta, Canada, where he received his Master of Education degree in Adult and Higher Education, before proceeding to obtain his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in Comparative International Education in 1994. His scholarly interests span the following fields : International Education, Theories of Development and their applications to Third World Educational Systems; Multicultural Education and Education of Ethnic Minorities; Africa and the Diaspora; Foundations of Education; Politics of Education; Economics of Education; Urban Education; International Financial Institutions & Macro-economic policy making; Educational Leadership and Policy Design. Dr. Godonoo team-teaches the following courses within the Africana Studies Department: Supervised Community Placements, Blacks in History - Paul Robeson, and Blacks and Economic Structures - Issues of Black Males in America. Dr. Godonoo also teaches the following courses within the Graduate School of Education's Social & Philosophical Foundation of Education Department: Comparative and International Education and Education and National Development. |
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| Muriel A. S. Grimmett attained a Ph.D. (Higher Education) at Saint Louis University. Her teaching Interests are: History of Blacks in Education in the United States, Multicultural Education and the Black Experience, and Access and Opportunity in Higher Education in the United States. Dr. Grimmett's research interests are: Assessment and evaluation of compensatory programs in higher education Graduate School Preparation for first generation, low income and underrepresented students, and Access and Opportunity in Higher Education in the United States |
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| John Mtembezi Inniss' academic interests are in Kiswahili language and culture, sociolinguistics in general and the ever-changing linguistic landscape in Africa in particular. Lesser academic interests are the creation of dual purpose reading materials in Kiswahili (i.e., materials that can serve the informational needs and interests of both native speakers of Kiswahili as well as foreign learners of the language). | Conference Room LLB Mon: 2:30-3:30 Umoja_uhuru@verizon . net Umoja_uhuru@hotmail.com |
Karla Jackson-Brewer , MS, has taught at the college level for the past 20 years. She teaches the courses "Dynamics or Race, Sex and Class", "Gender & Spirituality", "Intro to Africana Studies", "The Black Woman", and "African Religions." She is currently the advisor for a multi-cultural women's activist organization at Rutgers. Ms. Jackson- Brewer is also an African American feminist psychotherapist whose private practice serves women of color, sexual assault survivors, and addresses issues of cultural/ethnic identity, spirituality and empowerment. Ms. Jackson-Brewer has desisgned and conducted many workshops and training programs in the areas of spirituality, sexuality, sexual assault, multiculturalism, anti-racism, anti-oppression, counter-transference, and burnout of service providers. Ms. Jackson-Brewer has been a member of several non-profit boards, and has presented at many feminist and mental health conferences. Her research interessts examine and document the feminine expression in tratidional African Spiritual systems, Black Feminism in the African Diaspora, and the dynamics of Race, Sex and Class in American society. |
732-445-3334 Ext:231 1:30-2:30 By Appt.only Kjb@rci.rutgers.edu
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| Ogbeni Kólé Adé Odùtólá received a M.Sc. in Organizational communication from Ithaca College, NY; M.A. in TV/Video for Development from University of Reading, United Kingdom. His teaching interests are: Yoruba language and culture; African popular culture; environmental education; media studies: Participatory methodology. His research interests include: Place of College media in the media landscape; Culture, technology and society; environmental education and media literacy; language and distance learning. | 732-445-3334 Ext:223 1-2:50 By appt. |
| Olubayi Olubayi has a Ph.D. in Biology [bacteria-plant relations] from Rutgers University. His teaching interests are in: History of Science (Africans in Science); Microbiology; Protein Purification; and Swahili. His research interests focus on: Protein purification; bacterial ecology; role of Africans in ancient and modern science; sociology of Kenya; and the place of science in Africana studies. Arif M. Rana is ABD in Biomedical Informatics from UMDNJ & NJIT. He teaches Medical Information Systems course at UMDNJ and is currently doing research work on Medical Imaging of Cancer/Tumors. Mr. Rana teaches Elementary Arabic courses on New Brunswick & Newark Campus and has interests in Classical/Quranic Arabic. Louis Ray obtained a Ph.D. (History of Education) from New York University. His teaching interests include: History of Blacks in Education in the United States; Multicultural Education and the Black Experience; and Access and Opportunity in Higher Education in the United States. Dr. Ray's research interests encompass: History of Education; Charles S. Thompson; Graduate School Preparation for first generation, low income and underrepresented students; and Access and Opportunity in Higher Education in the United States. |
(732)548-6000 ext. 3375 BE-212 Tue & Thu: 5:30-6:10. Olubayi@rci.rutgers.edu |
Mitchell, Barbara 732-445-3334 ext 221 Copy/Student Room BE-112 |
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