Dr. Conyers, James L.


• Education
• Honors
• Selected Publications
• Research Interests
• Teaching
• Affiliations
• Links and Downloads

• Director

• Phone: (713) 743-2813
• Email: jconyers@uh.edu
• Office: 632 Agnes ArnoldHall

• Director, African American Studies Program
• Director, Center for the Study of African American Culture Coordinator, International Summer Study Abroad to the University of Ghana, University of Science and Technology, and the University of Cape Coast

Education

• B.A., Ramapo College of NJ, Communication Arts, 1983
• M.A., University of Albany, Africana Studies, 1984
• Cornell University, (Studied Kiswahili) 1991.
• Ph.D., Temple University, African American Studies, 1992.
• Columbia University, Oral History Institute, Summer 1995.
• Archival and Oral History Research, University of Ghana, University of Science and Technology, and the University of Cape Coast, 2003-2006.

Honors

• Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Department of African American Studies, Chiekh Anta Diop Award for Research and Publication in the discipline of African American Studies, October 6, 2001.
• University of Nebraska at Omaha, University Teaching Excellence Award, Spring 1999.
• Pennsylvania State University, Institute of Arts and Humanistic Studies, Summer Visiting Fellow, 1997.
• Community College Humanities Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, Case Western Reserve University, June 1994.
• New York University Faculty Resource Program Summer Institute, Representation of the African American South, 1993.
• Rutgers University, The New Jersey Project for 1993 Residential Summer Institute, Rutgers University, 1993.
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers, University of Kansas, 1992.
• National Council of Black Studies Summer Institute, The Ohio State University, 1991.
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Awarded scholarship to study Kiswahili Summer 1990 (declined).
• National Council of Black Studies Administrative Workshops, Los Angeles, California, July 198

Selected Publications

• John W. Ravage, Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1998. (Foreword-invited by University of Utah Press).
• Dr. Bing P. Howell, The Ideology of Racism: From Slavery, to Plessy, to Affirmative Action, to Racial Healing, Let=s Talk, New York: Simon and Schuster Publishing, 1998. (Jacket-Brochure Commentary- invited).
• Alonzo Smith and Bertha Calloway, Visions of Freedom on the Great Plains, Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 1998. (Foreword--invited).
• Jerome H. Schiele, The Afrocentric Paradigm in Social Work, Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, (invited to write a jacket commentary).

Research Interests

• The Evolution of African American Studies. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1995.
• Qualitative Methods in Black Studies Research, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, (in press).
• African American Culture and Oral History: A Community Study of Lawnside, New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press (under contractual agreement).
• A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African American Studies, New York, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, (under contractual agreement).
• African American Sociology, Polity Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (proposal under review).

Edited Books

• Editor, Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research, serial, September 2007. Law, Culture, and Africana Studies volume 2.
• Editor, Engines of the Black Power Movement: Essays on Art, Culture, and Islam, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Publishers, 2007.
• Editor, Re-evaluating the Pan Africanism of W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey: Escapist Fantasy or Relevant Reality. Edwin Mellen Press, 2005.
• Founding Editor, Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research, Inaugural Edition, serial, June 2005. Afrocentric Traditions volume 1.
• Co-Editor with Julius E. Thompson, Pan Africanism in the Americas: The Life and Times of John Henrik Clarke, Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, June 2004.
• Editor, Afrocentricity and the Academy: Essays on Theory and Practice. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Publishers, 2003.
• Editor, Black Cultures and Race Relations, Chicago: Burnham Publishers, 2002.
• Guest Editor, International Journal of Africana Studies, Strategic Planning in Africana Studies, Special Edition, 2001, vol. 7, no. 1.
• Editor, A Structural Analysis of Enslavement in the African Diaspora, Lewistown, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. Studies in the African Diaspora Vol. 1.

Teaching

• University Professor of African American Studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX, August 2002-Present
• Full Professor of Black Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, August 2000-2002; Courtesy Professor of History, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 1999-2002.
  • Nominated and Appointed to Graduate Faculty, Spring Semester of 1997.
  • Granted Continuous Appointment Effective August 17, 1998.
  • Nominated and Appointed as Graduate Faculty Fellow, August 10, 1999.
  • Promoted to Full Professor of Black Studies, August 14, 2000.

Affiliations

1. National Council of Black Studies (Served on the National Board from 1999-Present)
2. Irving Louis Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, Board of Trustees, 2000-2007, Rutgers University and Transactions Publications.
3. Association of Black Sociologists, 2002-Present.
4. Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, 1988-Present.
5. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, 1983-Present.

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Dr. Hogue, W. Lawrence


• Education
• Selected Publications
• Research Interests
• Phone: (713) 743-2950
• Email: whogue@uh.edu
• Office: 221B Roy Cullen Building

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W. Lawrence Hogue received his Ph.D in Modern Thought & Literature, with an emphasis in American Literature, ethnic literature, and critical theory, from Stanford University. He taught at the University of California at Irvine before coming to the University of Houston in 1988. He has published three major critical texts, Discourse and the Other: The Production of the Afro-American Text (Duke, 1986), Race, Modernity, Postmodernity: A Look at the History and the Literatures of People of Color Since the 1960s (SUNY Press, 1996), and The African American Male, Writing, and Difference: A Polycentric Approach to African American Literature, Criticism, and History (SUNY Press, 2003). He is a recipient of a Ford Foundation-National Research Council Fellowship, as well as several grants and fellowships here at the University of Houston. He has reviews, book chapters, and articles published in the major journals and critical anthologies in the academy.

Education

• Ph.D., Stanford University
• M.A., University of Chicago
• B.A., cum laude, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Selected Publications

• The African American Male, Writing, and Difference: A Polycentric Approach to African American Literature, Criticism, and History (SUNY Press, 2003).
• Race, Modernity, Postmodernity: A Look at the History and the Literatures of People of Color Since the 1960s (SUNY Press, 1996).
• Discourse and the Other: The Production of the Afro-American Text (Duke University Press: 1986)

Research Interests

• American Literature/Minority Literature/Critical Theory/Postmodern Fiction

Dr. Horne, Gerald


• Selected Publications
• Research Interests
• Teaching
• John and Rebecca Moores Professor (United States, African American)
  546 Agnes Arnold Hall
  (713) 743-3114
  ghorne@mail.uh.edu
  
• Dr. Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies. His research has addressed issues of race in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, and war. Dr. Horne received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
  

Selected Publications

• Black & Brown: Africans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (New York University Press, 2005).
• Race War! White Supremacy & the Japanese Attack on the British Empire (New York University Press, 2003).
• Powell v. Alabama: The Scottsboro Boys and American Justice (FranklinWatts, 1997).
• Testaments of Courage: Selections from Men’s Slave Narratives (Franklin Watts, 1995).
• Race for the Planet: the U.S. & the New World Order (Kendall-Hunt, 1994).
• Black & Red: W.E.B. DuBois & the Afro-American Response to the Cold War, 1944-1963 (State University of New York Press, 1985).
  

Research Interests

Dr. Horne is the author of more than seventeen books and one hundred scholarly articles and reviews. His current research focuses on a variety of topics such as the U.S., Brazil and slavery; black labor at sea; the Communist Party in Hollywood; and Negro fascism.

Teaching

Dr. Horne’s undergraduate courses include the Civil Rights Movement and American History through Film. He also teaches graduate courses in Labor History and 20th Century African American History. Dr. Horne uses a variety of teaching techniques that enrich his classes and motivate students to participate.

 

Dr. Hutchinson, Janis

• Education
• Honors
• Selected Publications
• Research Interests
• Teaching

• Department of Anthropology
• The University of Houston
• 4800 Calhoun StreetHouston,
• Texas 77204-5020
• Telephone: (713)743-3785
• Fax: (713)743-4287
• E-mail: jhutchinson@uh.edu

Education

• M.P.H., School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1997.
• Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Anthropology, 1984.
• M. Phil., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1982.
• M.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Anthropology, 1980.
• B.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Anthropology, 1975.

Honors

• Who’s Who in America, 2004.
• Phi Beta Delta-UH, Honor Society for International Scholars, 2000.
• Visionaries of Excellence Award, National Women Achievers-Houston Chapter, 1996.
• Heritage Education Award, given to `Keep Five Alive' for Evergreen Negro Cemetery Project, 1994.
• Fellow, American Anthropological Association, 1993-present.
• Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Houston, 1992.
• Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Houston, 1989.
• Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Houston, 1988.
• Summer Fellowship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1983.
• Gerontology Fellowship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1981-1982.
• Post-baccalaureate Fellowship, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1980-1981.

Selected Publications

• Hutchinson, Janis Faye, Editor, CULTURAL PORTRAYALS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS: CREATING AN ETHNIC/RACIAL IDENTITY. Westport, Conn.:Bergin and Garvey, 1997.
• Hutchinson, Janis, THE COEXISTENCE OF RACE AND RACISM: CAN THEY BECOME EXTINCT TOGETHER. University Press of America, in progress.
• Hutchinson, Janis, POWER, RACE, AND CULTURE: THE EVOLUTION OF A BLACK ANTHROPOLOGIST.  Hamilton Books, in progress.

Research Interests

• I am currently conducting an oral history study on African American and Creole history in Natchitoches Parish. Over a hundred people were interviewed between 2000 and 2002. Through examination of these oral histories and analysis of primary and secondary sources, I am investigating the history, development and culture of Africans, Creoles, and African Americans from 1722 to the 1960s. This study focuses on traditional medicines and health, plantation life/sharecropping, education, local politics, race/culture, foodways, agriculture, leisure time and social activities as well as daily life.
• I am currently working on the Human Genome Project where I am examining the impact of new genetic information on health beliefs of Indian Americans in Houston, Texas. I will conduct focus groups to engage community members in discussions about: 1) human genetic variation research and the construction of an international haplotype map; 2) social meanings attached to racial and ethnic identities; and 3) the potential for genetic variation research and haplotype mapping to affect how members of the community interpret those racial and ethnic identities.

Teaching

• General Anthropology (1300)
• Introduction to Physical Anthropology (2301)
• Principles of Anthropology (4501)
• Human Variation  (3360)
• Race and Anthropology (3363)
• Medical Anthropology (4331)
• Anthropology of HIV (4384)
• Health, Culture, and Poverty (4394)
• Seminar--Topics in Physical Anthropology (6509)
• Seminar--Topics in Medical Anthropology(6690)
• Seminar--Applied Anthropology(6510)

 

 

Dr. Latting, Jean Kantambu

• Education
• Selected Publications
• Research Interests
• Teaching

Professor of Social Work Graduate School of Social Work

237 Social Work Building
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-4013
Office:713- 743-8097
FAX: 713- 743-3985
E-mail: JLatting@uh.edu 

Education

• A.B. Douglass College , Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
• M.S., Columbia University

• Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Selected Publications

• Brenneman, B., Latting J., Edwards, J. (In press). The one thing: Identifying the foremost strategic purpose. In Biech, E. (Ed.), The 2007 Annual: Consulting . New York , NY : Wiley.
• Ramsey, V. J., & Latting, J. K. (2005). A typology of intergroup competencies. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , 41(3), 265-284.
• Greene, A. and Latting, J.K. (2004). Whistle-blowing as a form of advocacy: Guidelines for the practitioner and organization, Social Work, 49 (2), 219-230.
• Latting, J. K., Beck, M. H., Slack, K. J., Tetrick, L. E., DaSilva, N., Etchegaray, J. M., and Jones, A P. (2004). Promoting service quality and client adherence to the service plan: The role of top management's support for innovation and learning, Administration in Social Work, 29 (2), 29-48.
• Latting, J. K. and Beck, M. (2004) Facilitating learning through assessing performance goals. In Austin, M. J. and Hopkins, K. M. (eds.), Supervision as Collaboration in the Human Services: Building a Learning Culture, Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications.
• Da Silva, N., Tetrick, L. E., Slack, K. J., Etchegaray, J. M., Latting, J. K., Beck, M. H., et al. (2002). Is there a relationship between employee perceptions of organizational learning practices and employee performance? Psychologist-Manager Journal , 6 (1), 104-116

Research Interests

• Facilitating personal, organizational, and social change in the context of social hierarchies and multiple group identities.

Teaching

• Empowerment
• Social Justice Theories
• Organizational Behavior and Change

Dr. Pearson, Demetrius


• Education
• Selected Publications
• Research Interests
• Teaching
• Associate Professor of Health & Human Performance
• Department of Health & Human Performance
• Phone: (713) 743-9849
• Fax: (713) 743-9860
• Email:dpearson@uh.edu
• Office: 104P Garrison

Education

• B.A. Lincoln University (PA)
• M.A. Case Western Reserve University (OH)

• Ed.D. University of Houston (TX)

Selected Publications

• Pearson, D. W.  (in press).  Black in the saddle:  The best bull rider you never saw.  Africana Studies: A View on Social Science Research, Vol. 3.
• Pearson, D. W.  (2007).  A legacy denied:  Shadow riders of the American west. 
  Minority Executive Report, 2 (3), 3.
• Pearson, D. W.  (2004).  Shadow riders of the subterranean circuit: A descriptive
  account of Black  rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast region.  Journal of
  American Culture, 27 (2), 190-198.
• Pearson, D. W., & Haney, C. A.  (1999).  The rodeo cowboy as an American
  icon: The perceived social and cultural significance.  Journal of
  American Culture, 22 (4), 17-21.  (Published April 2001).
• Haney, C. A., & Pearson, D. W.  (1999).  Rodeo injuries as a function of
  uncontrolled risk factors.  Journal of Sport Behavior, 22, 443-466.

• Pearson, D. W., & Haney, C. A.  (1999).  The rodeo cowboy: Cultural icon,
  athlete or entrepreneur?  Journal of Sport and Social Issues,
  23, 308-327.    

Research Interests

• Early and Contemporary Sport Forms
• Depictions and Characterizations of Sport

• Sport Program Administration and Professional Preparation

Teaching

• Socio-Cultural and Historical Aspects of Kinesiology and Sport

• Sport and Fitness Administration

 

Dr. Williams, Louis


• Education
• Honors
• Research Interests
• Teaching
• Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry


549 Science and Research Building 2
Houston, TX 77204-5037
Office: 713-743-1275
Fax: 713-743-1229
E-mail:LWilliams@uh.edu

Education

• B.S. University of Pittsburgh
• M.S. University of Pittsburgh
• Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh

Honors

• Houston Alumni Organization: Outstanding Faculty Excellence Award, 1999
• The "Mr. Holland's Opus" Award, presented by the December Class of 1996, in recognition for the highest commitment to educate and provide directions to students.
• Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy, "Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award."
• Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award, Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy, 1994-95
• Teaching Excellence Award, Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society, 1991, 94’, 95’-97’ & 2001
• Faculty of the Year, Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy, 1990-91
• Fulbright Senior Research and Teaching Scholar, Continued Multidisciplinary Investigations on the Medicinal Properties of Natural Products, 1985
• Fulbright Senior Research and Teaching Scholar, Multidisciplinary Investigations on the Medicinal Properties of Natural Products, 1983
• Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston, 1978
• Outstanding Young Man of America, 1975
• Professional Pre-doctoral Fellow, 1973-74
• Bristol Award, University of Pittsburgh, 1967

Research Interests

• Synthesis, isolation, and structure determination of biologically interesting substances from natural and synthetic sources, e.g. potential anti-microbial and/or anticancer drugs
  Developing innovative teaching methodology for better integration of Medicinal Chemistry into the basic and clinical pharmaceutical sciences.

 

Teaching

• PHAR 4350, 4351 Skills Lab I & II
• PHAR 5702, 5703 Pharmacodynamics I & II
• PHAR 5352, 5353 Skills Lab III, Pharmacodynamics
• PHAR 5307 Herbal Medicine (Elective)

Affiliations

1. American Chemical Society, Medicinal Chemistry Division
2. American Pharmaceutical Association
3. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
4. American Society of Mass Spectroscopy
5. Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
6. Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society
7. Texas Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
8. The American Society of Pharmacognosy
9. The Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
10. The Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy National Leadership Honor Society

 

Dr. Anderson Franklin

• Education
• Honors
• Selected Publications
• Affiliations

•  

• Email: Franklin.anderson@mail.uh.edu

Education

• PhD Social Work, Clinical Research, University of Houston, 12 hours completed
• M.S.W. Master Degree Social Work, Concentration – Planning and Administration, University of Houston, 1979 Houston, Texas
• B.A. Sociology, Certificate African-American Studies, University of Houston, 1976,
  Houston, Texas

Honors

• Research article on student retention published in national journal
• Dean’s award for graduate school of social work received at University of Houston
• Successful federal grant writer for over $4 million
• Grant Proposal reader for Upward Bound Programs
• Twenty seven years experience as adjunct faculty.
• Seventeen years experience as administrator of student retention programs
• Twenty years experience in working with “at risk” student population

Selected Publications

• “CAN A BLACK PLAY MAKE BLACK AMERICA LOSE ITS MIND?” , article
  published in Ujima, a publication of the African-American Studies Program at The U. of Houston, 2002. Reprinted in the Black Theatre Network News, 2002.
• “STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES CAN HELP STUDENTS WITH LOW SAT
  SCORES”, research article published in Opportunity Outlook, December 1996 issue.
• “USING THEATRE ARTS AS A VEHICLE TO IMPACT INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE”, presentation made at Texas Association of Student Special Services conference in Dallas, Texas 1993
• “CROSS CULTURAL COUNSELING THE AT RISK STUDENT”, presentation made at Texas Association of Student Special Services conference at South Padre Island, Texas 1992
• “ CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING”, presentation made at Goosecreek Independent School District in Baytown, Texas 1991
• “CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING”, presentation made for combined school districts of Alief, Aldine, Cy-Fair and Spring Branch school districts, 1991.

 

Affiliations

1. Member of Southwest Association Student Assistance Programs (SWASAP), board
   member 1996-97
2. Member of Texas Association of Student Special Services Programs (TASSSP), board member and South Zone Rep. 1996-97, on-site chair 2001
3. Director Theatre Ministry for Jones Memorial United Methodist Church
4. Member of Black Theatre Network
5. Member of Ensemble Theatre Co.
6. CEO of Franklin J. Anderson Productions
   

Bongmba, Elias

The 2007 Outstanding Faculty Associate of Wiess College, Rice University.
Professor of Religious Studies

• Education
• Teaching

Education

• Ph.D., Joint Program at Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, 1995
• Faculty Associate Wiess College
• Managing Editor, Religious Studies Reviews
• Managing Editor, Bulletin of Council for Societies for the Study of Religion
  

 

Teaching

Primary: African and African Diaspora Religions; African Christianity/Theology Hermeneutics and Theology; Contemporary Theology and Ethics

Secondary: 19th Century Theology and Philosophy of Religion, African Studies: Philosophy/Ethics

 

 

Crawford, Malachi D.

Assistant Director

• Phone: (713)743-2811
• Email: mcrawford@uh.edu
• Office: 632 Agnes ArnoldHall

Education

University of Missouri-Columbia, History, PhD Candidate, 2004-Present
Emphasis:  Twentieth-Century African American History,
Advisor:  Robert E. Weems, Jr.  Professor of History

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo.
MA in African American History, December 2003

Thesis:  Bilalian News and the World Community of Al-Islam in the West.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Ne.
MA in Twentieth Century American History, May 2002

University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Ne.
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Black Studies, December 1999

Honors

• Travel Grant, International Programs and Faculty Development, University of Missouri Columbia, $500, May 2006: facilitated study abroad to Ghana for research on the history of the Ahmaddi Muslim Community in Accra and Medina, Ghana
• Travel Grant, Black Studies Program, University of Missouri Columbia, $500, May 2006: facilitated study abroad to Ghana for research on the history of the Ahmaddi Muslim Community in Accra and Medina, Ghana
• 28th Annual International Conference of the National Council of Black Studies, Student Essay Contest, Graduate Division, First Place,
  Atlanta, GA, March 2004
• Induction into Phi Alpha Theta, History Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• Larson Minority Fellowship, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
• University Delegate to the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA) at West Point Military Academy, Political Science Department, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE

Selected Publications

Crawford, Malachi.  “African American Intellectual History: Philosophy and Ethos.”  In Afrocentricity and Race:: Essays on Theory and Practice, ed. James L. Conyers, Jr., 129-140.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Company, 2003.

Crawford, Malachi.  “Understanding Elijah Muhammad.”  In Engines of the Black Power Movement:  Essays on the Influence of Civil Rights Actions, Arts, and Islam, ed. James L. Conyers, Jr. (McFarland & Company, September 30, 2006).

Crawford, Malachi.  “Malcolm X and Human Rights: An Afrocentric Approach to Reparations.”  In Malcolm X: An Historical Reader, eds. James L. Conyers, Jr.  and Andrew P. Smallwood (Carolina Academic Press, January 2008).

Encyclopedia of African-American Literature, s.v. “Malcolm X,” by Malachi Crawford (Facts on File, August 2007).

Encyclopedia of African-American Literature, s.v. “Testifying,” by Malachi Crawford (Facts on File; August 2007).

The Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia, s.v. “Ralph Waldo Emerson,” by Malachi Crawford (Greenwood Press, Summer 2008).

The Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia, s.v. “Richard T. Greener,” by Malachi Crawford (Greenwood Press, Summer 2008).

Encyclopedia of African Religion, s.v. “Banyankore,” by Malachi D. Crawford (Sage Publications, In Progress).

Encyclopedia of African Religion, s.v. “Banyarwanda,” by Malachi D. Crawford (Sage Publications, In Progress).

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-Present, s.v. “Insurance Companies—African American Owned,” by Malachi D. Crawford (Oxford University Press, Spring 2008).

Research Interests

20th Century African American Religious History
Oral History       Islam in America
Africana Intellectual History      20th Century Africana Literature

Teaching

Graduate Assistant, Department of History, University of Missouri-Columbia
Graded and evaluated student essays for History 1410 (African American History); lectured in the absence of professor.  August 2004-May 2005

Graduate Assistant, Dept. of History, University of Missouri-Columbia
Graded student essays for History 130 (African American History)               and History 210 (History of Missouri). August 2001-May 2002

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graded student exams for U.S. History Since 1865. August 2000-May 2001

Affiliations

Black History Month Committee, Member, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 2002-Present

Martin L. King, Jr., Planning Committee, Member, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 2006-2007

Advisory Board, Member, National African American Student Leadership Conference, Rust College, Holly Springs, MS, 2003-2004

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Deme, Alioune

 

Easterling, Paul

Program Director

• Phone: 713-743-2814
• Email: peasterling@uh.edu
• Office: 633 Agnes ArnoldHall

As Program Manger of African American Studies Prof. Easterling coordinates the events, lectures and programming that are offered to AAS students and the Houston community.  Another main focus for the program manager is the international thrusts of the program which are the Model African Union Conference and the Ghana Summer Study Abroad.  These programs are important for students in providing opportunities for them to expand their focus of the discipline as well as open them to new experiences through international education.

 

Education

Prof. Easterling graduated with a B.A. in Black Studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (2001).  Also, he earned a M.A. in Africana Studies from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany (2003).  He is currently a Ph.D. student at Rice University in Religious Studies with a concentration in African based religions. 

Honors

Selected Publications

Research Interests

African based religions on the continent as well as in the Diaspora; Hip Hop history and culture; Politics of the African continent; Economics of the African world.

 

Teaching

Introduction to Africana Culture; Introduction to Africana Studies; Hip Hop History and Culture; Hip Hop and Religion; Politics of the African Union

Affiliations

1. Rice University

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Poindexter-Sylvers, Carole

 

Walker, Aswad

Arunuri, Santhosh Kumar

Mr. Santhosh Kumar Arunuri Graduate Assistant Department of African American Studies 629 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-0393 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: sarunuri@mail.uh.edu

 

Bang, Radheshyam

Mr. Radheshyam K Bang Graduate Assistant Department of African American Studies 629 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-0393 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: rkbang2@uh.edu

 

Biney, Fedora

Fedora Biney African American Studies Department 636 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-2818 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: fbiney@uh.edu

 

Harris, Linda

Linda Harris African American Studies Department 616 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-2824 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: llharris@uh.edu

Ray, Irene

Irene Ray Secretary 2 African American Studies Department 629 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-2811 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: iray2@uh.edu

 

Tate, Cynthia Anteaus

Cynthia Anteaus Tate African American Studies Department 659 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-4157 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: catate@uh.edu

 

 

Williams-Phillips, Angela

Williams-Phillips Angela Financial Coordinator 2 African American Studies Department 630 Agnes Arnold Hall Houston, TX 77204-3047 Office: (713) 743-2815 Fax: (713) 743-2818 E-mail: angiew@uh.edu

Tillotson, Michael

• Phone: 713-743-0400
• Email: mtillots@central.uh.edu
• Office: 637 Agnes ArnoldHall

 

Education

Ph.D. Temple University (2008) African American Studies

M.A. State University of New York at Albany (2004) Africana Studies

B.A. Indiana University at Bloomington (1999) Liberal Studies

A.A. Indiana University at Bloomington (1997) Liberal Studies

Honors

• 2006-Cheikh Anta Diop Scholarly Achievement Award
• 2007-Cheikh Anta Diop Scholarly Achievement Award

 

Selected Publications

• M. Tillotson, “The Mis-Education of the African Child.”  Africa Holocaust Group,   November 2006. (Featured Article) http://www.africanholocaust.net/ah_articles.htm
• M. Tillotson, “Black Intellectual Sovereignty in the Millennium.”  Africalogical Perspectives.  December 2006/January 2007, Volume 3/4, Number 1. 
• M. Tillotson, “Invisible Jim Crow.”  Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought.  March 2007.
• M. Tillotson, “How to Rule the World.”  Journal of Black Studies, November 2007. 
• M. Tillotson, “The Social Sciences and Theories of Race.”  Journal of Black Studies, March 2008.
• M. Tillotson, “In A Shade of Blue,” Journal of Black Studies, June 2008.
• Tillotson, Michael.  “Location Theory.”  In Essays in Honor of an Intellectual Warrior, Molefi Kete Asante, ed. Ama Mazama. (in press, forthcoming).
• M. Tillotson, “African Family Rites.” In M.K. Asante and A. Mazama (Eds.) Encyclopedia of African Religions.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.  Forthcoming December, 2008. 
• M. Tillotson, “Invisible Jim Crow.”  The Struggle Newsletter, January 2003. 

Research Interests

Dr. Tillotson’s current research agenda examines the post racial project and its influence on African American reality and behavior.  His broader research interests include the effects of hegemonic ideologies and their intersections and impact on African Americans. 

 

Teaching

• Reconstruction
• Race and Ethnicity

• Research Methods

Affiliations

1. National Council of Black Studies
   ANKH Scientific Institute

Links and Downloads

Dr. Abdallah, Ayana R.

• Phone: 713-743-0964
• Email: arabdall@mail.uh.edu
• Office: 635 Agnes ArnoldHall

 

Education

Ph.D, 2001, The University of Iowa. (Major: English Literature. Research: African American Literature, science fiction.)

M.A., 2000, The University of Iowa. (Major: English Literature. Research Topic: The Text as Creative Resistance in South African Women’s Culture.)

M. Ed., 1985, Temple University, (Major: English, certificate in ESL.)

B.A., 1974, Spelman College. (Major: English, Minor: Mass Communications.)

A.A., 1972, The University of New Haven. (Major: Liberal Arts.)

Honors

• Honorable Mention Outstanding Professor, Edward Waters College, 2004
• Meritorious Service Upward Bound 1985 and 1989
• Temple University, Graduate Fellow, 1982-1984

 

Selected Publications

• Abdallah, Ayana R., “Privileged Identity: Representation of Subjectivity in Their Eyes Were Watching God.”  Juxtapositions.  September 2000: 127-135.
• Abdallah, Ayana R., “XXX (A Poem for Adrienne Piper).”  Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies.  1993: 53. 
• Abdallah, Ayana R., “Humility My Love.”  Anthology of American Poetry.  1982.

Research Interests

• Black women’s literary studies and culture
• Feminists science fiction, speculative fiction, and criticism
• African American and African Diaspora literary studies