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EDUCATION
- Lafayette College EastonPennsylvania
- University of LausanneLausanne, Switzerland
- Columbia UniversitySchool of Internatiional AffairsNew York, New York
- Columbia UniversityGraduate FacultiesNew York, New York
AWARDS
- Honors in Government
- Rotary International Fellowship
- Columbia University Fellowship
- African Studies Fellowship
- Whitney Opportunity Fellowship
- Rockefeller Foundation Fellow
Research and Publications
- The Urban Crisis in the U.S., Government Honors Thesis
- The Republic of Senegal's Four-Year Development Plan
- Sub-National Politics in the Ivory Coast Republic
- Nation-Building in West Africa: Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea
- Blacks in the Revolutionary Era
- Crisis in South Africa
- The African-American
- Curriculum of Inclusion: New York State Department of Education
- Research Associate of Alex Haley on Kente Library Project Black Family History
Professional Activities
- African Heritage Studies Association
- African America Scholars Council, Board of Directors
- American Political Science Associations
- National Association of Afro-American Educators
- California Association of Afro-American Educators
- National Council for Black Studies
Professional Activities19721975Overseas
- Evalution of CCNY Field Study Program in Guyana, South America
- Traveled to Nigeria to help plan CCNY-University of Ife Exchange Program set up through the United Nations Development Program
- Travel and field research in West Africa for the Kente Library Project of Black Family History
- Research and field work West Africa for Kente Project concentration on Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Dahomey, Nigeria and inter-African linkages
- Participated in the Third International Congress of Africanists held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, along with fellow scholars from African American Scholars COuncil and the African Heritage Studies Association
- Research and field work in West Africa for Kente Project of Black Family History, concetrating on impact of slavery and role of Oral Tradition as historical instrument
- Research and field work in jamaica and Haiti for Kente Family History Project
- Project Coordinator African Heritage Study AssociationCCNY
- CCNYKente Project Cunsultant Pilgrimage
Professional Activities 19751989
Overseas: Africa and the Caribbean
- Organizer and PresenterJamaica Conference
- Organizer and PresenterPueto Rico Workshop Retreat
- Organizer and PresenterNigeria Conference
- Delegate and PresenterFESTAC International
- Evaluator of Peace CorpsCentral America
- Presenter and participantJamaica Conference
- Consultant for World Council of ChurchesGeneva, Switzerland
- Organizer and Director of Zimbabwe Field Study Project
- Organizer and Leader of Delegate to Zimbabwe and Kenya
- Presenter and Participant Lecture Series London, England
- Organizer and Leader of Special Field Study Project to West Africa
- Organizer and Presenter at Annual ConferenceBrazil
- Organizer and leader of Special Field Study Project to West Africa
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Scholar Activities
- Black Studies: Alternative Curricular Model
- Slave Trade System and the Development of America
- Impact of American Revolution on Black Expericence
- Research on the Black Family by the Kente Project
- Systems Analysis and the African Mini-State
- Saga of Black HistoryBlack Exodus in Revolutionary Era
- Neo-Colonialism in West Africa: Case sudies Ivory Coast and Ghana
- New Directions and Redefinition of Black History
- Black Studies in Higher Education
- Sub-National Politics in Ivory Coast
- New Role of Black History in Black Education
Scholarly Activities
- National Council for Black Studies
- African Heritage Studies Association
- Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations
- Nationall Melanin Consortium (KW-WR)
- Marcus Garvey Symposium and Celebration
Special Consultancies: (19881989)
- Kean College, Union, NjBlack Faculty, Staff and Student Development
- Bellcore Corporate NetworkSpecial sessions organized for corporate executives
- California State University Systems and California State Department of Education Center for Applied Cultural Studies and Educational Achievement
- New York State Department of EducationTask Force of Educational Excellence
- The Caribbean Cultural Center ConferenceCultural Diversity based on Cultural Grounding
- The Carribbean Cultural Center Curriculum WorkshopCultural Diversity in the African Communities
Lecture Series
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Morehouse College
- Oberlin College
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- Stanford University
- Vassar College
- University of Bahia, Brazil
- University of California
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Genova
- University of Paris, France
- University of the West Indies
- Wesleyan University
- Yale University
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