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Dr. Olúfémi Táíwò is Professor of Philosophy and the University Core. Formerly Associate Professor at Loyola University, Chicago, and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia, Prof. Táíwò joined Seattle University in 2001, where he has taught the introduction to philosophy, philosophy of the human person, philosophy of law, and global African studies. He is an editor of the Journal on African Philosophy. He is advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers.
E-mail: taiwo@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 428
Phone: 206-296-5475 |
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Dr. Saheed A. Adejumobi, a historian, is Associate Professor in the Global African Studies Program. He has degrees from University of Lagos, University of Oregon, and the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded his Ph.D. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He specializes in African and African American History, and African Diaspora intellectual and cultural traditions. Curriculum Vita
E-mail: s.ade@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 429
Phone: 206-296-2485 |
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Dr. Connie Anthony is Associate Professor of Political Science. She specializes in comparative politics and is the author of Mechanization and Maize, the comparison of technology transfer in two African countries.
E-mail: canthony@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 402
Phone: 206-296-5454 |
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Angelique Davis, is the Pre-Law program director as well as a Asst. Professor in Political Science and Global African Studies.
E-mail: adavis@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 404
Phone: 206-296-2258 |
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Dr. Mako Fitts is Assistant Professor of Sociology. She specializes in Critical Race Theory, Gender and Sexuality, Feminist Theory and Popular Culture with an emphasis on Hip Hop and Black Popular Culture.
E-mail: fittsm@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 307
Phone: 206-296-2480 |
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Dr. Nalini Iyer is Associate Professor of English. She specializes in Postcolonial literatures (sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Caribbean, Australian), women's studies (especially third world women's issues), and nineteenth and twentieth century British literature.
E-mail: niyer@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 504
Phone: (206) 296-5416 |
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Dr. Marc McLeod is Associate Professor of History. He specializes in Latin American and Caribbean history, and also teaches in U.S. history. His doctoral dissertation was entitled, "Undesirable Aliens: Haitian and British West Indian Immigrant Workers in Cuba, 1898-1940".
E-mail: mcleodm@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 514
Phone: (206)-296-5417 |
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Dr. Jacquelyn Miller is Chair and Associate Professor of History. She specializes in Early American Social, Cultural, and Political History; Early Modern World History; American Indian History; Film and American History; and Gender and Sexuality.
E-mail: jcmiller@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 406
Phone: (206) 296-5446 |
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Dr. Gary Perry is assistant professor of Sociology. He specializes in Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Critical Social Theory, Educational Stratification, Mixed-Methods Research, Race/Class/Gender Studies, Social Stratification (New Economy) and Work, Occupations, and Labor Markets.
E-mail: perryg@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 306
Phone: (206) 296-2479 |
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Dr. Wilson Edward Reed is a lecturer in the Matteo Ricci College. He was born and raised in Vicksburg, Mississippi on a family farm; was educated and trained in segregated school systems and a close knit rural community. He moved to Seattle to be near family and friends, and graduated from the University of Washington with a BA and a MA in Political Science. Also, he earned a Masters degree in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York-Albany (The Nelson Rockefeller School of Public Affairs and Policy). He received a Ph.D. in Political Science at Northern Arizona University in 1995. Dr. Reed has taught at colleges and universities in the northwest, northeast, and southwest regions of the U.S. His book “The Politics of Community Policing: The Case of Seattle,” (1999) is considered the leading review of the subject in law enforcement. He presently teaches in the Matteo Ricci at Seattle University and is a Criminal Justice Consultant.
E-mail: reede@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 119
Phone: (206) 296-5404 |
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Dr. Mary-Antoinette Smith is Associate Professor of English. She specializes in eighteenth and nineteenth century British literature; African-American literature; cultural pluralism/ethnic studies; and gender/feminist studies.
E-mail: masmith@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 503
Phone: (206) 296-5415 |
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Dr. Ruth White is Assistant Professor of Social Work. She specializes in Social Determinants of Health, Comparative/International Health and Social Welfare and Cultural/Ethnic Issues in Social Work and Public Health.
E-mail: ruthw@seattleu.edu
Office: Casey 331
Phone: (206) 296-5351 |
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Dr. Flora Wilson Bridges is a systematic theologian and ordained minister in the National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. with privilege of call in the United Church of Christ. She joined the faculty of STM as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology in 2002 and became an Associate Professor in 2006. Serving in both the School of Theology and Ministry and the Theology and Religious Studies Department, she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in African-American religious expression and spirituality; and graduate courses in ministerial and theological integration, group effectiveness skills, and ministry in a multicultural context. She is the author of Resurrection Song: African-American Spirituality (2001) published by Orbis Books. This work highlights her interest in African-American cultural memory as crucial to the healthy spiritual formation and survival of people of African descent in North America.
E-mail: fwb@seattleu.edu
Office: Hunt 214
Phone: (206) 296-5337 |
