Fall 2007 - University of Tennessee

AFRICANASTUDIESOur name has been changed from African and African American Studies to Africana Studies

Such an examination leads to a better

understanding of critical issues affecting

people of African descent in all the

societies where they live.

OriginatingintheBlackPowerera,thedisci-plineofBlackStudieshasevolvedtoincludecoursesandresearchonAfrica,theCarib-bean,andthewiderAfricanDiaspora.Con-sequently,departmentsandprogramsacrossthecountryhaveadoptedthetermAfricana StudiestodenotethefocusonAfricaandtheAfricanDiaspora,includ-ingbutnotlimitedtotheAmericasandtheCaribbean.InourprogramweplaceemphasisonthestudyofblacksinAfricaandintheUnitedStates.However,totheextentthatresourcesandopportunitiespermit,wepresentcoursesandeventsonotherpartsofthediaspora.

AFRICANA STUDIESisbothcross-culturalandinterdisciplinary.ItexaminesaspectsofblacksinAfrica,theAmericas,theCaribbean,Asia,andEurope.Suchanexaminationleadstoabetterunderstand-ingofcriticalissuesaffectingpeopleofAfricandescentinallthesocietieswheretheylive.Thisservestoenhancestudentunderstandingofthesesocieties.Becauseofitsinterdisciplinaryfocus,AfricanaStud-iesexposesstudentstothecontributionsofscholarsrepresent-ingavarietyoftheo-reticalapproachesandintellectualperspec-tives.Thus,coursesinAfricanaStudiesseektobroadenstudents’perspectives,encour-ageanalyticalthinking,anddevelopbasicskills.ManyAfricanaStudiesmajorsandminorsgo Students Haeyeong Choe (left) and Trecia Dixon (second from right)

with Ghanaian children. (See story on page 2)

IN THIS ISSUE

1 New Name: Africana Studies

2 Studying Abroad

8 Flying Men of Pampantla

9 Afro-Ecuadorian Project

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4 Wornie Reed, director

5 Faculty Members

PRogRAM AcTIvITIES

11 Faculty Activities

15 Student Activities

ontograduatefromprofessionalschoolsbetterpreparedinvariousdisciplinesandprofessions,includinglaw,medicine,busi-ness,nursing,socialwork,andeduca-tion.AfricanaStudiescoursesalsobenefit

studentswhogoontodograduateworkinhistory,politics,anthropology,sociol-ogy,literature,andotherfields.

AfricanaStudiesdrawsfacultyfromthesocialsciencesandhumanitiesdis-ciplines.CurrentfacultymemberscomefromEnglish,history,sociology,andfolklore.Affiliatedfacultymembersarelocatedinart,history,andreligiousstud-ies.Otherprofessorsteachingcross-listedcoursesareinanthropology,education,geography,music,andpoliticalscience.

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STUDYING ABROAD

Above, right: Students and Dr. Sall in Ghana in 2005. Immediately above: Students at bust of W.E.B. DuBois in Ghana in 2006.

Miniterm in ghana AfricanastudieshasbegunastudyabroadprograminAfrica.InMayof2005,2006,and2007Dr.AmadouSall,amemberoftheAfricanaStudiesAdvisoryCommittee,tookstudentstoGhanaasamini-termcourse.Onthesetrips,studentsvisitsuchsitesastheKwameNkrumahMausoleum,severalruralvil-lages,craftvillages(Kentecloth,beads,Adinkracloth,carvedfigures,fertil-itydolls),theW.E.B.DuBoisMemorialCenter,KakumNationalPark,andtheAshantiKingPalace.Theyalsoattendclasses,docommunityservice,andwritepapersontheirexperiences.

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Pictured on this page are the students who participated in the 2007 mini-term

course in Ghana, where they attended classes and worked on several public ser-vice projects. In the photo below, the stu-dents and Dr. Sall pose with the banner

that welcomed them to GhanaBelow right: Members of the mini-term

class of 2005 participate in classroom discussion.

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ProfessorWornieReediscurrentlyaprofessorofAfricanaStudiesandsociologyanddirectoroftheAfricanaStudiesPro-gramattheUniversityofTennessee,Knox-ville.Hewaspreviouslyaprofessorofsoci-ologyandurbanstudiesatClevelandStateUniversity(1991–2004),andanadjunctprofessorattheCaseWesternReserveUni-versitySchoolofMedicine(2003–2004).From1991to2001hewasalsodirectoroftheUrbanChildResearchCenterintheMaxineGoodmanLevinCollegeofUrbanAffairsatClevelandStateUniversity.Hereceivedthebachelor’sdegreeinsecond-aryeducation(scienceandmathematics)atAlabamaStateUniversityandthemaster’sanddoctoraldegreesinsociologyfromBos-tonUniversity.

BeforegoingtoClevelandStateUni-versityinAugust1991,hewaschairper-sonoftheDepartmentofBlackStudiesanddirectoroftheWilliamMonroeTrot-terInstitutefortheStudyofBlackCul-tureattheUniversityofMassachusettsatBoston(1985-91).Priortothoseposi-

tionshewasdirectoroftheInstituteforUrbanResearchatMorganStateUniver-sity(1983–85)andassistantprofessorintheDepartmentofSociologyandassociateintheDivisionofHealthCareResearchintheSchoolofMedicineatWashing-tonUniversity(1975–83).ProfessorReedserveda3-yearterm(1990–92)aspresi-dentoftheNationalCongressofBlack

Faculty,andheispastpresidentofthenationalAssociationofBlackSociologists(2000–2001).

Trainedasamedicalsociologistunderahealthservicesresearchtrainingfellow-

ship,ProfessorReedhastaughtcourses,conductedresearch,andpublishednumer-ousarticlesonmedicalcare,healthandillness,urbancommunities,andcrimi-naljustice.Inhiscareerhehasacquiredover$4.5milliontofundhisresearch.Hisbackgroundincludespositionsinthefed-eralgovernmentandprivateindustryaswellashighereducation.Beforehisaca-demiccareer,ProfessorReedworkedinthecomputerfield—withtheU.S.BureauoftheCensusasacomputerprogrammer,withIBMasasystemsengineer,andasamarketingrepresentative.

SCHOLARLY ACHIEvEMENTS

Professor Reed directed the project, “Assessment of the Status of African

Americans,” involving some 61 scholars.

This project resulted in the production of a four-volume work published by Auburn House Publishers:

The Education of African-Americans (C. Willie, A. Garibaldi & W. Reed, eds.; 1991)

Research on the African-American Family (R. Hill, et al.; 1993)

Health and Medical Care of African-Americans (W. Reed, author; 1993)

African-Americans: Essential Perspectives (W. Reed, ed.; 1993)

Professor Reed’s honors and awards include two regional Emmys—received in 2000 and 2003—for his work with Public Health Television Inc. on the Urban Cancer Project, which produced television shows on cancer prevention aimed at African Americans. The Urban Cancer Project

is a research and video-based project aimed at reducing cancer disparities among African Americans. From January to September 2004, Professor Reed developed and hosted a cable television commentary and interview show, African American Forum, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Trained as a medical sociologist,

Professor Reed has taught courses,

conducted research, and published

many articles on medical care, health

and illness, urban communities, and

criminal justice.

Wornie Reed, Ph.D., Director

Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology

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Cynthia Fleming, Ph.D.

Professor of Africana Studies and History

SpECIALTIES:20th-centuryU.S.social/culturalhistory,particularlythecivilrightsmovementofthe1960s;U.S.racerelations,andblackeducationalhistory

ProfessorCynthiaFleminghaswrittenextensivelyonthecivilrightsmovement

ofthe1960s.SheistheauthorofSoon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby

SpECIALTIES:Africanastudies;globalstudies;politicaleconomy;raceandethnicstudies;andsocialjusticeanddemocraticmovements.

ProfessorAsafaJalata’sresearchisfocusedoninvestigatingandunderstand-ingthedynamicinterplaybetweentheracialized/ethnicizedandexploitativeglobalandregionaleconomicstructuresandthehumanagenciesofthecolonized/indigenouspeoples.Hehasbeenidentify-ingandexplainingthechainsofhistori-calandpoliticaleconomicforcesshap-ingracial/ethnonationalinequality,devel-opmentandunder-development,andnationalandsocialmovementsonglobal,regional,andlocallevels.Specifically,forthelast20years,hehasbeenresearchingandexploringtherelationshipbetweenthecolonizationandincorporationofOromia,theOromocountry,intotheEthiopianEmpireandtheglobalcapitalistsystemandthedevelopmentoftheOromonationalmovement.

She also coauthored The Chicago

Handbook for College Teachers, which

has been widely recognized as an

important tool for college teachers,

selling 10,000 copies in the first six

months after its release.

Asafa Jalata, Ph.D.

Professor of Africana Studies, Sociology, and Global Studies

Doris Smith Robinson,whichreceivedcriticalacclaimfrombothscholarsandcivil-rightsactivists.ShealsocoauthoredThe Chicago Handbook for College Teach-ers,whichhasbeenwidelyrecognizedasanimportanttoolforcollegeteachers.Shehaspublishedarticlesonblackactiv-ism,blackeducationalhistory,andAfri-canAmericanidentityinsuchjournalsasThe Journal of Negro History,The Tennes-see Historical Quarterly,The Journal of Women’s History,andThe Irish Journal of American Studies.Hermostrecentbook,In the Shadow of Selma: The Continuing Struggle for Civil Rights in the Rural South(2004),examinestheimpactofthecivilrightsmovementonanAlabamaBlackBeltcounty.CurrentlysheisworkingonanauthorizedbiographyofDr.C.T.

Vivian,oneofDr.MartinLutherKing’sSCLCassociates.

InadditiontoanAfricanAmeri-canstudiessurvey,ProfessorFlemingteachesthefollowingcourses:“BlacksinFilm,”“HistoryandPhilosophyofAfricanAmericanEducation,”“AfricanAmericanSociety,andCivilRights.”

Tolinkhisregionalresearchactivitieswithhislargerresearchagenda,Profes-sorJalatahaslocatedtheOromoquestionintheglobalcontext.HisbookOromia & Ethiopia: State Formation and Ethnon-ational Conflict, 1868–1992(2004)(1993,2005);hiseditedbookOromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Democracy: The Search of Freedom and Democracy(1998)andotherpublicationsdemonstratetherela-tionshipamonglocal,regional,andglobalissues.HehasextendedthescopeofhisresearchtoincludetheHornofAfricaandNorthAmerica.HisbookFighting against the Injustice of the State and Globaliza-tion: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements(2001),andhisarticles“EthnonationalismandtheGlobal‘Modernizing’Project”(2001),“TwoLiber-ationMovementsCompared:OromiaandSouthernSudan”(2000),“RevisitingtheBlackStruggle:LessonsfortheTwenty-FirstCentury,”and“ComparingtheAfri-canAmericanandtheOromoMovements

intheGlobalContext,”illustratethisgeographicalbreadth.

Inhiseditedbook,State Crises, Glo-balization, and National Movements in North-East Africa,(2004),ProfessorJalataextendshisscholarshipandexper-tisebeyondOromia,Ethiopia,Sudan,andBlackAmericatothebroadergeo-politicalregionandsocioculturalareaofNorth-EastAfrica.Heiscurrentlyengagedinresearchingandwritingabook,Faces of Terrorism in the Age of Globalization: From Christopher Colum-

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bus to Osama bin Laden.Hisresearchaddressestherolesoftheindigenouspeo-plesintheracializedglobalcapitalistsys-tem,andhowtheagenciesofthesepeo-plesareaffectingthestructuresandthedynamicsofthesystem.Theuniquenessandstrengthofhiscontributionsarethatheseriouslyengagesscholarsandpoliti-ciansofvarioustheoreticalorientationstounderstandthemainreasonswhysub-jugatedpeoplesareinvolvedinculturalandpoliticalstruggles.ProfessorJalatahasalreadyconsolidatedhisscholarlystatureamongnationalandinternationalscholarsasaleadingsociologist/socialscientistinthefieldsofOromoandAfricanastudies.InrecognitionofhiscontributiontoOromoscholarship,hereceivedtheOromoStudiesAssociationAwardin2002.

Gichingiri J. Ndigirigi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and English

TEACHING INTERESTS: Africanliterature:fictionanddrama/theater/performance;Caribbeanliterature:fictionanddrama;AfricanAmericanliterature/drama/the-ater;andSwahili.

Dr.GichingiriNdigirigi’sresearchinterestsareAfricanDiasporaliteraturesandperformance;postcolonialandtrans-nationalstudies;artandnationalistlegit-imation/delegitimation;populartheaterasatoolofsocialtransformation;repre-sentationsofgenderinliterature,theater,andperformance;andAfricanlanguageliteraturesandthedilemmasofethnicity.HisbookNgugi wa Thiong’o’s Drama and the Kamiriithu Popular Theater Experi-ment,isforthcomingfromAfricaWorldPress.

Selected Articles:“KenyanTheaterafterKamiriisthu,”The

Drama Review,Vol.43,#2(T162),Summer1999.

“Kamiriithu:KimurikiaAbirika,”Muti-iri(JournalofCulture),#5,1997.(AnearlierGikuyulanguageversionofthearticleeventuallypublishedinTheDramaReview).

“KamaruMwarimuwaMuingi,”Mutiiri(JournalofCulture),Manja1,Iruta,Jan-Apr.1994.

“CharacterNamesandTypesinNgugi’sLaterFiction,”Ufahamu,Vol.XIX,Nos.II&III,Spring/Fall1991.

George White, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and History

SpECIALTIES: Americandiplomatichis-tory;AfricanAmericanhistory;modernAfricanhistory;historyofracerelations.

Dr.GeorgeWhite,whoholdsbothaPh.D.inhistory(TempleUniversity)andaJ.D.(HarvardLawSchool),isaspecial-istinAmericandiplomatichistoryaswellasAfricanAmericanhistoryandmodernAfricanhistory.Hisrecentbook,Hold-ing the Line: Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953–1961,isinformedbyeachofthesethreeareas.

ProfessorWhiteiscurrentlyeditingthepapersofRev.RobertBostonDokes,aWorldWarIIchaplainwhoservedinthePacificTheater.Georgehaswrittenschol-arlyarticlesonU.S.diplomacytowardAfricainthe1950s,thedevelopmentofpublichousinginKnoxvilleinthe1940s,andeffortsofblackbusinessownerstoenterintocontractswithgovernmententities.NOTE: As of fall semester 2007, Professor White joined the faculty of York University in New York City.

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Addisu Tolesa, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Africana Studies

SpECIALTIES:Folklore,Oromo/Africanstudies,AfricanAmericanfolklore,socio-linguistics;historyandgeography,humanrights;andOromoeducationstudiesandresearch

Dr.AddiuTolesa’sresearchfocusesonOromoeducation,culture,history,andliterature.HisresearchdealswithOromoculture,history,literatureandlanguage,andnational/humanrightsteachingmaterial.

Publication:GEERARSA: Folksong as the Oromo National Literature—A Study of Ethnogra-phy, Folklore, and Folklife in the Context of the Ethiopian Colonization of Oromia of Ethiopia.Lewiston,NewYork:TheEdwinMellenPress,1999.

perry Kyles, M.A.


PerryKylescompletedhisdoctoraldissertation,“TheMenbehindtheMar-ket:Merchants,theAfricanSlaveTrade,andtheShapingofPlantationSocietyinColonialSouthCarolina,1700–1756,”atFloridaInternationalUniversityin2007.HeisnowanassistantprofessoronthefacultyofMorganStateUniversityinBaltimore.

Raymond Hall, Ph.D.


SpECIALTIES:Africanastudies,LatinAmericanandCaribbeanstudies,folklore

Dr.RaymondHalliscurrentlywork-ingonabookprojecttitledEthnography of an Afromestizo Community on Mexico’s Gulf Coast.ThisprojecttakesacloselookatracialdefinitionsasaresultofthecastesystemimplementedbytheSpanishdur-ingMexico’scolonialdevelopment.Italsolooksatracialdefinitionsafterthecastesystemandtheimpacttheseclassifica-tionshavehadoncreatingauniqueethosincertaincoastalareasofMexico.Hisworkfocusesheavilyonthefolkloreoftheareawithrespecttofoodways,danceandfestival,oralhistories,religions,folktalesandfolkmedicines.


TheprojectonAfro-EcuadoriansgrewoutofaFulbrightprojectinEcuadorbyProfessorMichaelHandelsman,directorofLatinAmericanStudiesatUTKnoxville.ItbeganwhenDr.CatherineWalshoftheUniversidadAndinaSimónBolívarinQuito,Ecuador,anddoctoralstudentandphotographerEdizonLeónvisitedUTduringthespringsemesterin2005.Fol-lowingthatvisit,wedevelopedtheideaofexhibitingsomeofthephotographsfromthecol-lectionsoftheFondoDocumentalAfro-AndinoattheUniversidadAndinaSimónBolívarinQuitoandinKnoxville.Thisphotographiccollectionwasstartedbylocalactivistandeth-nographerJuanGarcía,whodonatedittotheuniversityinQuito.

AleadingfigureonthisprojectwasDr.WilliamDeweyoftheSchoolofArt,whoisaffiliatedwiththeAfricanaStudiesProgram.Heco-curatedtheexhibitwithEdizonLeón.

Dr.DeweyandDr.RaymondHallofAfricanaStudiesvisitedQuitoinJanuary2006tofinalizetheselectionofphotographsfortheexhibit.Called“TheColoroftheDiaspora:Afro-EcuadorianImages,”theexhibitshowselementsoftheliveddiasporaamongblackpeoplesinEcuadorandmatchesthemwithcollectedoraltestimonies.BlackEcuadoriansareapopulationmadeinvisiblewithinacountryandregiontypicallydefinedasindig-enous.TheyarealsomadeinvisiblewithinconstructionsofthebroaderAfricanDias-

Monument to sugar cane industry in Choto Valley, Ecuador

Afro-Ecuadorian project Reveals “Invisible” Aspects of the Diaspora


porawhosecenterisfrequentlythoughtofasonlybeingfromtheUnitedStatesandtheCaribbean.Assuch,theexhibithelpsbuildamorecompleteandheterogeneousviewoftheAfricanDiaspora.

Dr.HallandDr.WornieReedparticipatedintheopeningoftheexhibitinQuito,Ecuador,onJuly27,2006.ChancellorLorenCrabtreealsowentandparticipatedintheinaugurationoftheexhibition.WhiletherehesignedanagreementofcooperationbetweenUTKnoxvilleandUniversidadAndinaSimónBolívar.

TheAfricanaStudiesProgramco-hostedthefollowingseriesofeventssurround-ingthe“ColoroftheDiaspora”photographicexhibit,whichopenedduringfallsemes-ter2006:

October 16–20: Color of the Diaspora ExhibitionofphotographsbyEdizonLeónandJuanGarcía,fromtheCollectionsoftheFondoDocumentalAfro-AndinoattheUniversidadAndinaSimónBolivár,Quito,Ecuador

October 16: Artist lecture and discussion with photographer Edizon LeónTranslationbyDr.RaymondHalloftheAfricanaStudiesProgramSponsored by the Visual Arts Committee of UT Knoxville’s Office of Student Activities

October 17: Reception for photographer Edizon León at the Beck Cultural Exchange CenterSponsored by the Marco Institute of UT Knoxville

October 18: Symposium—African Diaspora Studies through the Arts: North–South PerspectivesPresenters:Wornie Reed,directoroftheAfricanaStudiesProgramEdizon León,Afro-Ecuadorianphotographer,co-curatoroftheexhibitionPatricia Tinajero-Baker,Ecuadorianartistandnewfacultymemberintheuniver-sity’ssculptureprogramMichael Handelsman,directorofUTKnoxville’sLatinAmericanStudiesProgram

October 20: Opening of the “Color of the Diaspora” exhibition at UT’s Downtown GalleryWelcomebyChancellorLorenCrabtree,followedbygallerytalkbyEcuadorianphotographerEdizonLeón

Afro-Ecuadorian youth in a small village in the

Choto Valley of Ecuador.

“Color of the Diaspora” photographerEdizon León (left) speaks at the Beck Cultural Center. David Baker (right)

translates.

UT art professor Bill Dewey (left, back to camera) speaks to an art

class at the “Color of the Diaspora” exhibition in the University Center.


Dr.RaymondHallpresentedanexhibitintheBlackCulturalCenterduringspringsemester2005showingtheAfricaninfluenceonthecul-tureofindigenouspeopleofNorthernVeracruz,Mexico.TheexhibitfeaturedtheTajin Totonac and Los Voladores (FlyingMen) de Papantla.HallisaninvitedmemberoftheVoladores,withwhomhehasperformed“La Danza de los Negritos,”“La Danza de Los Voladores,”andsev-eralotherritual-baseddances.TheBlackCul-turalCenterarrangedforlocalK-through-12studentstovisittheexhibit.

Flying Men of papantla Whirl Over Knoxville

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publications

CYNTHIA FLEMINGbecameabookserieseditorfortheUniversityofKentuckyPress.

RAYMOND HALLpublishedthearticle“TheInvisibleAfromestizoofMexico’sAtlanticCoast:TheFolkloreofFoodwaysasaMarkerofCulturalIdentity,”inJournalofCaribbeanLiteratures,Vol.4(3)2007.

ASAFA JALATABooks •Oromia and Ethiopia: State Formation and Ethnonational

Conflict, 1868–2004.Boulder,Colorado:LynneRiennerPub-lishers(2005)

•Oromummaa: Oromo Culture, Identity and Nationalism.Atlanta:OromiaPublishingCompany(2007)

•TwobookscoeditedwithP.KylesandA.Tolesa:Africa up to Sixteenth CenturyandAfrica from Sixteenth Century.Bos-ton:PearsonCustomPublishing(2007)

Book chapters •“ThePlaceoftheOromoDiasporaintheOromoNational

Movement:LessonsfromtheAgencyof‘Old’AfricanDias-poraintheU.S.”and“ConfrontingChallengestoPoliti-callyEngagedScholarshipinOromoStudies,”inContested Terrain: Essays on Oromo Studies, Ethiopianist Discourses,editedbyEzekielGebissa.Lawrenceville,NewJersey:TheRedSeaPress(2007)

•“EthnonationalismandtheGlobal‘Modernizing’Project,”inGlobalization and Violence,PartIII,editedbyPaulW.James.London:SagePublications(2007)

Articles •“State-TerrorismandGlobalization:TheCasesofEthiopia

andSudan,”International Journal of Comparative Sociology;vol.46(1–2):79–102

•“TheImpactofEthiopianStateTerrorismandGlobalizationontheOromoNationalMovement,”Journal of Oromo Stud-ies,vol.13(1–2):19–56

•“TheOromoMovementandtheCrisisoftheEthiopianState,”Arrested Development in Ethiopia,editedbySeyoumHamesoandMohmmedHassen,TheRedSeaPress(2006):279–306.

•”OromoNationalPoliticalLeadership:AssessingthePastandMappingtheFuture,”Journal of Oromo Studies,Vol.10(2),131–160

GĨCHINGIRI NDĨGĨRĨGĨ,whojoinedthefacultyin2006,hadthefollowingbookpublished:Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Drama and the Kamĩrĩĩthũ Popular Theater Experiment.Trenton,NewJersey:AfricaWorldPress(2007)

GEORGE WHITEHolding the Line: Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953–1961.Rowan&Littlefield(2005)

WORNIE REED Book chapter“SociologicalPerspectivesinUrbanStudies,”inV.BensonandR.Steinbacher(eds.),Introduction to Urban Studies(3rd.ed.).Dubuque,Iowa:KendallHuntPublishingCompany(2006)Edited volumeBlacks in Tennessee: Past and Present,whichisbeingpublishedbyKendallHunt

ResearchWORNIE REEDisco–principalinvestigatorforthegrant“PatientNavigatorVideoTrainingforCancerinLow-IncomeAfricanAmericans,”fundedbytheNationalCancerInstitute,2006–2007

Reedwasalsoco-investigatorfortheproject“LatinoFaith-BasedCancerOutreach,”fundedbytheNationalCancerInsti-tute,2004–2005

presentationsOff-Campus COnferenCesCYNTHIA FLEMINGmadeinvitedpresentationsasaBlackHistoryMonthspeakerin2005and2006.InFebruary2005shewasaninvitedpresenterataconferenceatUTMartinonthehistoryofschooldesegregation.AtthiseventFlemingwasoneoftwopar-ticipantswhohadbooksignings.(TheotherwasFredGray,theMontgomeryImprovementAssociationattorneyfortheMont-gomerybusboycott.)Flemingsignedherbook,In the Shadow of Selma,whichwaspublishedin2004.

RAYMOND HALLpresentedpapersatthePopularCultureCon-ference:Southwest/TexasPopularCultureAssociation/Ameri-canCultureAssociation(SW/TXPCA/ACA)(Feb.2005andFeb.2006)andbecameareachairforundergraduateresearchforSW/TXPCA/ACAConference.

ASAFA JALATAmadepresentationsatthefollowingconferences: •OhioOromoCommunity(June2006) •OromoYouthAssociation(January2006) •OromoStudiesAssociationAnnualConference(August

2005) •GlobalConferenceofInternetPaltalk(September2005) •AnnualConferenceoftheGlobalStudiesAssociation(2005)JalataalsoservedaschairoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheOromoStudiesAssociationandreviewedanarticlefortheJournal of Oromo Studies.

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•ServedontheprogramcommitteefortheSocietyforHisto-riansofAmericanForeignRelationsAnnualMeeting,June23–25,2006,UniversityofKansas,Lawrence

On-Campus presenTaTiOnsMostofthefacultyandlecturershavepresentedattheAfri-canaStudiesForumSeries.Otheron-campuspresentationshaveincludedthefollowing:

RAYMOND HALLpresentedtotheUnderwaterArchaeologyAsso-ciationonhisworkinunderwaterarchaeology(November2005).

WORNIE REED •MadeapresentationonhisworkontheUrbanCancerProj-

ect,avideo-basedculturallyspecificapproachtopreventionandinterventionandculturalcompetencytotheDiversityCouncilasbackgroundideasforitswork(November2005)

•Wasapanelistinaforumonthedeathpenalty,sponsoredbytheTennesseeCoalitiontoAbolishStateKillingandtheUTchapterofAmnestyInternational,featuringDavidKaczyn-ski(brotherof“theUnabomber”)andBillBabbitt(brotherofMannyBabbitt,whowasexecutedbyCaliforniain1999),andAlSchmutzerJr.,districtattorneyoftheFourthJudicialCir-cuit(January2006)

•LecturedonhisworkontheUrbanCancerProjectasameansofreducingminorityhealthdisparitiesinagraduatepublichealthseminarintheCollegeofEducation,Health,andHumanSciences(February2006)

•Addressedagraduateteachingassistantsworkshopondiver-sityinfusioninthecurriculum(April2006)

•GavepresentationonAfricanaStudiestoCollegeofArtsandSciencesfacultyandstaffadvisors(August2006)

•GavekeynoteaddressforMcNairProgramAwardsLuncheon(July2007)

Awards and ElectionsAward:WornieReedwasflowntoNewYorkCityinSeptember2005toreceivetheProstateNet’sAwardforEducationalTech-nologyforworkaddressingprostatecancerpreventionandinter-ventionintheUrbanCancerProject,anongoingprojectwithcolleaguesatPublicHealthTelevisioninCleveland,Ohio.(TheprojectwasnominatedbyitsprojectofficerattheNationalCan-cerInstitute.)

Election:ReedwaselectedtotheBoardofDirectorsoftheCon-sortiumforInternationalManagement,Policy,andDevelop-ment(CIMPAD),whichincludesscholarsandpractitionersinpublicmanagementandrelatedfieldsintheUnitedStatesandcolleaguesinvariousAfricancountries.CIMPADholdsawork-ingconferenceinadifferentAfricancountryeveryotheryeartohelpbuildcapacityforgoodgovernanceandsustainabledevelop-mentandtopromotelinkagesandnetworksamongcivilsociet-

WORNIE REEDWornieReedmadepresentationsonaspectsofhisresearchintheUrbanCancerProjectatthefollowingconferences: •AmericanCancerSocietyConferenceon“ExploringMod-

elstoEliminateCancerDisparitiesAmongAfricanAmeri-canandLatinoPopulations:ResearchandCommunitySolu-tions,”Atlanta(April2005)

•CIMPADconferenceinDakar,Senegal(June2005) •AnnualConferenceofAssociationofBlackSociologists,

Philadelphia(August2005) •SocietyfortheStudyofSocialProblems,Philadelphia

(August2005) •Latino/HispanicsCancerDisparitiesConference,George

WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C.(October2005) •AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Philadelphia(Decem-

ber2005) •AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Boston(November,

2006)HealsoparticipatedinIntroKnoxville(2005)andservedontheplanningcommitteefortheUgandaConferencetobeheldbyCIMPAD.Furthermore,he •TraveledtoQuito,Ecuador,withChancellorCrabtree,

MichaelHandelsman,andRaymondHalltoparticipateinopeningoftheColoroftheDiasporaphotographicexhibit.Gavepresentationatexhibitopening,discussingtheexhibi-tioninthecontextofAfricanaStudieshistoricallyandinter-nationally(July2006);

•Wasoneofthreefeaturedpresentersinthephysicians’trackatthe11thAnnual(Tennessee)HealthSummitofMinor-ityCommunities,“AnApproachtoCancerPreventionandInterventionamongAfricanAmericanWomen”(August2006);and

•Gaveaplenarysessionaddress,“AProposalforHIV–AIDSPreventioninUganda,”June20,2007;andpresentedpaper,“AddressingHIV–AIDSPreventionFromtheGroundUp,”June19,2007,attheSixthInternationalConferenceonPub-licManagement,Policy,andDevelopment,Kampala,Uganda

ADDISU TOLESA •Presented“OrganizationalModelsforOromoMovement,”atthe

OromoStudiesAssociationMid-YearConference(April2007) •Presented“Maccaa-TuulamaaOrmoSelf-HelpAssociationasa

Model,”attheOromosStudiesAssociationannualconference

GEORGE WHITE •Presentedapaper,“HipHopandtheAfricanDiaspora,”at

thePurdueUniversityconference,(2005) •GavepresentationattheMartinLutherKingDaySympo-

siuminKnoxville(2005) •PresentedpaperattheAnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfor

theStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeandHistory(September2006)

•PresentedpaperattheAmericanEnvironmentalHistoryAssociationconference(March2006)

SouthernSudanese.Dr. Asafa Jalata, Africana Studies Program and Department of Sociology.March 1, 2006: TheShapingofRacializedIdentitiesinColonialSouthCarolina. Perry Kyles, Africana Studies Program.October 2, 2006: MammyandModernity:NarrativesoftheFaithfulSlaveintheEarly20th-CenturyU.S.Dr. Micki McElya, American Studies Program of the University of AlabamaOctober 4, 2006: TheAfro-EcuadorianProject.Dr. Raymond Hall and Dr. Wornie ReedMarch 21, 2007: Nationalism,Sovereignty,andHumanRightsinEritreaandtheDiaspora. Dr. Tricia Hepner, assistant professor of anthropology

undergraduaTe presenTers February 1, 2006: Education,Rap,andtheAfricanAmericanExperience,featuringthesepanelists:Larry Freeman: AfricanAmericansintheHuntforHigherAth-leticAdministrationPositionsinNCAADivisionICollegesandUniversitiesNakia Henderson:Why“Legitimate”AfricanAmericanStudiesareEssentialatTraditionallyWhiteInstitutionsConstance Park:AfricanAmericansinTraditionallyWhiteInstitutionsDavita Dantzler: ViolenceagainstWomeninRapJessica Roth: RapMusicasaContinuationoftheAfricanAmer-icanOralTraditionMarch 7, 2007: AfricanDiasporainLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean.Undergraduate Students: Benjamin Green, Jessica Hentchel, and Beka Jalata

Dr. Wornie Reed (left) and George Piwang-Jalobo (right) of Gulu University in Uganda greet Presi-dent Y. K. Museveni in the Uganda State House in June 2007.

Dr. Wornie Reed displays the award for educational tech-nology presented to him by the Prostate Net, a nonprofit pros-tate-cancer support group, at their September 2005 ceremony New York City.

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ies.ReedwasontheplanningcommitteefortheconferenceheldinUgandain2007.

MediaMetro PulsecarriedarticlecoveringtheMarch2006hiphopeventsanditsinterviewswithIkard,White,andReedabouttheeventandaboutuniversitycoursesonhiphop.

WORNIE REED12-13-04: Interviewedandquotedin12-16-04issueofMetro PulseaboutKwanzaa1-2-05:QuotedinCleveland Plain DealerstoryonthedecliningmarriagerateamongAfricanAmericans1-4-05:InterviewedandansweredquestionsonliveradiotalkshowinDetroitoncausesofthedecliningmarriageratesamongAfricanAmericans1-21-05: InterviewedbyTeresaMooreforHigher Groundmaga-zinearticleonAfricanaStudiesProgram2-28-05: CommentsatprogramonNegroLeagueBaseballreportedinThe Daily Beacon3-17-05:Interviewedasexpertonhistoryofblacksingolfbycol-umnistBillFieldsofGolf Worldmagazine12-19-05: InterviewedbyMattShaferPowellofWUOT-FMradioforamorningnewsfeatureaboutresearchonhealthdis-paritiesamongAfricanAmericans1-25-06:CommentedinastoryondeathpenaltypanelinThe Daily Beacon2-22-07: InterviewedbyDaily Beaconreporteronhighprescription-drugusageinTennessee

GEORGEWHITEInreportingontheMartinLutherKingDaySymposiumin2005,localpublicationscarriedcommentsaboutGeorgeWhite’spresentation

Africana Studies ForumsFebruary 23, 2005: TajinTotanacandLosVoladores(FlyingMen)dePapantla.Dr. Raymond Hall, Africana Studies Program.March 9, 2005:IdentitarianismandItsDiscontents:Power,Worldliness,andIntellectuals.Dr. Abdi Hussein, Department of English.September 28, 2005: TheGhanaStudy-AbroadExperienceStudentpresentationontheexperienceandeffectsofgoingtoGhanaOctober 26, 2005:TheUrbanCancerProject:ACulturallySpecificApproachtoReducingMinorityHealthDisparities,Dr. Wornie Reed, Africana Studies Program and Department of Sociology November 30, 2005: StrugglingforSocialJusticeintheEraofGlobalization—TheCasesofAfricanAmericans,Oromos,and

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AsacontinuationoftheUniversityofTennessee’scommemorationofthe40thanniversaryofthepassageoftheVotingRightsAct,alecture,“ChildrenintheMovement,”waspresentedbySheyannWebb-ChristburgonFriday,February18,2005,intheUniversityCenter,ShilohRoom.

ThemovieSelma, Lord, Selma,basedonthememoirsoftwolittlegirls—SheyannWebbandRachelWest—intheSelmacampaignof1965,wasshownThursday,February17,andFriday,Febru-ary18,inHodgesLibraryAuditorium.

Selma, Lord, Selma

Sheyann Webb-Christburg

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Africana Studies Forum 2007StudentswhopresentedpapersattheFebruary2007meetingoftheSouthwest/TexasPopularCulturalAssociation/AmericanCultureAssociationinAlbuquerque,NewMexico,repeatedtheirperformanceonMarch7,2007,attheAfricanaStudiesForumontheUTKnoxvillecampus.

Right: Benjamin Green (left) pres-ents his paper as Jessica Hentchel

listens. Below: The audience at the Africana Studies Forum react to

the proceedings.

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Curtis Sanderfer Named a 2007 Torchbearer AtUTKnoxville,beingnamedaTorchbeareristhehighesthonorstudentscanreceive.ThetitleTorchbearersignifiesselflessachievement,inthatthosewhobearatorchshadowthemselvestolightthewayforothers.

CurtisAllenSanderferisanAfricanastudiesandpoliticalsciencemajorfromChattanooga.Dur-inghiscollegecareer,heinvolvedhimselfwithstudentgovernment,servingonFreshmanCouncil,asasenator,andfinallyaspresidentoftheStudentGovernmentAssociation.HealsopresidedovertheAfri-canAmericanIncentiveGrantAdvisoryBoardandworkedasanorientationleader.Amonghisotheractivities,SanderferchairedtheBlackCulturalProgrammingCommitteeandparticipatedinEmergingLeaders,StudentAlumniAssociates,DanceMarathon,andtheIgniteProgram,andheservedasapeermentorforFirstYearStudiesandasaresidentassistantintwohallsoverhislastthreeyears.Atthefirst

annualAfricanAmericanImageAwards,SanderferbecamethefirstrecipientoftheCollegiateAchievementAward.Hisabil-itytosuccessfullybalancehisacademicswithsuchanumberofcampusleadershippositionstestifiestohisoutstandingchar-acterandworkethic.

Curtis Sanderfer

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Dr. Raymond Hall with students at the 2006 Popular Culture Association Conference: left to right, Constance Park, Dr. Hall, Davita Dantzler, Nakia Henderson, Jessica Roth, and Larry Freeman.

Students Excel at Cultural Association MeetingUndertheleadershipofDr.

RaymondHall,fiveAfricanastudiesstudentspresented

papersattheannualmeetingoftheSouthwest/TexasPopu-

larCultureAssociation/Amer-icanCultureAssociationinAlbuquerque,NewMexico,

inFebruary2006.Nounder-graduateshadeverpresented

papersatthisconferencebefore,yetthesestudentswere

majorfeaturesattheconfer-ence.Theirpresentationsdrew

ravereviewsfromprofessorsandadministratorsattending

theconference.

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