Academic Honors and Awards 

 2004  Research and Publication, Department of Government and History

2003  Research and Publication, Department of Government and History

2002-2003  Fayetteville State University Teacher of the Year; College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year, Department of Government and History Teacher of the year. Teacher of the Year

2002  College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Outstanding   Service

2001    The Friends of Charles W. Chesnett Library Faculty Award presented in Recognition of Significant Contributions Promoting Library Services at Fayetteville State University by James E. Purcell, Sr. President of the Friends of Charles W. Chesnutt Library on October 30, 2001

2001  College of Arts and Sciences Pioneer Award for University Service at Fayetteville State University 2000-2001

2000 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad to Ghana and Guinea in West Africa teaching about Islam in these two countries.

2000  College of Arts and Sciences Pioneer Award for University Service at Fayetteville State University 1999-2000

1999 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for School Teachers teaching about Islam in West Africa at the University of Arkansas at Monticello

1999  College of Arts and Sciences Pioneer Award for Community Service on behalf of Fayetteville State University 1998-1999

1997 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad Program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Asmara Eritrea to study Ethnic Federalism

1994 Un Temoignage de Satisfaction from the non-governmental organization ICRA-N'KO which promotes the dissemination of the N'ko alphabet in the Republic of Guinea and throughout West Africa.

1994 West African Research Association Fellowship for research in West Africa (Senegal, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire)

1992-1993 Fulbright Dissertation Scholarship to conduct field research in the Republic of Guinea

1987 Fulbright-Hays, U.S. Department of Education Summer Seminars Abroad Scholarship for study and research in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Senegal

1985 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for School Teachers Grant to study Africa in World History Institute at the University of Florida

Languages 

• French: excellent reading knowledge, good speaking and writing ability
• Maninka (West Africa):

Other education and training 

• I hold a current State of Florida Teaching Certificate with certification in the following areas:
• Elementary Grades 1-6
• Social Studies Grades 7-9
• History Grades 7-12
• English Grades 7-9
• French Grades 6-12
  Back to Contents 
   

I am currently an Associate  Professor at Fayetteville State University where I teach world civilization and a variety of classes on African history. Prior to coming to FSU, I taught western civilization and African history at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. I have not always taught at the university level. Before I went back to get my Ph.D. in 1989, I taught a variety of courses in grades four through twelve in Florida public schools in both Clay and Duval Counties (in and around Jacksonville).

Back to Contents