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Africa and African American Experts
Congratulations to the African American Studies Department as it celebrates its 40th anniversary October, 2009! Read the release.
The University of Maryland has the experts who know the black experience here and abroad including politics, culture, media, economy, race, gender, family, history, and more.
Please feel free to contact any of our experts directly. Experts are listed alphabetically.
Number of experts found: 23
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Elsa Barkley Brown
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Associate Professor, Affiliate Associate Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
African American political culture with an emphasis on gender. US History, African-American History, African-American Women's History
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301 405 4290
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ebarbrwn@umd.edu
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Show all information about Elsa Barkley Brown
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Ira Berlin
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Distinguished University Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
US History, African-American History, Slavery; Reparations
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Cell phone
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301 405 4266
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202-3636310
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iberlin@umd.edu
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Show all information about Ira Berlin
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Douglas J. Besharov
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Professor
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid); Poverty; Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation); Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births); Child abuse/child welfare; Preschool and Head Start; Race and ethnicity.
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301 405 6341
201 862-5984
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besharov@umd.edu
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Show all information about Douglas J. Besharov
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Patricia F. Campbell
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Associate Professor
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Expertise Key Words:
urban education and reform, reforming mathematics instruction in the K-5 classroom; professional development for teachers.
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301 405 3129
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patc@umd.edu
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Show all information about Patricia F. Campbell
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Vincent Carretta
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Prof
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English
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Expertise Key Words:
Writings and representations, both verbal and visual, of people of African descent in the English-speaking world during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries. Transatlantic literature and culture in general during the same period in the English-speaking world.
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301 405 3759
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vac@umd.edu
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Melinda Chateauvert
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Assistant Professor
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African American Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Sexuality, Gender, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Labor, history, queer politics, citizenship, race, racism, homosexuality, public policy, GLBT issues, reproductive justice, desegregation of higher education, African Americans, prostitution, sex work, Louisiana, death penalty, Maryland, baby boomers.
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301 405 1164
202 262 2632
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mchateau@umd.edu
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Show all information about Melinda Chateauvert
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Bonnie T. Dill
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Affiliate Professor, Professor & Chair - Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
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Women's Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
The intersections of race and gender; African-American women and families; work, family, and poverty. She is currently conducting a research project studying single mothers in rural southern communities.
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301 405 6878
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btdill@umd.edu
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Show all information about Bonnie T. Dill
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Darrell J. Gaskin
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Associate Professor
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African American Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Healthcare Disparities,
Access to Healthcare,
Safety Net Hospitals,
Children with Special Healthcare Needs,
Medicaid and Medicare Policies, Managed Care and
Health Economics, Minority Healthcare
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301 405 1162
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dgaskin@umd.edu
dgaskin@aasp.umd.edu
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Sylvester J. Gates
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Physics
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Expertise Key Words:
string theory, physics education, supersymmetry,
science and technology and global economic development,
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301 405 6025
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gatess@umd.edu
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Sharon Harley
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Associate Professor & Chair,; Affiliate Associate Professor
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African American Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Afro-American history, black culture, women's history and women and work.
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301 405 1163
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sharley@umd.edu
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John Iceland
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Assoicate Professor
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Sociology
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Expertise Key Words:
Poverty;
Racial and ethnic residential segregation
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301 405 6430
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jiceland@umd.edu
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Martin L. Johnson
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Professor Emeritus
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College of Education
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Expertise Key Words:
School Reform; minority student achievement; standardized testing; teaching teachers of mathematics.
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301 405 4554
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mljohnso@umd.edu
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Courtland Lee
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Professor
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Counseling & Personnel Services
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Expertise Key Words:
Multicultural Counseling
Group Counseling
Professional Orientation to School Counseling
Clinical Supervision
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301 405 8904
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clee5@umd.edu
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Sheri L. Parks
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Associate Professor
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American Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Media criticism; popular American culture and aesthetics with a special focus on family, gender and race; Harry Potter and American culture.
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Cell phone
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 6255
301-405-1354
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(410) 493-5172
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slp@umd.edu
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Harriet B. Presser
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Distinguished University Professor
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Sociology
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Expertise Key Words:
24/7 economy, work schedules and their impact on the family, child care, gender issues.
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301 405 6422
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hpresser@umd.edu
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Eugene L. Roberts
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Professor
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism
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Expertise Key Words:
Writing the Complex Story
Newsroom Management
Press' Role in the Civil Rights Movement
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301 405 4510
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eroberts@umd.edu
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Leslie S. Rowland
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Associate Professor; Affiliate Associate Professor; Affiliate Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
History of the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction. Southern History. The American South. Slavery and Emanciation. Transition from Slavery to Freedom in the United States. African Americans in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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301 405 4274
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lrowland@umd.edu
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Show all information about Leslie S. Rowland
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Kevin M. Roy
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Assistant Professor
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Family Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Dr. Roy's research focuses on the involvement of low-income men (fathers) in jobs, intimate relationships, parenting, and family residences. He also examines how poor families in diverse urban communities create social capital for their children.
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301 405 6348
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kroy@umd.edu
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David R. Segal
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Professor
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Sociology
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Expertise Key Words:
Military leadership, morale and performance; performance of U.S. peace-keeping forces; volunteer army vs. draft
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301 405 6439
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dsegal@umd.edu
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Mady W. Segal
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Professor
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Sociology
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Expertise Key Words:
Military Organization, military sociology; military personnel and family issues; women in the military
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301 405 6433
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msegal@umd.edu
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Lee Thornton
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Acting Dean and Eaton Professor of Broadcast Journalism
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism
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Expertise Key Words:
Minorities in the media, women in the media, journalism education issues, general media issues. Media coverage of baby boomers.
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301 405 5292
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lthornto@umd.edu
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Ronald W. Walters
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Professor Emeritus
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Supreme Court; Hurricane's Katrina and Rita; Civil Rights; National politics and elections, African American politics, urban politics, political leadership. Barack Obama.
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Contact Information:
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Work phone(s)
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Home phone
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 1787
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301-421-5919
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rwalters@umd.edu
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Psyche A. Williams-Forson
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Asst Prof, Aff Asst Prof
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American Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Food and Foodways,
Material Culture,
African American Studies
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Contact Information:
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301 405 4631
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pwforson@aol.com
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