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Faculty members found on this page are responsible for teaching the foundation course of the program, Introduction to Africana Studies, 201. Introduction to Africana Studies is designed to introduce students to the discipline of Africana Studies. The class will focus on major questions such as the influence of cultural integrity and the political struggle for equality in two hemispheres on cultural traditions, values and social institutions. Of particular interest is the transformation of identity over the last five hundred years as Africans, African Americans, and African Caribbeans have been exposed to European domination and exploitation. (AFST 201, Fall 01, Rosenberg)

Dr. Scott Rosenberg (srosenberg@wittenberg.edu/327-7846)
After completing a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in the African Kingdom of Lesotho, Dr. Rosenberg earned a Master's in International Affairs and African Studies from Ohio University. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in African and African American history at Indiana University. Since arriving at Wittenberg, Professor Rosenberg has offered courses on African history ranging from survey-level classes, such as African Societies to 1500 and the Formation of Modern Africa, to mid-level classes on South Africa, to upper-level classes on Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Gender in 20th century Africa, and a colloquium on South Africa. Dr. Rosenberg will teach Introduction to Africana Studies during its first two years. The course will then rotate among other African Studies faculty.

Dr. Carmiele Wilkerson (cwilkerson@wittenberg.edu/ 327-6127)
Dr. Wilkerson is an assistant professor of English. She teaches courses in Afro-Caribbean literature, the African diaspora and Introduction to Africana Studies. Her research interests have led her to write publications on W.E.B. Du Bois and on Afro-Caribbean national identity. In addition to serving on the African Studies Program Advisory Committee, Dr. Wilkerson has initiated a program on Wittenberg's campus, "Celebrating Women of Color," which she organizes yearly. The program occurs during African American History month and bridges with Women's Month.

Mr. John Young (jyoung@wittenberg.edu/327-6104)
Mr. Young, an instructor in political science, teaches courses in American government, congress, presidency, public policy and black politics. Professor Young has taught as an adjunct instructor with the department of political science since 1987 while holding an administrative appointment as associate dean of students and director of multicultural affairs (1986-95). Mr. Young is completing his doctoral work in political science at The Ohio State University. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, the politics of urban economic development, legislative politics and political leadership.

Dr. Forest Wortham (fwortham@wittenberg.edu/327-7820)
Dr. Wortham is director of multicultural student programs and the Womyn's Center. Dr. Wortham has designed and implemented numerous programs and services for international, Asian, Hispanic, African American, and women students. He has published and presented extensively at national and regional level conferences on diversity and multicultural-related topics. Dr. Wortham received a D.Ed. from Penn State University, an Ed.S. from Wayne State University and a M.A. from the University of Detroit. Dr. Wortham joined Wittenberg in 1999.

Dr. Lillian C. Franklin (lfranklin@wittenberg.edu/327-6352)
Dr. Franklin is associate professor of foreign languages and literature and teaches courses in the Spanish language and in Latin American civilization and literature. She has conducted research and has published on blacks in Cuban theatre, colonial and 19th-century Spanish literature, 20th-century Spanish literature, oral literature, Third World literature, and Negritude. In addition to Introduction to Africana Studies, Professor Franklin teaches a course in Caribbean literature.


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