Dianne White Oyler

Dianne White Oyler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, History 
Professor, History (retired)
Phone: 910-672-1573
Email: doyler@uncfsu.edu

Brief Biography

Dr. White-Oyler comes from Northeast Florida and "in her first life" taught in public schools having taught various courses for students in Grades 4-12. She also taught courses at the Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville University, and the University of North Florida. Her Academic background in African History comes from her completion of a Ph.D in University of Florida with a minor in African Humanities. As a part of her experiential education she lived in and traveled through Africa as a Fulbright Scholar: West Africa including 9 of the 15 states Guinea, Mali, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. East Africa: Ethiopia and Eritrea. Southern Africa: South Africa. North Africa: Egypt.

After completing her Ph.D. in African History she taught two years at Minot State University in Minot, ND and taught at the Minot Air Force Base. She then taught 15 years at Fayetteville State University and taught courses on Ft. Bragg.. She received FSU's Teacher of the Year Award in 2002 and the Fayetteville State University 2007 Board of Governor's Educator of the Year. She retired as a Full Professor of History at the end of 2013. She has been teaching online courses for FSU since 2014. While teaching at FSU she provided workshops for teachers in Cumberland and surrounding Counties, Presentations to teachers statewide, and Presentations to Ft. Bragg personnel en route to Africa. 

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. University of Florida

  • 1995 Major: African History
  • Minors: African Humanities Latin American History
  • Dissertation: "For 'All Those Who Say N'ko': N'ko Literacy and Mande Cultural Nationalism in the Republic of Guinea"

M.A. University of Florida

  • 1989 Major: History
  • Thesis:"'If You Haven't Eaten Rice Today, You Haven't Eaten': A History of Agricultural Education Policy in Liberia"

1989 Certificate in University of Florida African Studies

M.A.T. Jacksonville University

  • 1977 Jacksonville, Florida

B.A. Jacksonville University

  • 1968 Major: History

EMPLOYMENT:

2014-Present Fayetteville State University

  • Department of Government & History/Department of Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Science, Political Science, and History
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of History teaching World History and Introduction to African History
  • Online Teaching World History and the History of Africa

1998-2013 Fayetteville State University, Department of Government & History

  • Professor of History teaching the history of Africa, North Africa & the Middle East, the African Diaspora, World Civilization

1996-1998 Minot State University, Division of Social Science,

  • Assistant Professor of History teaching the History of Africa, the African Diaspora, Latin America, and Western Civilization Minot State University, Continuing Education Program at the Minot Air Force Base

1995-1996 University of North Florida, Department of History

  • Adjunct Faculty teaching the History of Africa and the African Diaspora

Florida Community College at Jacksonville,

  • Kent Campus, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences Adjunct Faculty teaching American History Survey

1979-1995 Clay County Schools Florida Secondary Social Studies

  • With four years of leaves--1989-90 Sabbatical and 1990-1991, 1992-1993, and 1994-1995 Professional.

1968-1977 Schools in Duval County Florida

  • Elementary and Secondary Social Studies

Courses Taught:

General Education Courses:

  • Western Civilization I & II World Civilization I & II
  • U.S. Survey I & II African American History
  • Introduction to African History

Upper Division

Area of Concentration:

  • History of Africa
  • History of Women in Africa
  • History of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa African Cultural History
  • History of Colonialism and Decolonization in Africa
  • History of Democracy in Africa History of Africa--Survey Course History of Africa –Online Course History of North Africa and the Middle East
  • Oral History
  • History of Terrorism and Insurgency
  • History of Ethnic Minorities in Urban America

Graduate Courses:

  • History of Africa and the Americas
  • Historiography
  • Women in Africa
  • Post-Colonialism in African History
  • African Liberation Movements
  • History of the Harlem Renaissance

PUBLICATIONS:

Book:

2005 The History of the N’ko Alphabet and its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons, Cherry Hill, NJ: Africana Homestead Legacy Press,2005.

Refereed Articles:

2002 “Re-inventing Oral Tradition: The Modern Epic of Souleymane Kanté” Research in African Literatures Volume 33, 1:75-93.

2001 “An Era of Mande Enlightenment” Mande Studies Journal, Volume 3,2001:75-94.

2001 “A Cultural Revolution in Africa: The Role of Literacy in the Republic of Guinea since Independence” International Journal of African Historical Studies Volume 34, 3 (2001):1-16.

1998 "The Virtual University: The Technology of Distance Education," Liberian Studies Journal, Volume XXIII, 1, June 1998:106-134.

1997 "The N'ko Alphabet as a Vehicle of Indigenist Historiography," History in Africa: A Journal of Method, 24, (1997):239-256.

1990 "Landsman: The Conversations of Bai T. Moore," with Dr. Arnold Odio Liberian Studies Journal XV/2: 13-25.

1989 "Liberian Education for the 1990's: 'Being Wise is not Necessarily Knowing Book[s],'" Liberia-Forum, 5/8:32-49.

Other Articles:

2001 “N’ko Literacy and Mande Cultural Identity” Conference Proceedings: Language and Culture in Africa, Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University, October 27-28,2001.

1995 “Lesson: Cultural Expression in African History: African Masks,” Irohin, Fall 1995:11-14.

1992 "Agricultural Education in African Schools: A Model," Education for All: The Challenge of Teacher Education. Lagos, Nigeria: International Council on Education for Teaching, 1992:483-502.

1989 "The Secularization of the Third World," Journal of Third World Studies, 4/1 (Fall):242-52.

Book Reviews:

1999 Review of Grandfather’s Work: A Traditional Healer in Nigeria by Ifeoma Onyefulu for H-AfrTeach Book Reviews.

1999 Review of African Kingdoms of the Past: Ghana, Mali, Songhai by Kenny Mann for H-AfrTeach Book Reviews.

1997 Review of Magid Fasts for Ramadan, by Mary Matthews for H-net Book Reviews.

Other Publications:

2007 Contributing Author for Encyclopedia of Society and Culture of the Medieval World--Africa, 500-1500 CE “Drama and Theatre,” “Writing” in Africa (1665 words each) published by Facts on File.

2006 Contributing Author for Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World--Africa, Pre-History to 500 C.E. “Drama,” “Education,” “Writing,” (1,100 words each) and “Literature,”(4,000 words) in Africa published by Facts on File

2005 Revising Editor of the Encyclopedia of African History and Culture Volumes 1-3, Learning Source for distribution through Facts on File.

2005 Senior Author, the Encyclopedia of African History and Culture, Volumes 4 and 5 published by the Learning Source for distribution through Facts on File.

Works in Progress:

2009 (forthcoming encyclopedia) Contributing author Milestone Documents in World History, 4,500 words of original analysis with the text of the primary document itself running alongside each entry: “Resolution of the National Congress of British West Africa 1920;” “Proclamation of the Algerian National Front, Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954”

RESEARCH:

  • 2006-2013 Operation Makasi: Oral History of the participation of the Cuban pilots who flew for the CIA in the Congo under the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration.
  • 2004-2013 Oral History of the Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • 2004-2013 Transnational connections

LANGUAGE ABILITY:

French

  • Reading: Excellent
  • Speaking: Moderate fluency
  • Writing: Moderate fluency

Bambara (West Africa)

  • Good Comprehension
  • Limited Speaking

Maninka (West Africa)

  • Good Comprehension
  • Limited Speaking

TRAVEL FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY:

Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and South Africa

Europe: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, The United Kingdom

Latin America: Cuba and Mexico

PERSONAL GRANTS:

National Grants for International Study Abroad

2000 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad Program to Ghana and Guinea June 23 -- August 8,2000, as faculty group leader.

1997 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad Program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Asmara Eritrea, June 23-July 21, 1997

1994 West African Research Association Fellowship to conduct archival research in Dakar, Senegal during the summer

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

National Academic Grants

1995 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University of Florida

1995 O'Neil Dissertation Fellowship

Dean's Development Council, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida

1991-1992 The M. Margaret Stroh International Scholarship from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International [International Honor Society for Outstanding Women Educators]

1990-1991 University of Florida

Teaching Assistantship, African History, Department of History

1990 U.S. Department of Education Title VI Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship to study Bambara at Indiana University, co-sponsored by the University of Florida and Indiana University

1989-1990 University of Florida

Research Assistantship, African History Division of Sponsored Research

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

INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS:

2009 Faculty Development Grant, Fayetteville State University, for summer interviews of Cuban pilots participating in Operation Makasi.

2006 NEH Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at HBCUs “The Links between the History of Public Health and American History” (declined)

2004 FIPSE GRANT Title: To prepare African American students in the grantee’s history masters degree program and increase their acceptance rate in Ph.D. history programs at first tier universities. Not Funded—Did not fund any projects for2005 (budgetary problems).

2003–2005 U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History Grant, funding period three years. The portion of the award written by Drs. Hargrove and Oyler provides secondary school teachers with content to augment their American history curriculum. The product will consist of teacher lesson plans that incorporate American history content presented in the institutes which include a three-day spring, a one week summer, and a three-day fall institute each year. The first year will focus on the American Revolution and the Constitution, the second year will address Civil War and Reconstruction, and the last year will concentrate on twentieth century topics. Co-authored with Dr. Claude Hargrove and partners with the Cumberland County School District, Fayetteville, North Carolina. FUNDED

1997 Application submitted to the U.S. Department of Education for funding of an interdisciplinary, international studies minor to be housed in the Divisions of Social Science and Humanities. As social science representative co-authored with Dr. Harold Smith from Humanities, Minot State University. Not Funded

AWARDS:

2008 University Service Award 2007-2008 given by the Department of Government & History

2007 NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

2006 Creative Arts/Performing Arts Award 2005-2006 given by the Department Government and History

2006 Community Service Award 2005-2006 given by the Department of Government and History

2005 Research and Publication Award 2004-2005 given by the Department of Government and History

2004 Research and Publication Award 2003-2004 given by the Department of Government and History

2003 Research and Publication Award 2002-2003 given by the Department of Government and History

2003 Community Service Award 2002-2003 given by the Department
of Government and History

2002 Teacher of the Year given by Fayetteville State University for 2002-2003

2002 Teacher of the Year given by the College of Arts and Sciences for 2002-2003

2002 Teacher of the Year Award given by the Department of Government and History for 2002-20003

2002 Faculty Award for Service given by the College of Arts and Sciences for 2001-2002

2002 Community Service Award2001-2002 given by the Department of Government and History

2001 The Friends of Charles W. Chesnutt Library Faculty Award present 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 Pioneer Award for University Service 2000-2001 given by the College of Arts and Sciences at Fayetteville State University

2001 Creative Works Award 2000-2001 given by the Department of Government and History, Fayetteville State University

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

2000 University Service Award 1999-2000 given by the Department of Government and History, Fayetteville State University

1999 Pioneer Award for Community Service 1998-1999 given by the College of Arts and Sciences at Fayetteville State University

1999 Community Service Award 1998-1999 given by the Department of Government and History, Fayetteville State University

1994 Un Temoignage de Satisfaction from the non-governmental organization ICRA- N'KO which promotes the dissemination of the N'ko alphabet.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:

2001 Paper “N’ko Literacy and Mande Cultural Identity” presented at the Conference on Language and Culture in Africa, University of Cairo, October 27-28,2001. (Cairo, Egypt)

2000 Paper “‘They can stop the Leaders, but They can’t stop the People’: Lessons from the Albany Movement” presented at the Department of Government and History Symposium for the Black History Month program “Lift Every Voice and Sing” February 15,2000, Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville, NC).

1999 Paper, “Educational Role of NGOs in West Africa,“ presented at the 17th International Affairs Symposium of the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Regional Studies Course (Ft. Bragg, NC)

1999 Paper, “Cultural Revolutions in Africa: The Role of Literacy in the Republic of Guinea since Independence,” presented at the annual meeting of the Southeast World History Association (Richmond, VA)

1999 Paper, “The History of Literature in Liberia” presented at the annual meeting of the College Language Association (Fayetteville, NC)

1999 Paper, “The Current Focus of Scholarship on Liberia” presented at the annual meeting of the Liberian Studies Association (Northridge, CA)

1997 Paper, "Reinventing Oral Tradition: The Modern Saga of Souleymane Kanté," presented at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (Columbus, OH)

1997 Paper, "The Virtual University: The Technology of Distance Education," presented at the Liberian Studies Association Meeting (Houston, TX)

1994 Paper, "Mande Identity through Literacy: The N'ko Writing System as an Agent of Cultural Nationalism," presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting (Toronto)

1991 Paper, "Agricultural Education in African Schools: A Model" presented at the International Council on Education for Teaching, UNESCO Conference (Lagos, Nigeria)

1989 Paper, "Agricultural Education in Liberia: A Home Grown Alternative," presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA)

1989 Paper, "'Being Wise is not Necessarily Knowing Book[s]': Agricultural Education Policy in Liberia," presented at the Liberian Studies Association Annual Conference (Glassboro, NJ)

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS:

2006 “The Transformation of an In-class Course to an Online Course,” Southeast World History Association, October 20-21,2006 (Appalachian State University)

2006 “Africa: Bridges and Barriers” Middle Grades Social Studies, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, July 11-12,2006 (Raleigh)

1995 Teacher Workshop, "A Taste of Honey: Placing Culture in African History," presented in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (Orlando)

1988 Panel presentation, "Teaching about Africa in World History" presented to the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida)

1987 Workshop organizer and presenter, "The African Experience" presented as a workshop to Clay County secondary social studies teachers (county-wide)

1986 Panelist, "Incorporating Africa into the Social Studies Curriculum" presented at Florida Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference (Daytona Beach, Florida)

1985 Panelist, "Teaching Knowledge Skills through Film" presented at the Florida Council for the Social Studies
Annual Conference (Tallahassee, Florida)

1984 Panelist, "Teaching about Africa and Latin America in Language Classes" presented at the Florida Foreign Language Association Annual Conference (Daytona Beach, Florida)

CONSULTANCIES:

2002 Evaluation of applications for the Teacher Leadership Program for the National Endowment for the Humanities

2000 Faculty Participant in the Orientation for the Fulbright-Hays Department of Education Group Projects Abroad to Ghana and Guinea (14 of the 30 teachers who had participated in the 1999 NEH)

Consultancy to the University of Arkansas at Monticello

1999 Faculty Participant National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute entitled “Islam in West Africa”

Consultancy to University of Arkansas at Monticello

1999 Workshop “Teaching about Africa” for Cumberland County secondary school social studies teachers sponsored by the Social Studies Coordinator, Ms. Chris Dameron (June)

1992 Multicultural Understanding Seminar, "Understanding Africa: Past and Present"

Consultancy to Georgia Southwestern College, Teacher Preparation (Americus, Georgia)

1992 The African Studies Minor, "Incorporating the literature of writers of African descent and African languages into the Curriculum"

Consultancy to Albany State University, Department of English and Modern Languages

1990 Orientation for a Fulbright-Hays, U.S. Department of Education Group Projects Abroad funded program to Sierra Leone

Consultancy to the University of Arkansas at Monticello

1989 Lecture, "How to Teach About Africa in the World History Classroom" and "Education in Liberia"

Consultancy to the University of Arkansas African History Institute at Monticello

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2008 The ACE Leadership Conference held at Fayetteville State University August 1-2,2008

2008 National Summer Institute on Learning Communities at the Washington Center for improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington June 24-28,2008

SERVICE:

University Service at Fayetteville State University

2010-2013 Assistant Chair, Department of Government and History

2008 Search Committee for two positions in history, acted as the Secretary for the

2008 committee Search Committee for VC for Institutional Advancement

2008 History Club to the Carolina Low Country and the Atlantic World Conference in Charleston, SC (March 26-29,2008)

2008 Department of Government & History Lecture Series: Darfur (February 19,2008)

2007-2008 Coordinator for History

2007-2008 Member of a Master’s Committee for a History MA
Candidate: Michael Beck

2007-2008 Member of a Doctoral Committee in the School of Education for Ed.D. Candidate Kelli Higgins

2006 Search Committee for the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (April-June)

2006 Panel: African American Identity, Rosenthal Choir Room, February 23rd2006 Black History Month: Book Reading and Signing—Reading from The History of Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons, Rosenthal Art Gallery, February 9th

2005 Black History Month Essay Contest2005-present Academic Integrity Committee

2004 Search Committee for the Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

2004 Co-Chair for the NCIIE Model United Nations

2004-2009 Member, Faculty Senate,

2004-2008 Chair, Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee 2004-present Learning Communities: Faculty Coordinator

2003-present Member of the University College Advisory Board

2003-present Library Acquisitions—Books from the University of Florida Libraries

2002 Hosted the North Carolina Association of Historians Conference in conjunction with the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Meeting April 5-6,2002 at FSU

2002 Women in History: Herstory Presentation

Golden Corral Restaurant (March)

2002 Cultural Express as a part of the College of Arts and Sciences Black History Month Celebration (February)

2001 Women in History: Herstory Presentation Hilltop House Restaurant (March)

2001 African Art Exhibit as a part of the College of Arts and Sciences Black History Month Celebration at the Rosenthal Art Gallery (February)

2000-present Advisor to a chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society 1999-2000 University SACS committee reporting on Institutional Advancement

1999 History Club Field Trip to see exhibit “A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie” at the Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC (April)

1999 History Club Field Trip to see exhibit “Queens and Commoners of Egypt’s New Kingdom” at the Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC (February)

1999 Member of the University Lyceum Committee bringing to campus the production of “Chocolate on the Outside” at Seabrook Auditorium (January)

1998-2006 Member of the College of Arts and Sciences Committee for Black History Month 1998-2002 Member of the College of Arts and Sciences Committee for the Charles Chesnutt Festival

1998-2005 Chair of the Department of Government and History Committee for International Relations/Intercultural Affairs

1999-2006 Member of the Department of Government and History Committee for Black History Month

1998-2006 Member of the Department of Government and History Teacher Education Committee

1998-2006 Member of the Department of Government and History Lecture Series Committee 1998-2008 Advisor, History Club

Community Service for the Fayetteville Community: Public Schools

2008 Presentation to Secondary Teachers on teaching about Africa
at Middle School and in Secondary Schools (February 18,2008)

2007 Presentation to Elementary Teachers on using literature to teach social studies 2006 (November 28,2007)

Presentation to Elementary Teachers on using literature to teach social studies and to use reading techniques with the social studies textbook ERC, Paris Ann Moore (December 13,2006)

2005 Presentation to 3rd Grade Classes at Baldwin Elementary,
Kathy Tucker, (December 14,2005)

2005 Presentation to 3rd Grade Teachers: “Using Literature to Teach Social Studies” ERC, Paris Ann Moore (November 10, 2005)

2005 Presentation to Literacy Coaches: “Using Literature to Teach History,” ERC, Lucille Lazare (April 22,2005)

2005 Teacher Workshop for 9th grade World History Teachers on
Pan-Africanism at Westover High School, Michelle McLaughlin, Coordinator (February 21,2005)

2005 Presentation on Africa at Reid Ross Classical Middle School, Jan Turner (January 14,2005)

2004 Presentation to Elementary students about Africa at Ed Baldwin Elementary Cathy

Tucker, Teacher, (December 6,2004)

2004 Presentation to High Schools Students about Africa at Midway High School (Harnett County), Carolyn Bowden, Teacher (November 12,2004)

2004 Teacher Workshop for 7th grade Social Studies Teachers at the Educational Resource Center, Michelle McLaughlin, Coordinator (November 8,2004)

2004 Presentation on Africa for Elementary Teachers at the Educational Resource Center, Paris Ann Moore, Coordinator (October 19,2004)

2004 Presentation on Africa to 71st Classical Middle School Kristie Thompson, Teacher (January 12,2004)

2003 Presentation on Africa to the Seventh Grade at Gray’s Creek Middle School Anithia Baker, Teacher (December 12,2003)

2003-2006 Teaching American History Project including One Institute and two workshops each year, Michelle McLaughlin

2002-2006 Judge for the Modern Woodmen of America District Level Civic Oration Contest (April2002,2003,2004,2005,2006)

2002 Teacher Workshop for seventh grade social studies teachers: Teaching About Africa.

Michelle McLaughlin, Coordinator (December 11,2002)

2002 Presentation to Student Body at Pauline Jones Elementary School on Women in History, Natalie Smith, Teacher’s Assistant (March 27, 2002)

2002 Presentation on Ghana to Kindergarten students at E. Wayne Collier Elementary School

Paula Horn, Teacher (March 22,2002)

2002 Teacher Workshop for Elementary School Teachers: Thematic Units Paris Ann Moore, Coordinator (January 30,2002)

2001 Teacher Workshop for Elementary School Teachers Using Literature to Teach the Social Studies: African American Literature Part II Paris Ann Moore, Coordinator (October 15,2001)

2001 Teacher Workshop for Elementary School Teachers Using Multicultural literature to teach Character in the Elementary Classroom” Ms. Paris Ann Moore, Coordinator (October 2,2001)

2001 Teacher Workshop for Elementary School Teachers Using Literature to Teach the Social Studies: African American Literature Ms. Paris Ann Moore, Coordinator (August)

2001 Presentation to Elementary School Teachers Teaching about Africa in the Elementary School Classroom at W.T. Brown Ms. Paris Ann Moore, Coordinator (May)

2001 Presentation to Secondary Social Studies Teachers Islam in the Slave Trade At Fayetteville State University Ms. Michelle McLaughlin, Coordinator (March)

1999 Presentation on Saharan Caravan Trade and Timbuktu to the Seventh Grade of Pine Forest Middle School Ms. Cleo Saffoe, Teacher (November)

1999 Consultation with teachers and administrators at Terry Sanford High School, magnet school for Global studies (September)

1999 Presentation on African Culture for observance of Black History Month at Van Story Hills Elementary Ms. Judy Hall (Assistant Principal) (February)

1999 Presentation on African Culture for observance of Black History Month at Mary McArthur Elementary School Ms. Donna Mims (Principal) (February)

1999 Presentation on African Culture for observance of Black History Month at Honeycutt Elementary School Ms. Daryl Williams (February)

1999 Presentation to Social Studies Teachers of Cumberland County on Strategies for Teaching about Africa Workshop sponsored the Social Studies Coordinator (January)

1999 Presentation on Saharan Caravan Trade and Timbuktu to the Seventh Grade of Pine Forest Middle School Ms. Cleo Saffoe, Teacher (January)

Community Service for the Fayetteville Community:

2004-2006 Member of Fayetteville Black History Project

2004 Presentation on Africa to the Jack and Jill Club of Fayetteville (Jack & Jill Cubs of America), Cumberland County Library, Ms Brown, (December 12,2004

1999 Presentations tions to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion Company E for groups traveling to African destinations (September--November)

1999 Presentation on African Culture for Observance of Black History Month at St.

Patrick’s Educational Center (grades k-8) Ms. Liviana Casotti, Teacher (February)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION

ICRA-N'KO - (Non-governmental Organization dedicated to the dissemination of the alphabet N'ko)

LIBERIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION - Secretary Treasurer elected April 1997 (three-year term); re-elected 2000 (three- year term)

MANDE STUDIES ASSOCIATION

NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS

SOUTHEAST WORLD HISTORY ASSOCIATION

PHI ALPHA THETA HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY

DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

  • (International Honor Society for Outstanding Women Educators) Secretary, Beta Mu Chapter, Mu State Florida
    • Biennium 1984-1986 President, Gamma Chapter, North Dakota
    • (Elected April 1998 & resigned in June when I took the position at Fayetteville State University)

PHI DELTA KAPPA - (Professional Fraternity in Education)