1967-1970                    BA Political Science, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

1972-1980                    Ph.D. Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-present                Director, African and African American Studies, University

of Rhode Island. Developing a major through department

collaboration.

1996                               Instructor, African American Studies, Providence College

Team taught an introductory course for school’s new program.

1984-1992                    Associate Professor, Pan African Studies Department,

California State University. Acting Chair, Developed and

coordinated Internship program sponsored by State Senator; 

taught variety of courses for department and Political Science.

1989, 1991                   Visiting Instructor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 

                                        University of California Los Angeles taught courses for graduate students

1987-1988                      Visiting Instructor, Department of Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara taught courses for undergraduate program

1982-1983                   Reporter, News and Public Affairs, Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles

Reporter for daily news, developed and produced daily programs for

morning magazine format.

1973-1981                        Assistant Professor. Government Department, Simmons College, Boston, MA. taught undergraduate courses

FIELDS OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH

African American -American Government and Society:  Urban Politics,

Community Power Structure, Black Political Participation, Black Political Economy

Comparative Politics:  Cultural Impact of Third World Development, Third World Women and Development

 Publications:

             “From Streets of Hope to Landscapes of Despair:  the Decline of

Human Space and Social Justice in Urban Areas,”  in  James Jennings (Ed.)   Race and Politics in the United States:  New Challenges and Responses for Black Activism  (projected date of publication 1997)

              “Identity, Space and Community:  A Problem for African-American Women,” in Sondra O’Neale, & Cynthia Tompkins (Ed.)  Keepers of the Flame: 

              Power, Myth, and Cultural Consciousness in Ethnic Female Identity (projected publication 1997)

              “Multiculturalism as Political Strategy,”  in Avery Gordon & Christopher Newfield (Ed.)  Mapping Multiculturalism  (1996) University of Minnesota Press

               “Industrial Racism, the Environmental Crisis and the Denial of Social Justice.”  in Darniovsky, Epstein, & Flacks  (Ed.)  Cultural Politics and

                Social Movements (1995) Temple University, Philadelphia

              “Coping With Industrial Exploitation,” in Robert Bullard (Ed.) Confronting Environmental Racism (1994) South End Press

               “Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles,” in  Robert Bullard (Ed.)  

               Unequal Protection, Environmental Justice and Communities of Color (1994)

                Sierra Club, San Francisco

               “Environmental Consequences of Urban Growth and Blight,” in Richard Hofrichter (Ed.) Toxic Struggles, the Theory and

                Practices of Environmental Justice (1993) N.Y.,New Society Publishers

                 “Women and the Loss of Community” in Journal of Canadian Women Studies, Summer 1992, Vol. 12, no. 4.

                  “Culture as Political Expression in the Works   of C.L.R.James,” in Journal of Black Studies, 1991

                   “Women, Home and Community:  The   Struggle in an Urban Envoronment,”

                pp.215-222  Reweaving the World, the Emergence of Ecofeminism. Irene Diamond & Gloria Orenstein (Ed.), Sierra Books, San Francisco, 1990.

                       “Women in Politics:  Methods of Resistance and Change,”in special edition of Women’s Studies International Forum, Women’s Struggles: 

                        Non-violent Militancy and Direct Action, Berneice Carroll & Jane Mohraz (Ed.) N.Y., Pergamon, 1989.

                      “Poverty and Public Policy, Legal Service Section News,Vol. 14, no. 2, Winter 1989 “Work and Welfare:  An Historical View,” Journal of Sociology and Social Work, vol. XVI, no.2, June 1989

                          “Apartheid as Urban Policy:  the United States and South Africa Face to Face,” CALC Report, vol. XV, no.1, July 1989

                          “The Making of an American Bantustan,” L.A.Weekly, pp.32-40, December 10 l988.

                           “Alice Walker’s Politics or the Politics of the Color Purple, The Journal of Black Studies, March 1988

                             “Work and Culture:  The Evolution of Consciousness in Urban Industrial Society in the Fiction of Attaway and Abrahms,”

                               Black Literature Forum, Vol.21,  Spring/Summer, 1987.

                              “Life in the Shadows of the Best and the Brightest,”  review of Strangers in Paradise:  Academics from the

                             Working Class by Jake Ryan & Charles Sackrey, Insurgent Sociologists, vol. 14, n. 1, Winter 1987

                              “U.S.Foreign Policy and Grenada,” vol.26, no.2, Race and Class, 1984