Faculty

Professors

Allen Ballard, Ph.D. Harvard University
Iris Berger, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Jogindar Uppal, Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Associate Professors

Helen Desfosses, Ph.D., Boston University
George Levesque, Ph.D., Binghamton University
Kwadwo A. Sarfoh, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Marcia E. Sutherland, Ph.D., Howard University

Assistant Professors

Sharon Parkinson, Ph.D., Purdue University
Oscar R. Williams, Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Adjunct Faculty

Adeline Apena, Ph.D.
James Asare, M.A.
Carson Carr, Jr., Ed.D.
Jacqueline Davis-Ohwevwo, M.A.
Frank Essien, Ph.D.
Betty Shadrick, Ph.D.
Maurice Thornton, Ed.D.
Charles Touhey, M.A.

Department Staff

Marcy Casavant, Secretary
Ronnie Saunders (Ret.), Interim Secretary
Ketsia Aristhene, Student Assistant

Table of Contents

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1.	Letter from the Chair
2.	Departmental Rankings
3.	News Briefs
4.	New and Returning Graduate Students
5.	Summer Study Abroad Program in Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana
6.	Walking with the Ancestors! Reclaiming Our Sankofa
7.	The Tragedy of Darfur
8.	"Honey I'm Just Thick": Overweightness and Obesity among Africana Women and Girls
9.	Solicitation Letter from the Interim Chair
10.	For Your Consideration
11.	Creative Writing and Poetry
12.	Where Are They Now?
13.	Congratulations to the Spring 2004 Graduating Class!
14.	In Memoriam
15.	The Habari Staff