David Jones, a doctoral student studying African history at UAlbany, has received a Fulbright award from the Institute of International Education. The award will allow David to continue his research on violence, gender, and generational conflict in Namibia's struggle for independence from South African rule. Through the award, David will relocate to Namibia for a 10-month stay beginning in October 2008. During his stay he will conduct oral interviews with Namibians who struggled against South African colonial rule throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Over the past two years, David has presented his research at numerous conferences, including the African Studies Association and a workshop held at Oxford University. David also has published articles on Southern African history in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Prior to shifting to African history, he wrote his Master's thesis on race relations in Indiana in the early twentieth century, and published an article on that subject in the Indiana Magazine of History. A former researcher at the Baseball Hall of Fame, David also has written two books on baseball history.