History Department
The History of the African Diaspora Certificate Program
The African Diaspora constitutes one of the largest and most consequential migrations in the history of mankind. This forced migration of millions of human beings transformed many areas of Africa and the Americas. This certificate program recognizes the significance of this historical process and its enduring importance as the subject of study. Students are called upon to examine the Diaspora in its comparative perspective by focusing on the history of Africa, the United States and Latin America.
Certificate Requirements:
The certificate program is 24 hours (6 courses) of which at least 8 credits (2 courses) must be in African history 4 credits (1 course) must be in African-American (U.S.) history 4 credits (1 course) must be in Latin American history 4 credits (1 course) must be an independent study research project involving any two of the three areas.
Program:
- HIS-215 History of African-Americans to 1877 HIS-216 History of African-Americans Since 1877 HIS-305 Social Thought of African-Americans HIS-324 Black Is/Black Ain't: Defining Black AmericaHIS-325 African-Americas Since 1945 HIS-175 Introduction to African History HIS-375 Pre-Colonial Africa to 1800 HIS-376 Modern Africa Since 1800 HIS-165 Introduction to Latin America HIS-365 Comparative Slavery HIS-366 Colonial Latin America
- HIS-367 Modern Latin America
New courses in the three areas of concentration are expected to be developed in the near future and these will be included in this list.
Program Faculty:
- Mary Bivins, Ph.D (Michigan State University),Assistant Professor of African History, West Africa, Woman, Islam Culture & Ethnicity.
- Gregory Conerly, Ph.D (University of Iowa), Assistant Professor, post-Civil War U.S., Race, Gender and Sexuality.
- Dillard Poole, Ph.D (Indiana University) Adjunct, Slavery, 19th century Brazil.
- Donald Ramos, Ph.D (University of Florida), Professor of History, Slavery and Race in 18th & 19th century Brazil.
- Dorothy Salem, Ph.D (Kent State University) African-American History, Women's History, Immigration History, Urban History
- Jose Sola, Ph.D Candidate (University of Connectidut) Puerto Rico, Spanish Caribbean, Modern Latin America, Colonialism and Imperialism, Popular culture.
- Robert Shelton, Ph.D (Rice University), Assistant Professor, 19th century U.S. History.
- Karen Sotiropoulos Ph.D (City University of New York), Assistant Professor, African-American History.
- Mark Tebeau, Ph.D (Carnegie Mellon University) U.S. Urban, Social, and Industrial History; Public History; Social Studies.
- Robert Wheeler, Ph.D (Brown University) Ameican Colonial and Family History and the Western Reserve.
- Regennia Williams Ph.D (Case Western Reserve University), Assistant Professor, African-American History
For further information, please contact the Department of History, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115 216-687-3920 Fax: 216-687-5592
Cleveland State University
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Department of History
1860 East 22nd Street, RT 1915
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Rhodes Tower 1915
1860 East. 22nd Street