Faculty
G. Pritchy Smith
G. Pritchy Smith is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the College
of Education and Human Services. He is one of the founders and the first vice
president of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and
currently is a member of NAME's Board of Directors. He is author of several
articles on multicultural, global and diversity education. His book, Common
Sense about Uncommon Knowledge: The Knowledge Bases for Diversity, centres
upon curricular bases for multicultural and global education in teacher education
programs. He unites a regular column, "Guide to New Resources,"
in the journal, Multicultural Perspectives. He also coordinates UNF's off-site
M. Ed. Program in Belize, Central America, and he has traveled to the Gambia
in Africa to explore institutional linkages regarding graduate education in
The Gambia.
Daniel L. Schafer
Daniel L. Schafer, Professor of History, Ph.D. 1973 from the University of
Minnesota with in minor (actually called outside area) in African History.
Dr. Schafer taught African history for several years at the University of
Minnesota and University of North Florida. He has traveled widely in West
Africa, created a seven-part film series for the University of Minnesota Audiovisual
Department, and has published on African diaspora themes in academic journals
like the "African Studies Review," "Florida Historical Quarterly,"
"Journal of Social History," and "Slavery and Abolition."
Recent monographs include "Anna Kingsley" (1997), and "Governor
James Grant's Villa: A British East Florida Indigo Plantation" (2000).
Rosa De Jorio
Rosa De Jorio, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D. from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and M.Sc. from the London School of Economics
and Political Science, London, UK. De Jorio has carried out extensive fieldwork
research in Mali, predominantly in urban areas (1991-2001). Her research was
sponsored by several institutions including the Social Science Research Council,
the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA),
and the Italian institute for African studies (Istituto Italiano per l’Africa
e l’Oriente). De Jorio’s research focuses on the study of memory
and political identities, gender politics, and globalization. Her most recent
publications include (1) “Women’s organizations, the ideology
of kinship, and the state in postindependence Mali”, in Stone, Linda
(ed.) New Directions in Anthropological Kinship Studies, 2001a; (2) ‘Negoziare
tradizioni e modernità: il Museo della Donna “Muso Kunda”
a Bamako, Mali’ (Negotiating traditions and modernity: the Woman’s
Museum “Muso Kunda” in Bamako, Mali. Etnosistemi 8 (8): 79-90,
2001b; and (3) ‘Malian National Culture’. In Ember, Melvin and
Carol R. Ember, (eds.) Countries and Their Cultures. Vol III, pp. 1384-1399.
New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001c. De Jorio is the secretary-treasurer
of the Mande Studies Association--a multidisciplinary and international group
of scholars with interests in the Mande region of West Africa.
Kamele "Oupa" Seane
Kamele “Oupa” Seane was born in South Western Townships (SOWETO),
thirty miles south of Gauteng. At an early age he became involved in politics.
After his secondary education, because of the government controlled academic
institutions of higher education he went to Botswana and was admitted to the
University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland in Gaborone. In those unsettled
times, after spending a short time in Botswana, he decided not to attend the
university, and he returned to South Africa, only to be arrested.
For political reasons he was forced to leave the country and he spent a year
in London before coming to the United States. In the United States he achieved
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications from Edward Waters College,
and a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Florida.
In Florida, while pursuing his studies, he served as president of the Florida
Free South Africa Movement until South Africa was free. Finally in 1994 he
coordinated the only Florida voting site for the first post apartheid South
African elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa.
Judith C. Rodriguez, Ph.D., R.D. F.A.D.A
In 1988 graduated from Rutgers, The State University. The Graduate School,
Department of Anthropology. Ph.D., (specialized in Medical/Nutritional Anthropology).
Graduated from New York University (NYU), School of Education, Health, Nursing
and Allied Health Professions (SEHNAP), Department of Home Economics and Nutrition.
M.A.,Nutrition and Higher Education, 1977 and in 1973 with a B.S. in Nutrition
and Dietetics. In 1973-1974 she did a dietetic internship at Beth Israel Hospital
in Boston, MA. Is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the B.S.H.
Nutrition Program at the University of North Florida (UNF) Jacksonville, FL.
Has a variety of experiences, including Academic Advisor, Project Coordinator,
Instructor or adjunct, Extension Associate, and Therapeutic Dietitian. In
addition, She has been involved in several projects, including one in Senegal,
has worked as a nutrition consultant for public relations firms, a food company,
and for a national nutrition and health study, Has received various awards
and recognitions, including American Dietetic Association Recognition of Service
Certificates, 1997 Outstanding Dietetics Educator, Dietetics Educator's Practice
Group, Southeastern Region, American Dietetics Association, 1997 Florida Leader,
Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1994 Teaching Incentive
Program Award (TIP), 1991 Undergraduate Advising Award (UNF).
Dr. Geesey
Dr. Geesey teaches classes on French language, literature, and culture, as
well as Francophone Africa and women in the Middle East. Her publications
have appeared in The French Review, World Literature Today, SubStance, Research
in African Literatures, and The International Fiction Review.
contact
Florida West Africa Linkage Institute
University of North Florida ; 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road,
South ; Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Telephone: (904)620-1950, Fax: (904) 620-1790
