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Past, Present, & Future
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A Celebration of the African American Spiritual
USF School of Music
Phyllis P. Marshall Center
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
Research Symposium
Message from the Director
Welcome to the Fifth Annual Research Symposium on Diversity
The goal of the Institute on Black life is to serve as a resource center on issues
related to people of African descent and their interaction with the larger world
community. To this end, the Institute serves as a vehicle to bridge the University
and the community.
The Institute on Black Life is pleased to present its annual Spring Symposium and
Spring Series. The theme of this year’s symposium focuses on a statement made
by W.E.B. DuBois in his 1903 publication, The Souls of Black Folk, which states:
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line—the
relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in
America and the islands of the sea.” Developed around this statement, the
symposium’s theme is, “The Color Line: Past, Present and Future.” Given the
ongoing and contentious debate on affirmation action, it is fitting that our last symposium of the century should
focus on the issue of color and the attendant implications for an inclusive and pluralistic society. We hope that the
conversations that will occur during the symposium will engender a better understanding of the issues and assumptions
surrounding affirmative action.
We have composed an excellent program consisting of exciting speakers, panels, musical performances and
parallel sessions. On Wednesday March 22, Mr. William Maxwell of the St. Petersburg Times and a panel of
media experts will kick off the Symposium by examining the issue: Media Coverage Along the Color lines. Mr.
Randall Robinson, President of TransAfrica Forum will follow in the evening with the Symposium Keynote on:
The plight of the people of African descent. A book signing of his recently released book, The Debt, will follow.
On Thursday, the symposium will open with a panel discussion entitled: Hands Across the Waters: African,
African-American and Caribbean Ties, and will feature faculty, and students. This panel takes a closer look at the
dynamics of the relationship between different groups in the world African community. Also on Thursday, Dr.
Marvin Curtis will examine the distinguishing features of gospel music in the African American Experience. On
Thursday evening, the symposium will conclude with a keynote address by Dr. Rex Nettleford, Vice Chancellor of
the University of the West Indies. His presentation will focus on the molding of national identity out of ethnic,
class, and racial diversity through creative energies. A performance by the Spiritual Renaissance Singers and the
Grady Ryan Competition Winners will follow immediately after the keynote. Other symposium panel/sessions
topics will explore issues related to mobility/transportation, economics, and health issues for members of different
ethnic groups and people of color. In addition, a session will be devoted to the development of African American
spirituals in American culture.
The Institute is indebted to Provost Thomas J. Tighe for providing the funds to support the Faculty Grants
Program component of the symposium. We are forever grateful to Dr. George Newkome, Vice President of
Research and the Research Council, for the Richard F. Pride doctoral fellowship and for their continued support of
our research outreach efforts. Professors Doris Campbell and Kwabena Gymiah-Brempong, Chair and Co-Chair
of the Institute’s Research Committee, respectively, have provided outstanding leadership for this symposium.
Special thanks to the Institute’s Research Committee and especially to the Symposium Planning Committee for
their energy, foresight and commitment to the ideals and mission of the Institute. We commend USF faculty, staff,
and students for their support of our activities especially as we engage the community in dialogue on diversity and
pluralism. We appreciate our community partners and their continuous support of all our activities. The Institute
staff deserves enormous credit for devoting the time and effort required to manage such a major event.
Together, let’s explore “The Color Line” as we celebrate diversity through research!!!
O. Geoffrey Okogbaa PhD, Interim Director
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“Higher Education in South Africa:
Dif
fer
entiation or Conver
gence”
Differ
ferentiation
Convergence”
Dr. Brian Figaji
Vice-Chancellor
Peninsula Technikon
South Africa
Prof. Brian Figaji
Professor Brian Figaji is renowned for his exactness
and his preparedness. His obsession with clock-like
precision is a quality he acquired from the engineering
fraternity and the quality of preparedness he acquired
from the scout motto which simply says: “Be
Prepared.”
Prof. Figaji has been the principal and ViceChancellor of Peninsula Technikon for the past five
years. He joined the institution in 1980 as head of
the Engineering Department and was later promoted
to senior Vice-Rector responsible for student affairs,
international programs, financial aid for students and
institutional strategic planning.
He has played a decisive role in the restructuring of
higher education in South Africa and currently serves
on the Council for Higher Education, the national
body advising the Minister of Education. Prof.
Figaji’s involvement in higher education has taken
him to strategic higher education sites across the
globe, ranging from the Saltzburg Seminar on SA
Higher Education held in Austria to an official visit
to the People’s Republic of China.
Prof Figaji has co-authored a number of influential
publications including The National Commission on
Higher Education: A framework for transformation.
This publication was a landmark document for the
transformation of higher education in South Africa.
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Monday, February 21, 2000
Marshall Center Room 296
10:00 AM
Pr
ogram
Program
Gr
eetings
Greetings
Dr
fr
Dr.. O. Geof
Geoffr
freey Okogbaa
Interim Director, Institute on Black Life
Introduction
Mr
ald Franks, Ph.D Student
Mr.. Osw
Oswald
College of Engineering, USF
Engineering Dean, Peninsula Technikon
“Higher Education in South Africa:
gence”
Dif
fer
entiation or Conver
Differ
ferentiation
Convergence”
Prof. Brian Figaji
Pr
esentation
Presentation
Dr
hy
Dr.. JoAnn McCart
McCarthy
hy,, Dean
International Affairs, USF
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Spring Research Symposium
Wednesday
"
March 22, 2000
Plenary Session 1:30-2:45 pm
Media Issues
"
Plenary Session
Room 270
Mr. Bill Maxwell
Opinion and Editorial Columinist
St. Petersburg Times
Media Coverage across the Color Lines
Introduction:
Mr. William “Bill” Maxwell
Mr. Ken Knight, Editor
North Tampa Edition
Tampa Tribune
Dr. Tennyson Wright
Vice Provost
University of South Florida
Respondents:
Dr. Karen Brown-Dunlap
Mass Comm., USF
& Pointer Institute
Ms. Joy Petit
Community Relations
WFTS 28
Bill Maxwell is an editorial writer for the St. Petersburg Times. He also writes two weekly columns, one for the Times
“Perspective” section, the other for the Wednesday Op-ed page. Maxwell joined the Times in July 1994 after spending six
years writing a weekly column for the Gainesville Sun and the New York Times Syndicate.
Prior to writing for the New York Times Syndicate, Mr. Maxwell was an investigative reporter for the Fort Pierce Tribune
in Fort Pierce, Florida, where he focused on labor and migrant farm worker affairs.
Mr. Maxwell has received many honors including, in 1989 and 1991, awards for general excellence in commentary by the
Florida Press Club. Also, in 1989, he won an editorial writing prize from the Unity Awards in Media contest, sponsored
by Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri. He received the Community Champion Award from the American Trial
Lawyers Association in Orlando in 1990.
During his college years, Maxwell worked as an urban organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
wrote several civil publications. He first began teaching college English in 1973 at Kennedy-King College in Chicago.
He taught college English and Journalism for 20 years before joining the St. Petersburg Times.
Mr. Maxwell, a Fort Lauderdale native, was raised in a migrant farming family. He graduated from Bethune-Cookman
College in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in English and History. He then earned a master’s degree in English Language
and Literature from the University of Chicago. He also attended the University of Florida School of Journalism.
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Wednesday
March 22, 2000
Concurrent Sessions 3:00-4:15 pm
Health Issues
" Room 270
Session 1A
Moderator:
Dr. Doris Campbell,
College Of Public Health, USF
Lessons Learned from Incarcerated Youth:
High Risk Health Behaviors
Dr. Faye A. Gary
College of Nursing, USF
Dr. Hossein Yarandi
College of Nursing, USF
Dr. Doris Campbell
College of Nursing, USF
Dr. Lorretta Lopez
Consultant Physical/Mental Health, Tampa
Can’t We Even Sleep!: The Dream as One
Discourse Through Which Black Women
Construct Narratives About the Assult of
Racism on Their Psyches
Dr. Kim Vaz
Women’s Studies, USF
The Determinants of Prostate Cancer Screening
among African American Males in Hillsborough
County
Clement Gwede
Doctoral Candidate
College of Public Health, USF
Dr. Melinda Forthofer
Assistant Professor
College of Public Health, USF
Risk Reduction and Hypertension: Perceptions of
African American Women
Dr. Mary Webb
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing, USF
African American family support initiative: Partnerships promoting African American family strengths
Dr. Richard Briscoe
Children & Family Studies, USF
Dr. Gwen McClain
R.I.S.E. Consultants, Tampa
Rev. James Favorite
Beulah Baptist
Institutional Church
Technology Gap in Education
" Room 269
Session 1B
Presenter:
Dr. Michael Churton
Professor, Education Outreach
The Digital Divide-The Real Issue!
This presentation will review the current dialogue focusing on the rapid and seemingly advantageous
advances in digitial technologies for select segments of the population.
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Research Symposium
“The Plight of the People
of African descent”
Mr. Randall Robinson
President, TransAfrica Forum
Wednesday March 22, 2000
Marshall Center Ballroom
7:30 pm
Author of the newly released book, The Debt,
Randall Robinson is internationally respected for
work toward human rights and democracy. He has
served as Executive Director of TransAfrica since
its inception in 1977, and as Executive Director of
TransAfrica Forum since its establishment in 1981.
In 1995, he was named President of both
organizations.
Mr. Robinson’s personal commitment to the mission
of TransAfrica has been expressed in several major
ways, including his frequent testimony before both
houses of the U.S. Congress, his staging of massive
daily protests for more than 400 days in front of the
South African Embassy during the apartheid era, his
close work with pro-justice members of Congress
and other U.S. officials, his writing speeches, and in
his 1994 hunger strike to protest U.S. Haiti policy in
general and the U.S. treatment of Haitian refugees in
particular.
Under his leadership, The TransAfrica Forum has
grown from a two-person organization to a national
lobbying group with more than 15,000 members. The
organization’s accomplishments include: convincing
United States politicians to invoke economic
sanctions against South Africa; spearheading efforts
to free Nelson Mandela; and encouraging President
Clinton to provide better treatment for Haitian
refugees in the U.S. and to force the exile of Haiti’s
military dictators so that former President Aristide
could return. Mr. Robinson is recognized around the
world for his dedication and unrelenting pursuit of
justice.
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Mr. Randall Robinson, J.D.
Pr
ogram
Program
Gr
eetings
Greetings
Dr
fr
Dr.. O. Geof
Geoffr
freey Okogbaa
Interim Director
Institute on Black Life
Welcome
Dr
Dr.. David Stamps
Dean, College of Arts & Science
University of South Florida
Introduction
Dr
ighe
Dr.. Thomas T
Tighe
Exec. V.P. and Provost
University of South Florida
“The Plight of the People
of African Descent”
Mr
Mr.. Randall Robinson
Pr
esentation
Presentation
Dr. Catherine Batsche
Vice-Provost
University of South Florida
A Reception and Book signing wit
withh Mr
Mr..
Robinson will follow the presentation.
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Thursday
March 23, 2000
Concurrent Sessions 9:00- 10:15 am
Spiritual Traditions
" Room 269
Session 1A
Panel Presentation
Contemporary Perspectives on the African American Spiritual
Ms. Annetta Monroe
Associate Professor
School of Music, USF
Dr. Ann Hawkins
Associate Professor
School of Music, USF
Dr. Diane Turner
Assistant Professor
Africana Studies, USF
Ms. Delores Cain
Beulah Baptist
Institutional Church
Mobility Issues
" Room 271
Session 1B
Mobility/Transportation Issues of African Americans and Other People of Color
Ms. Beverly Ward
Director
Ethnography & Transportation
College of Engineering, USF
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Mr. Eric T. Hill
Manager of Systems Planning
Metroplan Orlando
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Research Symposium
Thursday
"
March 23, 2000
Plenary Session 10:30-12:00 pm
Spirituals & American Culture
"
Plenary Session
Room 270
The African American Spiritual
in American Culture
Dr. Marvin V. Curtis
Associate Professor of Music
Fayetteville State University
Dr. Marvin V. Curtis
Respondents:
Dr. Jack Moore
Dr. Orville Lawton
Professor
Alexander W. Dreyfoss
Department of English, USF
School of the Arts
Marvin V. Curtis holds a Master of Arts from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, a Doctorate in
Education from the University of the Pacific; he has also studied at Westminster Choir College, The Julliard
School of Music and with Alice Parker. In 1994, he received a fellowship from the National Council of
Black Studies under a Ford Foundation Grant and studied at the University of Legon in Ghana, West Africa.
Dr. Curtis has served on the faculties of California State University, Stanislaus in California, Virginia Union
University and Lane College. He is presently Choral Director, tenured Associate Professor of Music, and
Coordinator of the Fine Arts Series at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
He is the first African American composer commissioned to write a choral work for a Presidential
Inauguration and his composition, The City On the Hill, was performed at the first inauguration of President
Bill Clinton. He has written, published and lectured on African-American music and Multi-Cultural Education
across the country. His articles include “The Lyric of the Spiritual” and “The African-America SpiritualTraditions and Performance Practices” published in The Choral Journal. He has served as a church musician
for over 25 years in New York and Virginia.
Since coming to Fayetteville State University in 1996, Dr. Curtis has produced three compact discs with the
choirs of Fayetteville State University. In 1998, he conducted the Choirs of Florida State University on their
first European Concert Tour. Dr. Curtis is the recipient of the Noah Ryder Composition Award from Norfolk
State University. He also has been recognized as Teacher of the Year for the Department of Performing and
Fine Arts at Fayetteville State University.
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Thursday
Concurrent Session
March 23, 2000
1:30-2:45 pm
Lecture/Performance on African American Spirituals
"
Session 2A
MC Ballroom
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Spiritual
Dr. JoAnn Stephenson
Assistant Professor of Voice
University of Central Florida
African African American and Caribbean Ties
"
Session 2B
Room 270
Moderator and Presenter: Dr. Navita Cummings James
Program Director & Assoc. Professor
Africana Studies & Communication, USF
Hands Across the Waters: African, African American and Caribbean Ties
(African Perspective)
Dr. Earl Conteh
Professor
Political Science, USF
(African American Perspective)
Dr. Deborah Plant
Associate Professor
Africana Studies, USF
Dr. Kofi Glover
Assoc Professor
Africana Studies, USF
(Carribbean perspective)
Dr. Trevor Purcell
Associate Professor
Anthropology, USF
Dr. Humphrey Regis
Associate Professor
Mass Communications, USF
Economic Issues
"
Session 2C
Room 269
Moderator:
Dr. Bill Francis
Associate Professor for Finance, USF
Family Environment and Intergenerational Well Being
Dr. Patrick Mason, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, FSU
Ratio Income inequality: New Direction
Dr. Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Professor of Economics, USF
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Research Symposium
"
Thursday
Concurrent Session
March 23, 2000
3:00-4:15 pm
Gospel and Spirituals
"
Session 3A
Room 270
The Evolution of Spiritual and Gospel Music
Dr. Marvin Curtis
Fayetteville State University
Respondent: Mr. Maurice Jackson
First Missionary Baptist Church
Seffner, Florida
Graduate Student Research
"
Session 3B
Room 269
Moderator:
Ms. Vernetta Johnson
Ph.D Student, Pride Fellow
Department of English, USF
Confrontation and Challenge in the Spiritual
Autobiography of Jarena Lee
Role of Jerry McGuire as a Prototype for
African Americans
Charity Freeman, Ph.D. Student
Department of English, USF
Jonathan Gayles, Ph.D. Student
Department of Anthropology, USF
No Crystal Stair: An Examination in
Corporate America from Exclusion to
Partial Inclusion of African Americans
African Americans and their Elderly
Parents: Economic, Mental, Health and
Coping Issues
Gail Dawson, Ph.D Student
College of Business, USF
Angela Jones, Ph.D. Student
Department of Clinical Psychology, USF
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Dr. Rex Nettleford
“Cr
eative Diversity as a defining
“Creative
featur
featuree of Caribbean Identity”
Vice-Chancellor
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Thusrday, March 23, 2000
Marshall Center Ballroom
7:30 pm
Dr. REX NETTLEFORD is a well-known Caribbean
scholar, trade union educator, social and cultural
historian, and political analyst. A former Rhodes
Scholar, he is Vice Chancellor at the University of the
West Indies, Jamaica. He is also the founder, artistic
director, and principle choreographer of the
internationally acclaimed National Dance Theater
Company of Jamaica and is regarded as a leading
Caribbean authority in the performing arts.
Outside of the Caribbean, he has served on several
international bodies focusing on developmental and
intercultural learning. He was a founding governor of
the Canada-based International Development Research
Center (IDRC), an International Trustee of the AFS
Intercultural based in the USA, and former Chairman
of the Commonwealth Arts Organization. He is
currently a director of the London-based News
Concern, He has also served as a consultant on cultural
development to UNESCO and OAS and as Cultural
Advisor to the Government of Jamaica. As an
authority on development and cultural dynamics, Dr.
Nettleford has lectured in many countries of the world
including the USA, Canada, UK, India, Israel, and
South Africa.
Pr
ogram
Program
Greetings
Dr
hy
Dr.. JoAnn McCart
McCarthy
Dean, International Affairs, USF
Welcome
Dr
ge Ne
wkome
Dr.. Geor
George
Newkome
Vice President for Research, USF
Introduction
Dr
Dr.. Ronald Jones
Dean, College of Fine Arts, USF
“Creative Diversity as a defining feature
of Caribbean identity”
Dr
x Nettlefor
Dr.. Re
Rex
Nettlefordd
Presentation
Dr
hy
Dr.. JoAnn McCart
McCarthy
Dean, International Affairs, USF
Dr
cell
Dr.. T
Trrevor Pur
Purcell
Caribbean Culture Association
Following the lecture...
A Performance of African American Spirituals
The Spiritual Renaissance Singers
and the
Grady Ry
an Competition W
inners- High School Choir
Ryan
Winners-
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University of South Florida
School of Music
Celebration of the African American Spiritual
The Spiritual Renaissance Singers
Thursday, March 24, 2000
Marshall Center Ball Room
8:30 pm
Spiritual Renaissance Singers was founded by
Annetta Monroe and Patricia Trice in the summer of
1989 out of a concern that the rich legacy of African
American music in the choral genre was being
neglected. Monroe and Trice formed a group that
would perpetuate through performance the finew
arrangements of African American Spirituals. They
have been joined by a group of Tampa area musicians
who are likewise dedicated to the research and
performance of these spirituals. The repertoire of
the Spiritual Renaissance Singers includes
arrangements for mixed voices by Burleigh, Dawson,
and Work, as well as Jester Hariston, Udine Moore
and Singers charter member Ann Hawkins.
Ms. JoAnn Stephenson
Thursday, March 24, 2000
Marshall Center Ball Room
1:30-2:45 pm
Dr. JoAnne Stephenson is an active performer, lecturer, adjudicator, and masterclass presenter. This
Professor of Voice at the University of Central Florida has performed with the Vero Beach Choral Society in
a staged production of the “Laud to the Nativity”, where she received a standing ovation. As principle
soprano soloist with the Cornerstone Chorale and Brass she toured 31 US and Canadian cities. And received
a standing ovation at the most successful Inside Out performances at the Atlantic Center for the Arts composer,
Dan Welcher. Locally, she has done Artist Series appearances at The Church on the Square, The Villiages
and The Ninth Annual African-American Artist Series. Some of her recent operatic performances include
the concert version of Hansel and Gretel, where she sang the role of the “Mother.” Other Operatic performances
include the role of “Mother” in Treemonisha, “The Countess” in Le Nozze di Figaro, and “Fiordiligi” in
Cosi Fan Tutti.
Dr. Stephenson has presented several lecture/recitals around the United States, including the National
Endowment for the Humanaties, the College Music Society’s National Conferences, the Regional College
Music Society, University of Pine Bluff Arkansas’ symposium on music by African American Composers,
and Chicago Renaissance-Symposium held at Agnes Scott College which was recorded and aired on the
classical radio station, WABE, based in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Stephenson has lectured on interdisciplinary
approaches to music, and music by women composers.
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"
Friday
March 24, 2000
Dr. Marvin V. Curtis
Associate Professor of Music
Fayetteville State University
Clinian Dr. Curtis will lead participants in an exploration
of the African American Spiritual
Dr. Marvin V. Curtis
Choir Clinic
9:00 - 10:15
Clinic Choir activities
Dr. Marvin Curtis, Clinician
All singers are welcome to join in this reading/
rehearsal session of Spirituals
10:30 - 11:45
Authentic Performance Practices of the African American
Spiritual
11:45 - 12:45
Lunch
1:00 - 3:00
Clinic Choir activities continue
Dr. Marvin Curtis, Clinician
All singers are welcome to join in this reading
/rehearsal session of Spirituals
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Research Symposium
Planning Committee
Interim Director, Institute on Black Life
Dr. O. Geoffrey Okogbaa
Coordinators:
Dr. Paulette Walker
Dr. Marvin Moore
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Planning Committee Members:
Dr. Doris Campbell
Dr. Susan Greenbaum
Dr. Kwabena Gyimah-Brembong
Dr. Barbara Shircliffe
Dr. Melvin James
Nursing
Anthropology
Economics
Education
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Chairperson:
Dr. Doris Campbell,
College of Public Health/College of Nursing
Co-Chairperson:
Dr. Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
College of Business, Economics
Founding Chairperson:
Dr. David Stamps, Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Roberta Baer
Dr. Catherine Batsche
Mr. Denys Blell
Dr. Richard Briscoe
Dr. Alma Bryant
Dr. Jahjit Chakaborty
Dr. Doris Campbell
Dr. James Cavendish
Dr. James Epps
Dr. Charlotte Gilbert
Dr. Christina Greene
Dr. Susan Greenbaum
Dr. Joan Gregory
Dr. Kwabena GyimahBrempong
Dr. Christine Ho
Dr. Derina Holtzhausen
Mr. Eric Hill
Dr. Constance Hines
Dr. Jane Jorgenson
Dr. Melvin James
Dr. Suresh Khator
Dr. Jeffrey Kromrey
Dr. Mozella Mitchell
Dr. Linda Moody
Dr. Jack Moore
Anthropology
Vice Provost
Office of Diversity Initiatives
FMHI
English
Geography
Nursing
Sociology
Psychology
Nursing
History
Anthropology
Nursing
Economics
Anthropology
Mass Communications
CUTR
Education
Communications
Academic Support Services
Industrial Engineering
Education
Religious Studies
Nursing
English
Dr. Janet Moore
Dr. Marvin Moore
Dr. Barbara MorrisonRodriguez
Dr. Augustine Ndeukoya
Dr. Carnot Nelson
Dr. Festus Ohaegbulam
Dr. Geoffrey Okogbaa
Dr. Trevor Purcell
Dr. Humphrey Regis
Dr. Mary Jane Saunders
Dr. Barbara Shircliffe
Dr. Bryan Shuler
Dr. Kris Siddharthan
Dr. John Skinner
Dr. Miriam Stamps
Dr. James Stock
Dr. Brenda Townsend
Dr. Kim Vaz
Dr. Paulette Walker
Ms. Beverly Ward
Dr. Mary Webb
Dr. Ted Williams
Dr. Samuel Wright
Dr. Tennyson Wright
Dr. Kevin Yelvington
Music
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FMHI
Religious Studies
Psychology
Interdis. Social Science
Industrial Engineering
Africana Studies
Mass Communications
Biology
Education
Ethno-Musicology
Health Policy & Mgt.
Gerontology
Marketing
Marketing
Special Education
Women’s Studies
Education
CUTR
Nursing
Biochemistry
Admissions
Vice Provost
Anthropology
University Co-Sponsors
Office of the Provost
Office of Research
College of Medicine
University Lecture Series
Office of Community Advancement-African American Community
Louis de la Parte FMHI
College of Education
College of Fine Arts- Music
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Business
Office of International Affairs
College of Nursing-AHEC Program
Office of Diversity Initiatives
College of Engineering
Team 2001 & Chrysals Projects
Corporate Sponsors
Pro-Copy
Books for Thought
Student Support
USF Ambassadors
Zeta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Inc.
This symposium is coordinated by the University of South Florida Institute on Black Life.
Established in the Fall of 1986 through the Office of the Provost, the primary goal of the Institute on Black
Life at the University of South Florida is to initiate and stimulate ongoing discourse on issues which affect
people of African descent.
To this end, the Institute fosters systematic research and programming activities that focus on educational,
political, cultural, economic and social initiatives that have both contemporary and historical relevance.
Dr.O. Geoffrey Okogbaa, Director
Dr. Marvin Moore, Assistant Director for Research
Ms. Marilyn Matthiew, Office Manager
Ms. Cheriese Edwards, Program Assistant
The Institute on Black Life
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave., SVC 1087
Tampa, Florida 33620
(813) 974-4727
FAX: (813) 974 -5042
E-mail: ibl@ibl.usf.edu