Omar H. Ali is a historian of the African Diaspora who specializes in independent political movements in the United States, Islam in the Indian Ocean world, and black resistance to slavery in Latin America. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Ali studied anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies and received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. He is the author of two books on the history of independent black politics and has served as an editor for Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. Of Peruvian and East Indian descent, Ali has been a Fulbright professor of history and anthropology at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, a visiting professor in African American and Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt University, and a Library Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. He serves on the History Academic Advisory Committee of the College Board, the Teaching Prize Committee of the World History Association, and as a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council. He has been a contributor to CNN, offering analysis on the growing movement of independent voters in the U.S., and has appeared on NPR, CBS News, PBS, and Al Jazeera. He has also been quoted or referenced in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, CNN Politics, The Boston Herald, El Espectador, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ali served as the principal consultant for the Schomburg Center exhibit "The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World" at The New York Public Library.
Education
Ph.D., History
Columbia University, New York, 2003
M.Phil. & M.A., History
Columbia University, New York, 2001
B.Sc. (Econ.), Social Anthropology
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, 1992
Teaching and Research Appointments
Associate Professor, African American Studies Program (Director of Graduate Studies)
Departement of History affiliate; Latin American and Carribbean Studies IGS faculty group
The University of North Carolina, Greensboro - 2010-Present
The Making of the African Diaspora
Black Populism in the New South
Islam, Africa, and the Diaspora
Afro-Latin America
Introduction to African American Studies
Assistant Professor, Department of History
African and African American Studies and Latin American Studies affiliate
Towson University, Maryland - 2004-2010
The Making of the African Diaspora
African American History, I & II
World History Since 1300
Abolitionism in the Indian Ocean World
U.S. History, I & II
Historical Research Methods
Visiting Assistant Professor, African American and Diaspora Studies
Center for Latin American Studies affiliate
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee - 2008-2009
Independent Black Politics and Third Party Movements in the U.S.
The Making of the African Diaspora; Race Matters
Library Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Harvard University, Massachusetts - 2007
Project: "Abolitionism in the Americas: Muslim African Resistance to Slavery"
Fulbright Professor of History and Anthropology
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá - 2006
Resistencia a la Esclavitud, Palenques, y Abolicionismo en las Américas
Lecturer, Institute for Research in African American Studies
Columbia University, New York - 2003-2004
Independent Politics and the African American Community
Introduction to African American Studies
Adjunct Instructor and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History
Fordham University, New York - 2000-2004
The Western Enlightenment, World History, U.S. History
Program Director, Clemente Course in the Humanities
Bard College and New Jersey Council for the Humanities - 2002-2007
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of the American South
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - 2001
Project: "Black Populism: From the Colored Alliance to the People's Party"
Research Assistant, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 1990-1991
Project: "Ghanaian Political Systems and Constitutional Government"
(Professor Maxwell Owusu, Department of Anthropology)
Awards, Fellowships, and Honors
Research Grant, Office of Research and Economic Development, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2012)
Scholars' Travel Fund, Office of Research and Economic Development, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2012)
New Faculty Research Grant, Office of Research and Economic Development, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2011)
Research Travel Grant, Kohler Fund, International Programs Center, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2011)
Mentoring Program Grant, Teaching and Learning Center, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2010 & 2011)
Library Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University (2007)
Fulbright Research and Lecture Award, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (2006)
Research Travel Grant, Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia (2006)
Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Office of University Research Services, Towson University (2006)
Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Columbia University (2002-2003)
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of the American South, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2001-2002)
Summer Research Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University (2001 & 2002)
Teaching Fellowship, Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University (2001-2002)
Honours Distinction, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (1992)
Summer Research Grant, Lilly Endowment and Mellon Foundation (Summer 1990 & 1991)
Oxford House Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1990)
Publications
Books:
Malik Ambar: From Ethiopian Slave to Ruler in India (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, under contract)
In the Lion's Mouth: Black Populism in the New South, 1886-1900 (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2010), foreword by Robin D. G. Kelly
In the Balance of Power: Independent Black Politics and Third Party Movements in the United States (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2008), foreword by Eric Foner
Chapters:
"Benkos Biohó: African Maroon Leadership in New Grenada" in Atlantic Lives: Biographies that Cross the Ocean, Jeffrey Fortin and Mark Meuwese, eds. (Boston, MA: Brill, under contract)
"Re-Conceptualizing Black Populism" in Southern Populism Revisited: New Interpretations and New Departures, James M. Beeby eds. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2012)
"Black Populism: Agrarian Politics from the Colored Alliance to the People's Party" in Beyond Forty Acres and a Mule: African American Farmers Since Reconstruction, Debra A. Reid and Evan P. Bennett, eds. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012)
Edited Journal:
Journal Articles:
"Fulani's Tools and Results,'" Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender and the Black International Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 2012)
Essays:
"The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World," Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Sylviane Diouf, ed., online (2011), adopted by UNESCO
"Third-Party Movements: Perot," History in Dispute: American Social and Political Movements, 1945-2000, Benjamin Frankel, Robert J. Allison, et. al., eds. (Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2000), 194-202.
Reference Articles:
"African Americans and Postmodernism" in Lose Not Courage, Lose Not Faith, Go Forward: Selected Topics from the African American Experience, 1900-2000, Naurice Frank Woods, Jr. (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 2012)
"Kaffirs” in Native Peoples of the World, Steven L. Danver and John Burch, eds. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2012)
"Walter A. Pattillo" in Encyclopedia of Populism, Elizabeth Demers and Alexandra Kindell, eds. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2012)
"Colin Powell” in Encyclopedia of United States-Latin American Relations, Thomas Leonard, ed. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2012)
"Malik Ambar," Black Past: Remembered & Reclaimed, Quintard Taylor, ed., online (2011)
"Lutie A. Lytle," "Walter A. Pattillo," and "Lenora B. Fulani" in The African American National Biography, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, eds. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)
"Southern Tenant Farmers Union" in Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration, Steven A. Reich, ed. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006)
Book Reviews:
Dhow Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Cosmopolitanism, Commerce and Islam (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010) by Abdul Sheriff, Africa Review
A Black Congressman in the Age of Jim Crow: South Carolina's George Washington Murray (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006) by John F. Marszalek, South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 109, No. 2 (April 2008): 150-152.
Challenging Slavery in the Chesapeake: Black and White Resistance to Human Bondage, 1775-1865 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2007) by T. Stephen Whitman, The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, No. 3 (2008): 721-722.
Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914 (The University of North Carolina Press, 2004) by William Blair, The Journal of African American History, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Winter 2006): 90-91.
Black Populism in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004) by Anthony J. Adam and Gerald H. Gaither, Maryland Historical Magazine, 101 (Spring 2006): 127-128.
Contributing Editor:
Op-Eds and Interviews:
"Greensboro Sailed Alone in Sea of County Support," Greensboro News & Record (May 10, 2012)
"A Different Perspective on History," Danville Register & Bee (February 26, 2012)
"Why Florida is different from other Primaries," CBS News online (January 31, 2012)
"Prof. to Discuss Black Church Leader," The Daily Dispatch (January 28, 2012)
"Historian to Present a Program at Library," The Butner-Creedmoore News (January 26, 2012)
"Dr. Omar H. Ali Holds Program," Oxford Public Ledger (January 26, 2012)
"Declaration of the independents," Raleigh News & Observer (January 25, 2012)
"Seeing New Things: Past and Present," The Rock River Times (January 4, 2012)
"Why We Need to Care About the Iowa Caucus," CBS News online (January 3, 2012)
"Voters Flee Democratic Party in Key Swing States," The Note, ABC News (December 7, 2011)
"Occupy Movement in North Carolina Takes Stock After Two Months," Boston Herald (November 19, 2011)
"Herman Cain's other problem: African-Americans," The Christian Science Monitor (November 17, 2011)
"Occupy Greensboro Movement Discusses Social Equality," Carolina Peacemaker (November 3, 2011)
"Discrimination Denies Independent Voters Fair Access," Greensboro News & Record (October 16, 2011)
"Dr. Omar Ali Discusses Why People Don't Vote," CBS News online (October 11, 2011)
"Campaign Chronicles: Politics are not Red and Blue," The Guilfordian (October 6, 2011)
"Is Voting Online On The Horizon?" CBS News online (October 5, 2011)
"Early Voting," CBS News online (September 22, 2011)
"His Message: Islam 'part of American culture'," North Regional News (May 8, 2011)
"In the Lion's Mouth," UNCG Research magazine (Spring 2011)
"More Blacks Choosing to Vote Independent," Florida Courier (February 17, 2011)
"African Americans Riding Wave of Independence," BlackAmericaWeb (February 15, 2011)
"Tunisian President Forced Out as Protests Continue," The Guilfordian (January 28, 2011)
"What Ever Happened to ... ?" The Washington Post (December 19, 2010)
"Book Shines Light on Little-Known Black Populism Movement ," The Chronicle (November 25, 2010)
"The Jim Crow of Bipartisan Rule," Historical Notes & Commentary (November 14, 2010)
"Independent Rides Wave of Discontent to Win," Greensboro News & Record (November 4, 2010)
“Wedge Issues Divide Politicians From Independents,” CNN Politics (August 20, 2010)
The Vanderbilt Political Review, Vol. 1, Issue 2 (November/December 2008)"A La Conquista de los Indecisos," El Espectador (October 14, 2008)
"Obama's Youthquake: Is the Senator Leading a Movement, or Just an Interesting Campaign?" Atlanta Journal-Constitution (February 10, 2008)
"Alumni Voices," Colombian Quarterly, No. 60 (January-March 2007)
"Faculty Appointments," Perspectives: Newsletter of the American Historical Association, Vol 42 (2004)
"Black Farmers in America, 1865-2000: The Pursuit of Independent Farming and the Role of Cooperatives" RBS Research Report 194, U.S. Department of Agriculture (October 2003)
"Those Who Make the Rules Rule," The Guardian (September 25, 2002)
"Yale Political Union Guest Attacks Two-Party System," Yale Daily News (September 18, 2002)
"Those Who Make the Rules, Rule": Part 1 Part 2 BlackElectorate.Com (October 14, 2002) For original CUIP white paper click here
"American Foreign Policy: A Question of Democracy," Black Star Magazine (November 4, 2001)
"Redistricting Gives Two Parties Unfair Edge," New York Newsday (May 31, 2001)
"Frank MacKay's Call for Local Control," democracy with a small d, Vol. 3, No. 2 (September 2000)
"A New Populism in the United States," History News Service (November 26, 1999)
Miscellaneous:
Foreword to Naurice Frank Woods, Jr., When Jim Crow Stood by Uncle Sam (Lewiston, NY: Mellon Press, 2012)
"Tribute to Manning Marable," Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 13, Issue 4 (December 2011): 440.
Foreword to Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit, Talk/Talk: Making (Non)Sense of an Irrational World, John Opdycke, ed. (New York: IndependentVoting/CUIP, 2010)
Black Populism in the New South resource website (1998-2010)
Editor, Towson History Matters, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 2007)
Letter to the Editor, "Setting a Presidential Precedent," Black Enterprise (June 2005)
Letter to the Editor, "A Vote for Democracy," National Geographic, Vol. 207, No. 3 (March 2005)
Lectures and Presentations
2012
"Exploring Al Jahiz's 'The Book of the Pride of the Blacks Over the Whites,'" African Diaspora Encounters panel, Diaspora and 'Race' Conference, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (October 27, 2012)
"Understanding Black History as American History," Road Scholars Program, North Carolina Humanities Council, and Transylvania Heritage Museum, Brevard, NC (May 19, 2012)
"The Making of the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean," Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Towson, MD (May 15, 2012)
"Islam and the African Diaspora: A Brief History," Islamic Center of Greensboro, NC (May 6, 2012)
"Independent Voters and the Presidential Election," My American Dream forum, High Point University , High Point, NC (April 20, 2012)
"North Carolina's 'Unaffiliated Voters' and the 2012 Election," Lloyd International Honors College, Food for Thought, Greensboro, NC (April 11, 2012)
"'Explanation by Descprition': History as Art/Art as History," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (April 4, 2012)
"Benkos Biohó and African Marronage in Latin America/Benkos Biohó y Cimarronaje Africana en Latinoamérica," Guest Lecture, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (March 26, 2012)
"Malik Ambar and the Abyssinians of the Deccan," Department of History, Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India (March 12, 2012)
"Bilal's Song: Black Muslims from Abyssinia to America," Divan Cultural Center, Greensboro, NC (February 25, 2012)
"Understanding Black History as American History," Road Scholars Program, North Carolina Humanities Council, Rockingham Community College, Wentworth, NC (February 22, 2012)
"Black Populism in the New South: Rev. Walter A. Pattillo and the Colored Alliance in North Carolina," Richard H. Thornton Library, Oxford, NC (January 29, 2012)
"Independents, African Americans, and the 2012 Election: Will there be another 'Black and Independent Alliance?'" Forum sponsored by the UNCG African American Studies Program, Department of Political Science, The Black Student Union, and North Carolina Independents, Greensboro, NC (January 26, 2012)
2011
"Slave Rebels in the African Diaspora of the Indian Ocean World," Department of Political Science, North Carolina A &T, Greensboro, NC (November 21, 2011)
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC – "The Swahili Coast as Part of the Indian Ocean African Diaspora," Department of History and African Studies Program (September 12, 2011)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, New York, "The Making of the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World," public lecture (April 16, 2011)
Lloyd International Honors College, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro - "Who are America's Independents?" Food for Thought presentaion (April 6, 2011)
Villanova Univeristy, Institute for Global and Interdisciplinary Studies – "Islam and the Making of the African Diaspora East of the River Nile" (March 16, 2011)
Ebenezer Gospel Assembly, Samford, NC -- "The Jim Crow of Bipartisan Rule" Black History Month presentation (February 27, 2011)
Sixth Annual National Conference of Independents, IndependentVoting.org/CUIP, New York, NY – "Can Independents Reform America?" (February 12, 2011)
2010
"Bridging Red, Black, and White: The Making of the Chesapeake from the Colonial Period through the Early Republic," Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Maryland, public lecture sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Maryland Humanities Council (December 5, 2010)
"Ibn Battuta on Piracy in the Indian Ocean," Elliot Center Auditorium, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, public lecture sponsored by The History Club and Friends of the University Libraries (October 28, 2010)
St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, U.K.-- "Bilal's Song: Muslim Africans in the Indian Ocean World," African Studies Association Biennial Conference (September 17, 2010)
Osher Lifelong Institute, Towson, MD -- "The Emancipation Proclamation and the Tactics of Black Liberation in the Americas" (May 20, 2010)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD -- "Is Washington Broken? How to Fix the American Political System," Mudd Hall, College Independents panel discussion (May 4, 2010)
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
New York, NY -- "Supplementary Education: Achievement or Development Gap?" History Academic Advisory Committee presentation (April 11, 2010)
Osher Lifelong Institute, Towson, MD -- "Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World" Lectures in the Social Sciences (April 8, 2010)
Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD - "The Emancipation Proclamation and the Tactics of Black Liberation in the Americas," Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (February 20, 2010)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building, New York, NY - "Interviews by a Black independent" Monthly Meeting of Dr. Lenora B. Fulani (February 19, 2010)
2009
Albert S. Cook Library, Towson, MD – "Contextualizing James McBride's Song Yet Sung: Blackness and Antislavery Action in Maryland and the Antebellum Chesapeake" Book Club Inaugural Lecture (October 30, 2009)
All Stars, Inc./Development School for Youth, New York, NY – President's Day Master Class "How Obama Became the First African American President" (February 16, 2009)
Vanderbilt University, Divinity School and Kelly Miller Institute on Black Church Studies, Nashville, TN – “Islam and the Abolition of Slavery in the Indian Ocean” (February 5, 2009)
Fulbright Alumni Lecture Series, Colombo, Sri Lanka – “Islam and the Abolition of Slavery in the Indian Ocean” (January 16, 2009)
2008
Teaching American History in Authentic Baltimore Program, Baltimore, MD - Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Towson University, Baltimore City Heritage Area, and The Baltimore City Public School System partnership (July 14-18, 2008)
Towson University, MD - African and African-American Studies Program Black History Month event, Reading of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "The Power of Non-Violence" and "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" (February 4, 2008)
Hood College, Frederick, MD - "Dr. King's Civic Practice: Building Inclusive Communities in a Diverse World," Rosenstock Auditorium, Sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, Office of Minority Affairs, and the NAACP of Frederick (January 30, 2008) photo
Learning Center, Inc., Baltimore, MD - "Emmett Till as Catalyst of the Modern Civil Rights Movement," Sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council (January 25, 2008)
Frederick Douglass Isaac Myers Maritime Park, Baltimore, MD - "Dr. King and Civic Engagement," Sponsored by Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland and Volunteer Central and the Maryland Humanities Council (January 21, 2008)
Fort Myer Military Community Center, Fort Myer, VA - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Lecture (January 10, 2008) photo
2007
University of Liverpool, U.K. - "Muslim Africans in the Iberian Atlantic, 1521-1888" Rethinking the Iberian Atlantic conference (September 14, 2007) photo
Cape Coast, Ghana - Fulbright-Hays lectures, "The Portuguese, Dutch, and British Slave Trade in the Atlantic: A View from the Castles of El Mina and Cape Coast" (June 30-July 1, 2007)
Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C. - Washington Area Legal History Roundtable Panel commentator: "Comparative History of Slavery and its Abolition" (April 20, 2007)
Towson University, MD - African and African-American Studies respondent for panel discussion "Roots and Routes: Reflections on the Life of Olaudah Equiano" (February 20, 2007)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - Program in African American and Diaspora Studies, "The African Diaspora as Methodology" (January 19, 2007)
2006
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá - "Raza y Nacion" grupo de estudios seminar, Department of History (December 5, 2006)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá - "Resistencia a la Esclavitud, Palenques, y Abolicionismo en las Américas," Public Lecture sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, UNAL, and Fulbright Commission Colombia (November 21, 2006)
Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia - “Independencia Negra en la Diaspora Africana: Del Abolicionismo a la Independencia Politica en el Hemisferio Occidental,” Catedra Fulbright (August 30, 2006)
Organization of American Historians, Washington, D.C. - “Black Populism in the New South,” panel presentation for “Race and American Citizenship: Civic Identity and Political Organizing After Reconstruction” (April 20, 2006)
Guest Lecture for “Modern Latin American History,” Towson University, MD - “Slave Resistance, Maroonage, and Abolitionism in the Americas” (April 13, 2006)
"The Modern Civil Rights Movement and its Independent Political Legacy," lecture for Black History Month sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta fraternity and the African and African-American Studies Program, Towson University, MD (February 28, 2006)
2005
Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, GA - "Black Populism in the New South: The Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters of the Movement," national conference panel "Black and White Populism in the New South" (November 5, 2005)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia – "Abolicionismo en América: Hacia un Estudio Comparativo de Historia Mundial," Colonial Americas Studies Organization International Interdisciplinary Symposium (August 11, 2005)
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX - "Black Populism and Independent Black Politics," University Lecture, sponsored by the John B. Coleman Library (February 17, 2005)
Towson University, Towson, MD - "American History: Civil Rights, Jim Crow, Race Riots, and Lynching," Lunch presentation with Dr. Joanne M. Martin (President, The Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc.), sponsored by the Office of University Resources (February 9, 2005)
2004
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Little Rock, AK - "Black Populist leadership in the late 19th Century," national conference (October 22, 2004)
Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY - "Two Decades of Independent Black Politics: A Contemporary Review," Colston Hall, sponsored by the New York Independence Party Politics and the People Series (July 31, 2004)
King's College, Wilkes Barre, PA - "Postmodern Populism and the Independent Voter," McCormick Campus Ministry Center, sponsored by the campus Green Party (March 26, 2004)
2003
Civil Rights 2003: Justice for All, Dallas, TX - "The History of Political Independents as Second-Class Citizens" (October 25, 2003)
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI - Phi Beta Sigma and NAACP sponsored lecture on Choosing an Independent 2004 (October 18, 2003)
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - "The Role of Independents in Public Policy-Making," Lecture sponsored by the Minority Affairs Committee of the Executive Branch of Student Government (October 3, 2003)
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - "We Don't Need a Political Party! We Need Political Power!" Independent Movement of Independent Thinkers (IM IT) (October 2, 2003)
Keene State College, Keene, NH - "What It Means to Be an Independent," Political Science lecture (April 7, 2003)
2002
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA - "Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of the Independent Political Movement in America," Stanford in Government Public Policy Forum (November 20, 2002)
The Daily Stanford
University of California, Berkeley, CA - "For the American People, Independent of the Special Interests," Harris Seminar Series, Institute of Government Studies (November 19, 2002)
Public Affairs Report
University of California, Los Angeles, CA - "Independent Politics," (November 14, 2002)
The Daily Bruin
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA - "The Role of Independents in the 2004 Presidential Election," (November 13, 2002)
The Fortnightly
University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX - "The History of Independent Political Movements and Current Developments," Graduate History Student Association (November 7, 2002)
Rice University, Houston, TX - "The Emergence of a New Independent Movement," Sponsored by the Black Student Association & NAACP student chapter (November 6, 2002))
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX - "The Legal Barriers to Political Independents in the United States," The Federalist Law Students Society (November 4, 2002)
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS - Lecture sponsored by the Government Student Association and the campus chapter of the NAACP (October 30, 2002)
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - Political Science Department address (October 28, 2002)
Miles College, Birmingham, AL - Political Science lecture (October 28, 2002)
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - Council on Minority Student Affairs (October 24, 2002)
Duke University, Durham, NC - Graduate School of Journalism and Public Policy (October 23, 2002)
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA - Political Science and International Relations (October 22, 2002)
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA - Political Science Club (October 21, 2002)
The Sentinel
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - School of Journalism and Political Science Department (October 17, 2002)
New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ - Institute of Urban Public Policy (October 15, 2002)
Princeton University, NJ - American Whig-Cliosophic Society and Ideas in Action and Student Discourse, Whig Hall Senate Chamber (October 10, 2002)
Daily Princetonian
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA - Students for Social Justice (October 9, 2002)
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - Department of African American Studies and Graduate Student Union (October 8, 2002)
American University, DC - Guest Lecture, Political Science Department class "Political Parties" (October 4, 2002)
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire - "Where is the Independent Voice in U.S. Foreign Policy? For the American People, Independent of the Special Interests," College Independents and Campus Greens (October 2, 2002)
The Spectator and The Flipside
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI - Phi Sigma Alpha (October 1, 2002)
Central Michigan Life
Kent State University, Aurora, OH - "Key Political Reform Issues at the State and National Level," Center for Public Administration & Public Policy (September 27, 2002)
Wittenberg University, OH - Guest Lecture, Political Science Department Seminar "Political Parties & Interest Groups" (September 26, 2002)
Ohio University, Athens, OH- "For the American People, Independent of the Special Interests," Keynote Address, Black Graduate Council (September 25, 2002)
The Post (Associated Press)
Wright State University, OH - Guest Lecture, Political Science Department class, "Political Parties" (September 25, 2002)
The Guardian
Yale University, Yale Political Union - "The Two-Party System is Undemocratic," Keynote Address, New Haven, CT (September 17, 2002)
Yale Daily News
Wesleyan University, College of Social Sciences - "Those Who Make the Rules, Rule," Lunch Speakers Series, Middletown, CT (September 16, 2002)
New York University, World History Institute - "Creating a Framework for World History: 1750-1914," The American Forum for Global Education, New York, NY (August 22, 2002)
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY - "The New Coalition in New York: Black, Latino, and White Independents," (April 26, 2002)
Columbia University, New York, NY - "Independent Politics and the African American Community in the 20th Century" (April 22, 2002)
Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY - "Generation Independent" (April 15, 2002)
Northeastern University, Boston, MA - "Independent Politics and Political Reform: How Young Voters are Transforming Political Culture in the U.S." (February 28th, 2002)
2001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - "Black Populists in the 1890s: The Lecturers and Organizers of the Colored Farmers' Alliance and the People's Party" Conference on Innovative Perspectives in History (March 17, 2001)
2000
Fordham University, Bronx, NY - "The American Revolution in World History," Department of History, Lecture (October 11, 2000)
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY - "Africa in the Making of the Modern World," Department of History, Lecture (April 20, 2000)
1999
St. John's University, Queens, NY - "Slave Resistance and Revolts in North America" Department of History, Graduate Seminar (February 9, 1999)
1998
Columbia University, New York, NY - "Preliminary research for writing a history of the Colored Farmers Alliance in the Populist movement: 1886-1896," Department of History (May 11, 1998)
Consulting:
College Board, History Academic Advisory Committee, New York (2009-present)
Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Scholarly Residency Program, Institute of International Education, Reviewer (2008-present)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, New York (2010-2011)
Oxford University Press, reviewer for textbook on Race, New York, NY (2011)
Journal of American History, peer reviewer(2011)
W.W. Norton, History Media survey (2011)
Educational Testing Service, SAT II World History Test Development Committee, Princeton, NJ (2008-2010)
University of Maryland University College, African American Studies, Content Expert/Author, Adelphi, MD (2008-2009)
Maryland Humanities Council, Speakers Bureau, Baltimore, MD (2008-2010)
The University of Wisconsin Press, Manuscript Reviewer, For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor (2009; published 2010)
Fulbright-Hays - U.S. Department of Education, Accra, Elmina, and Cape Coast, Ghana (2007)
Blackwell Publishing, Textbook Reviewer, Latin American History by Peter Bakewell (2007)
College Board, Educational Testing Service, Advanced Placement-World History, Reader (2002-2007)
Bedford St. Martin's Press, Textbook Reviewer, Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples by Bonnie Smith, Marc Van de Mieroop, Richard Von Glahn, and Kris Lane (2005-2006; to be published 2012)
The Castillo Theatre, New York, NY (2005)
Pearson Education, Higher Education Group, World History document source book; African American History text book; World History text book, Upper Saddle River, NJ (2004-2005, 2011)WNJU Channel 47-Telemundo, NBC affiliate, New York, NY (2003-2005)
Center for Contemporary Black History, Columbia University, New York, NY (2003)
History Channel International, New York, NY (2001)
Membership:
American Historical Association
Southern Historical Association
World History Association (Teaching Prize Committee)
Languages:
Fluent French and Spanish
Reading Portuguese
Basic Urdu
Media Appearances
Television and Cable:
CBS News, Channel 2, "Redisctricting in North Carolina," Greensboro, NC (February 20, 2012)
CBS News, Channel 2, "The Florida Republican Primary," Greensboro, NC (January 31, 2012)
CBS News, Channel 2, "Why We Need To Care About the Iowa Caucus," Greensboro, NC (January 3, 2012)
Dactilares.net "¿Democracia en EE.UU?" con Ramiro Camarillo, Phoenix, AZ (December 5, 2011)
CBS News, Channel 2, "President Obama's Visit to North Carolina" Greensboro, NC (October 16, 2011)
CBS News, Channel 2, "Why Don't We Vote?" Greensboro, NC (October 11, 2011)
CBS News, Channel 2, "Why Aren't We Voting Online Now?" Greensboro, NC (October 6, 2011)
CBS News, Channel 2, "Voter Discontent and Low Voter Turnout" Greensboro, NC (September 22, 2011)
CNN, "Independent Voices in the Debt Debate" Girardot, Colombia (August 1, 2011)
C-SPAN: "Can Independents Reform America?" New York City (February 12, 2011)
CNN, "Independents on the Healthcare Bill" Washington, DC (March 22, 2010)
CNN, "Can Independents Help Ease Partisanship?" Washington, DC (February 29, 2010)
CNN, "Broken Government?" Washington, DC (February 21, 2010) transcript
CNN, "President Obama's Job Approval?" Washington, DC (February 14, 2010)
CNN, "Independents' Cup of Tea?" Towson, MD (February 6, 2010)
CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon, "Who are America's Independents?" Baltimore, MD (January 31, 2010)
News Channel 9, "Black History Month: Should it Exist?" New York, NY (February 16, 2009)
News Channel 5: "Open Line: 2008 Presidential Election," Nashville, TN (November 12, 2008)
News Channel 5: "Inside Politics," Nashville, TN (October 17, 2008)
Al Jazeera English: International cable news, "Inside USA: Examining Obama's Policies" (September 12, 2008) 2:05 photo
Al Jazeera English, "Obama -- Change Candidate?" (June 4, 2008)
Al Jazeera English, "The Obama Phenomenon" (February 20, 2008)
WNJU Channel 47: "El Barrio: East Harlem" New York (February 24, 2005)
PVAMU-TV Channel 35: "Black Populism and Independent Black Politics," Prairie View, TX (Feb. 17, 2005)
Telemundo, WNJU Channel 47: "The Transformation of Manhattan's Meatpacking District," New York (Jan. 28, 2005)
Telemundo, WNJU Channel 47: "100th Anniversary of Times Square," New York (Nov. 16, 2004)
Telemundo, WNJU Channel 47: "Independent and Latino voters: National Republican Party coverage," New York (Sept. 1, 2004)
Telemundo, WNJU Channel 47: "A History of Roma Migrations," New York (Jul. 27, 2004)
Telemundo, WNJU Channel 47: "The New York City Draft Riots of 1863," New York (Nov. 11, 2003)
DCTV Channel 27: "Civil Rights 2003 Conference: Justice for All," Dallas, TX (Oct. 25, 2003)
C-SPAN: "Choosing an Independent President: CUIP national conference," New York (Jan. 19, 2003)
WYBE-TV Channel 35: "Philly Live: Your International Connection," Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 14, 2003)
KADL-TV Channel 10: "Beyond the Beltway," Los Angeles, CA (Nov. 15, 2002)
WQOW-TV Channel 18, ABC affiliate: Eau Claire, WI (Oct. 2, 2002)
WOUB-TV Channel 20: Athens, OH (Sept. 25, 2002)<
Documentaries:
"Transforming America: U.S. History Since 1877," PBS
"Can Independents Reform America? National Conference of Independents" CUIP, Inc.
"Battleground for a New Generation: A Documentary on Youth and Voting," Windline Film Productions 5:42
"The Many Faces of Islam"Pakistan Chronicle
Radio and Podcasts:
WBAI 99.5 FM, "People of Color and Third Party Election Movements," Chaulk Dust with Sol McCants, New York, NY (January 2012)
NPR, WFDD 88.5 FM, "Independent Voters Want President's Attention," (October 20, 2011)
WBAI 99.5 FM, "In the Lion's Mouth," Wake Up, New York, NY, (June 20, 2011)
NPR, WFDD 88.5, "Muslim Responses to Death of Bin Laden" (May 2, 2011)
WBAI 99.5 FM, "Africans in Asia: The Arts and Music of Siddis in India," Arts in New York, NY (April 15, 2011)
WJLD 104.1 FM, "Saturday Morning Talk" with Bobby D, Birmingham, AL (January 22, 2011)
WBHK KISS 98.7 FM, "Talk Back" with Julius White, Birmingham, AL (January 14, 2011)
NPR, WFDD 88.5, "Views and Viewpoint" with Denise Franklin, "Islam and Democracy in the United States" (November 19, 2010)
National Public Radio, WFDD FM 88.5, "The Rise of Unaffiliated Voters" (November 2, 2010)
Michael Eric Dyson nationally-syndicated radio show, "Independent Voters" (October 8, 2010)
Michael Eric Dyson nationally-syndicated radio show, "The Independent Movement" (September 6, 2010)
King Politics podcast with Dr. Marvin P. King, Jr., Oxford, Mississippi (January 7, 2009)
BlogTalkRadio with Nancy Hanks, New York, New York (January 6, 2009)
IndependentVoting.org with Jacqueline Salit, New York, New York (October 2009)
WLIB AM 1190 "Politics Plus" with Mark Riley, New York, New York (September 25, 2008)
Mediatracks national radio syndication, "Slavery in the Aftermath of the American Civil War" (September 30-October 6, 2007)
KMYX FM 92.5 La Campsesina Radio, "California Redistricting and the Independent Voter," Bakersfield, CA (Apr. 5, 2005)
WTPL FM 107.7 NPR affiliate - Arnie Arneson Show, Manchester, New Hampshire (Jan. 9, 2004)
SFLR FM 93.7 "Liberation Radio," San Francisco, California (Nov. 23, 2002)
KNON FM 89.3 Dallas, Texas (Nov. 4, 2002)
WBHK KISS FM 98.7 "Talkback," Birmingham, Alabama (Oct. 27, 2002)
WJLD AM 1400 Birmingham, Alabama (Oct. 25, 2002)
WZMB FM 91.3 Greenville, North Carolina (Oct. 24, 2002)
WAOK AM 1380 Rob Redding Show, Atlanta, Georgia (Oct. 22, 2002)
WRUF FM 103.7 Gainesville, Florida (Oct. 17, 2002)
WCMU FM 89.5 - NPR affiliate - Mount Pleasant, Michigan (Oct. 1, 2002)
WYSO FM 91.3 NPR affiliate - Yellow Springs, Ohio (Sept. 26, 2002)
WUSO FM 89.1 The Berg, Springfield, Ohio (Sept. 26, 2002)
WRNB FM 96.9 Dayton, Ohio (Sept. 23, 2002)
WQUN AM 1220 Hamden, Connecticut (Sept. 16, 2002)
WYBC AM 1340 "The Electric Drum," New Haven, Connecticut (Sept. 14, 2002)
Board Membership:
All Stars Project, Inc. (Board of Directors, 2011-present)
IndependentVoting.org (Board of Directors, 2003-present)
Child Literacy (Advisory Board, 2005-present)
Divan Cultural Center (Advisory Board, 2012-present)
