About

Amadu Jacky Kaba

Amadu Jacky Kaba is Professor of Sociology at Seton Hall University, in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work. He is among the most productive social scientists in the United States, already with 82 scholarly publications, including seven books and 62 full-length scholarly journal articles. Kaba currently serves as a “Volunteer Faculty Mentor” to The Social Sciences and Humanities Students’ Association (SoSHSA), the University of The Gambia, The Gambia, West Africa.

Prior to returning to Seton Hall University in 2005, he worked with the late renowned political scientist, Professor Ali A. Mazrui (Post-Doctoral Fellowship), teaching and conducting research in the Social Sciences both at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from July 2002 to June 30, 2005. Kaba attended his last two years (1992 to 1994) of high school at Saint John’s College High School in Washington, D.C., in its Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Program, where he earned the rank of Command Sergeant Major.

Kaba earned all of his degrees from Seton Hall University: B.A. in Political Science in 1997; Master’s degree in Public Administration in 1998; and Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership, Management and Policy in May 2002.