,\u00a0<\/em>Seton Hall University Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations to launch the Winter\/Spring Issue: \u201cThrough Sovereign Borders: Population Migrations,\u201d on\u00a0Thursday, April 29 from 3 \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard University JFK School of Government 6th<\/sup>\u00a0Annul Black Policy Conference.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Reversing Africa\u2019s Brain Drain: Regaining Human Capital for Development,\u201d Cambridge, MA. April 16-17, 2010.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em>\u201c<\/em>Africa, China, India and the 2009 Times Higher Education-QS Top 200 Universities in the World,\u201d\u00a035th Annual Conference of New York African Studies\u00a0Association at SUNY-Binghamton,\u00a0March 26-27, 2010.<\/p>\nChair of\u00a0Panel-9-\u201cEcological Catastrophe, Environmental Justice and Social Movement,\u201d\u00a035th Annual Conference of New York African Studies\u00a0Association at SUNY-Binghamton,\u00a0March 26-27, 2010.<\/p>\n
\u201cRace, Inheritance and the Four Major Factors for the Unity Between African Americans and European Americans: Land\/Territory, Blood \/Genes, Religion (Christianity) and Language (English),\u201d (National Association of African American Studies, Baton Rouge, LA. February 12, 2010).<\/p>\n
[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>by The Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY, Binghamton and The Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America\u00a0<\/strong>to present paper entitled: \u201cExplaining President Barack Obama\u2019s First Visit to Africa (Egypt): Three Phenomena of Africa and Africans as the Core of U.S.-Arab\/Muslim Relations,\u201d Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York. October 16, 2009.<\/p>\n[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cBridging the Gap Between African Immigrants and African Americans in the United States,\u201d Presenter on the \u2018Education Panel.\u2019 Paper Title: \u201cEducational Attainment and the Black World: Coming Together to Know One Another,\u201d Hosted by the African Commission, Office of the Mayor, City of Newark, NJ. The African Commission and the African Institute at Essex County College, Newark NJ. September 26, 2009<\/p>\n[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>by The Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY, Binghamton, to present a paper titled: \u201c<\/strong>Pan Africanism at the Crossroads,\u201d on the Roundtable entitled: \u201cFrom Osagyefo to Obama: Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s Centennial,\u201d African Studies Association 52nd\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Annual Meeting. \u201cAfrica at a Crossroads,\u201d November 19-22, 2009. The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n[Invited]<\/strong>\u00a0Speaker, \u201cLiving Lessons: Voices, Visions, and Values.\u201d May 28, 2009 at Robert R. Lazar Middle School, Montville Township Public Schools, Montville, New Jersey.<\/p>\n[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>by The Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY, Binghamton, to present a paper titled: \u201cNkrumah\u2019s Legacy and the Future of Pan Africanism,\u201d on the Roundtable titled: \u201cKwame Nkrumah and the Birth of Modern African Diplomacy: A Centenary,\u201d 33rd<\/sup>\u00a0Annual New York African Studies Association (NYASA) Conference. Syracuse University. Syracuse, New York. April 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 4th<\/sup>, 2009 (did not attend due to an emergency)<\/p>\nConducted an Academic Research and Writing Workshop for Undergraduate and Graduate students titled: \u201cRules, Strategies, and Techniques for Writing Research Papers,\u201d Corrigan Hall Room 62, Seton Hall University. Friday, March 20, 2009. 4pm to 6pm.<\/p>\n
Attended the \u201cBlack Women in the Ivory Tower: Research and Praxis\u201d Conference. Trayes Hall, Douglas Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. March 6, 2009. Organized by the Department of History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08840.<\/p>\n
[Invited] <\/strong>Featured Speaker\u00a0on the theme: \u201cThe Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas.\u201d Presented paper entitled: \u201cAfrica and the Americas: Conceptualizing Three Forms of Citizenship,\u201d Black History Month Program. United States Department of Justice. United States Attorney, District of New Jersey. Peter Rodino Federal Building. Newark, New Jersey. February 26, 2009.<\/p>\n[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>by The Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY, Binghamton, to present a paper titled: \u201cKwame Nkrumah, Pan Africanism, the African Union and Africa\u2019s Development in the Barack Obama Era,\u201d on the Roundtable titled: \u201cKwame Nkrumah and the Birth of Modern African Diplomacy: A Centenary,\u201d International Studies Association 50th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Convention.\u00a0Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future. New York City, NY, USA, February 15-18, 2009.<\/p>\n[Invited]\u00a0<\/strong>by her Majesty\u2019s Consul General, New York, Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG and Lady Collins in conjunction with Water Aid, to participate at a reception to recognize the\u00a0Financial Times\u00a0<\/em>for their significant campaign in support of Water Aid. Water Aid is an international charity established in the United Kingdom in 1981 \u201cdedicated exclusively to ensuring access by the world\u2019s poorest people to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion.\u201d Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 6pm to 7:30pm. 351 East 51st<\/sup>\u00a0Street, # PH1 (between 1st<\/sup>\u00a0& 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Avenues) New York City, NY 10022 (Did not attend due to teaching obligations on that day).<\/p>\nAttended the panel titled: \u201cColonialism Returns to Metropolitan France: Francophone Debates over Colonialism in Africa and the Challenge of Postcolonialism,\u201d at the 123rd<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. New York City, New York. January 2, 2009.<\/p>\n[Invited]<\/strong> \u201cReversing the Black American Brain Drain,\u201d\u00a0Reversing \u2018Brain Drain:\u2019 Emerging Leaders\u2019 Charge for Creating Healthy Communities<\/em>\u00a0during our 2008 Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. Washington, D.C. September 24-27, 2008.<\/p>\n[Invited] <\/strong>\u201cKnowing Africa Through Statistics,\u201d \u201cKnowledge of Africa: The Next Fifty Years\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0African Studies Association 51st Annual Meeting. November 13-16, 2008 Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n[Invited,\u00a0<\/strong>with Professor Greer Burroughs, Seton Hall University] <\/strong>\u201cChallenges in the Developing World and the Role the U.S. Should Play,\u201d with a focus on \u201cThe Low Rate of Educational Attainment in Niger, Especially for Females,\u201d Global Educators Conference. Hosted by the Center for Global Education,the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations and the College of Education and Human Services, Seton Hall University, New Jersey. October 18, 2008.<\/p>\n[Invited] <\/strong>\u201cBridging the Gap Between African Immigrants and African Americans in the United States,\u201d Moderator of the \u201cBusiness\/Economic Development Panel.\u201d Hosted by the African Commission, Office of the Mayor, City of Newark, NJ. The African Commission and the African Institute at Essex County College, Newark NJ. September 27, 2008<\/p>\n[Invited Lecture]<\/strong> \u201cAfrica’s Elite and HIV\/ Aids Brain Drain\u201d Lecture series, entitled, Africa: Health & Security, dedicated to the health and security of the African continent. Hosted by the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Seton Hall University, New Jersey. October 28, 2008.<\/p>\n\u201cRace, Inheritance and the Three Major Forces for the Unity of Africans and Europeans in the United States: Land\/Territory, Blood\/Genes, and Religion (Christianity),\u201d Association of Black Sociologists, 38th Annual Conference Colonnade Hotel Boston, Massachusetts July 29 \u2013 August 1, 2008 (Did not attend due to Emergency).<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrica, United States and Barack Obama\u2019s Dual Triple Heritage,\u201d Abstract read at the New York African Studies Association. March 28-29, 2008. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.<\/p>\n
\u201cRace, Gender and Progress: Are Black American Women the New Model Minority?,\u201d\u00a0New York African Studies Association. March 28-29, 2008. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.<\/p>\n
\u201cProgress and Disease Epidemics: The Negative Implications of the Relatively High HIV\/AIDS Cases among Blacks in the United States,\u201d 2008 Healthcare in the Black Americas Conference. The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York City. February 23, 2008, Hosted by Afropresencia.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre Black American Women the New Model Minority?\u201d National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates (NAAAS and Affiliates). 15th<\/sup>Annual Conference. Marriot Hotel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. February 12-17, 2008. [Did not attend due to emergency].<\/p>\n[Invited] <\/strong>\u201cShould the United States Lead the Movement to Award the African Union a Permanent Seat with Veto Powers on the United Nations Security Council?\u201d Paper presented at the African Studies Association 50th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary Annual Meeting. 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights. October 18-21, 2007. Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers. New York, NY.<\/p>\n[Invited]<\/strong> \u201cThe Impact of Africa’s Dual Brain Drain on K-12 Education,\u201d Global Educators Conference, hosted by the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations and the College of Education and Human Services, Seton Hall University, New Jersey. September 15, 2007.<\/p>\n[Invited]<\/strong>\u00a0Speaker, \u201cPost World War II Africa.\u201d Saint Rose of Lima Middle School. Short Hills, New Jersey. June 14, 2007.<\/p>\n[Invited]<\/strong>\u00a0Speaker, \u201cLiving Lessons: Voices, Visions, and Values.\u201d May 17, 2007 at Robert R. Lazar Middle School, Montville Township Public Schools, Montville, New Jersey.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Black World and the Dual Brain Drain: A Focus on African Americans,\u201d New York State African Studies Association (NYASA) Spring Conference to be held at SUNY College at Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh, New York April 13 & 14, 2007 (Did not attend this conference due to emergency).<\/p>\n
\u201cRules, Strategies, and Techniques for Writing Research Papers,\u201d Teaching Academic Survival Skills (TASS). Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida. Sponsored by Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA. Hosted by Palm Beach Atlantic University. Sunday, March 4-Wednesday, March 7, 2007.<\/p>\n
Invited by the British Consul in New York City to attend a reception \u201cto mark the bi-centenary of the end of the slave trade in the UK and to commemorate the close and celebrated association of leading African-American singer, actor and human rights activist Paul Robeson with the people of South Wales.\u201d British Consulate-General, New York City. Monday 12th February 2007.<\/p>\n
[Invited Lecture].<\/strong> \u201cThe Two Nigerias: The Two Historical Phases of the Nigerian Brain Drain,\u201d Paper presented at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. \u00a0Wednesday, October 4, 2006 to celebrate Nigeria\u2019s independence. Sponsored by Black student organizations, Princeton University.<\/p>\n[Invited Lecture].<\/strong> \u201cAfrica\u2019s Terminal (HIV\/AIDS) Brain Drain,\u201d Paper presented at Seton Hall University (over 100 people attended this lecture). Sponsored by Housing and Residence Life in collaboration with the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University and other campus organizations. A week long program on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Tuesday October 10, 2006.<\/p>\n\u201cSex Ratio at Birth, Gender and Racial Differences,\u201d Paper presented at Seton Hall University. Sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies. September 25, 2006.<\/p>\n
[Invited].<\/strong> \u201cAfrica\u2019s Brain Drain,\u201d Paper presented at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, NY City, New York, on the theme \u201cDeveloping World: Developing countries are losing their best and brightest. What are results of brain drain? And, how are countries responding to this brain drain?\u201d Sponsored by the Immigration Working Group of Columbia University\u2014School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Symposium about Migration and Development. Wednesday, November 1, 2006. NY City.<\/p>\n\u201cWhy Do Black Women Give Birth to More Females Than Non-Black Women?\u201d African Heritage Studies Association: 39th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Conference. University of South Florida. Tampa, Florida. October 19-20, 2006.<\/p>\n[Invited]. <\/strong>\u201cCan a Revised Peace Corps Be a Form of Reparations?\u201d 49th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association. \u201c(Re)Thinking Africa and the World: Internal Reflections, External Responses\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA, November 16-19, 2006.<\/p>\nOrganized a student symposium entitled: \u201cDemocracy and Development in Africa.\u201d Sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies, Seton Hall University, New Jersey. December 4, 2006.<\/p>\n
Attended the 18th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference. Saturday, October 14, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Sponsored by The Department of African American Studies, Temple University.<\/p>\n[Invited]<\/strong> \u201cAfrica\u2019s Brain Drain,\u201d African Economic Forum, Friday, March 31, 2006. School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, New York. Sponsored by the African Studies Working Group (ASWG) at Teachers College, Columbia University, and SIPA Pan African Network (SPAN), Columbia University.<\/p>\n[Invited] <\/strong>\u201cAfrica\u2019s Migration Brain Drain: The Factors Contributing to the Mass Emigration of Africa\u2019s Elite to the West,\u201d The New African Diaspora: Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile. Sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York. April 7-9, 2006.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Brain Drain in West Africa,\u201d DuBois-Nkrumah-Dunham Conference held at the Wyndham Garden Hotel from March 31, to April 1, 2006. Sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies University of Pittsburgh, PA.<\/p>\n
\u201cRules, Strategies, and Techniques for Publishing Papers,\u201d Petersheim Academic Exposition, Seton Hall University, NJ. April 2 to April 4, 2006.<\/p>\n
\u201cRace, Geography and Territorial Inheritance: People of Black African Descent,\u201d African Heritage Studies Association: 38th Annual Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. October 20-22, 2005.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrica, the United States and the Dual Brain Drain.\u201d Paper presented at the New York African Studies Association, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York. April 29-30, 2005.<\/p>\n
Co-Presenter with Ali A. Mazrui: \u201cThe Dual Brain Drain in Nigeria and South Africa: HIV-AIDS and the Skill Exodus,\u201d (18 pages). Paper presented by Professor Mazrui at the annual African Studies Association Conference. Washington, D.C., November 17-21, 2005.<\/p>\n
Co-Presenter with Ali A. Mazrui: \u201cBetween the Brain Drain and the Brain Bonus: the African Diaspora as a Nation Afloat,\u201d (36 pages). Keynote address presented by Professor Mazrui at the “Brain Gain” conference, Nairobi, Kenya. Sponsored by the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. December 18-21, 2004.<\/p>\n
Co-Presenter with Ali A. Mazrui: \u201cCan Reverse Migration Compensate for HIV Losses?: A Kenyan Case-Study,\u201d (11 pages). Paper presented by Professor Mazrui at the Second Annual Africa\u2019s Brain Gain Conference on the theme, “Leveraging Diaspora Participation in Africa\u2019s Socio-Economic Development,\u201d held at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, December 7 to 9, 2005, sponsored by Brain Gain, Inc., Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and the New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development (NEPAD).<\/p>\n
Co-Presenter with Ali A. Mazrui: \u201cRenewable Energy and Departing Skills: The Brain Drain and Africa\u2019s Fuel Crisis,\u201d (13 pages). Paper presented by Professor Mazrui as Keynote Address at the 20th Anniversary Celebrations of the African Academy of Sciences, Scientific Conference on \u201cThe Energy Situation in Africa: What Can African Scientists and Engineers Contribute Towards Resolving the Energy Problems of Africa?\u201d held at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. December 12-15, 2005.<\/p>\n
\u201cKenya-U.S. Relations: The Urgent Need to Manage Kenya\u2019s Migrant and HIV-AIDS Brain Drain,\u201d (12 pages). Paper Tabled and many copies distributed on behalf of author by Professor Ali A. Mazrui at the Second Annual Africa\u2019s Brain Gain Conference on the theme, \u201cLeveraging Diaspora Participation in Africa\u2019s Socio-Economic Development,\u201d held at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, December 7 to 9, 2005, sponsored by Brain Gain, Inc., Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and the New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development (NEPAD).<\/p>\n
\u201cBetween Africanity and the West,\u201d Lecture at a symposium in honor of the scholarship and life\u2019s work of Dr. Ali A. Mazrui. Friday-Saturday, February 14-15, 2003. Binghamton University, New York. A former President of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon (in power from 1966 to 1975) was in attendance during this presentation.<\/p>\n
Attended a joint invitation by Columbia University\u2019s Center for African Studies and the British Consul in New York to attend a reception at the British Consul in New York City on April 20, 2006 to discuss the African Diaspora and the United Kingdom\u2019s recent development policies toward Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlobalization: Religious influence through private higher education in Kenya,\u201d Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2002.<\/p>\n
Attended the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) on Friday, November 18, 2005 in Philadelphia, PA.<\/p>\n
\u201cHigher Education Systems of South Africa and the United States,\u201d Presentation on the Comparison of the Higher Education Systems of South Africa and the United States. Seton Hall University, Fall 2000.<\/p>\n
Academic Presentations on YouTube<\/h4>\nFeatured Speaker on the theme: \u201cThe Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Presented paper entitled: \u201cAfrica and the Americas: Conceptualizing Three Forms of Citizenship,\u201d Black History Month Program. United States Department of Justice. United States Attorney, District of New Jersey. Peter Rodino Federal Building. Newark, New Jersey. February 26, 2009.<\/p>\n
Here is a copy of the Department of Justice Black History Celebration of the phenomenal Dr. Kaba (guest speaker) and talented Maurice Chestnut (guest tap dancer). Enjoy.<\/p>\n