Samba Camara. Curriculum Vitae September, 2015

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1 Samba Camara Curriculum Vitae September, 2015 Florida International University African and African Diaspora Studies 318 Labor Center, Miami, Florida Office Phone: (305) SW 104 th Path, Apt #103, Miami, FL Mobile: (740) Employment Employer: Florida International University, Adjunct Faculty Address: S.W. 8th Street, Miami, Florida Job Description: Creation of courses in African Arts and Wolof language teaching; teaching courses in African Arts and Art theories and in Wolof language and culture Education in progress Ph.D., African Arts and Literature and Performance Studies School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University, United States Dissertation in progress: Performing Postcolonial Nationhood: Islamic Poetry, Popular Music and the Negotiation of a Tolerant Muslim Culture in Senegal Master s Degree, International Studies, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, United States Thesis: Sufism and Politics among Senegalese Immigrants in Columbus, Ohio: Ndigël and the Voting Preferences of a Transnational Community Graduated with Honors (A) D.E.A (Pre-doctoral Degree), African-American Literature, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal Thesis: Gender and Racial Issues in Gloria Naylor s The Men of Brewster Place and The Women of Brewster of Place

104 th Path, Apt #103, Miami, FL 33174 Mobile: (740)707-2374 Employment Employer: Florida International University, Adjunct Faculty Address: 11200 S.W.

2 Graduated with Distinction (Mention Très Bien) CAEM (Second Cycle English Teaching Certificate) FASTEF Teacher-Training School, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal Thesis: Teaching English Listening Skills through Computer Technologies Maîtrise d Anglais (MA), English (African and African-American Literature), Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal Thesis: Place, History and Identity in Gloria Naylor s Mama Day Graduated with Distinction (Mention Très Bien) Licence d Anglais (BA), English Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal Baccalauréat (High School Diploma), Seydina Limamoulaye High School, Dakar, Senegal Qur anic Studies (memorization), Teaching Experience Local Informal School (Madrassa), Mboumba, Senegal 08/2015 Pres.: Adjunct Faculty. Fall and Spring Courses: Art Expressions in Muslim Africa (AFS/ARH 3930); African Arts and Modernity (AFS/ARH 3930); Wolof I and Wolof II. Florida International University, Miami, Florida : Instructor of Record. Courses: Elementary Wolof I & II (WOL 1110); Intermediate Wolof I & II (5210); Special Topics in Wolof I & II (WOL 5900), Ohio University, Athens Ohio, United States : Fulbright Teaching Assistant. Courses: Wolof Language and Culture, Bluefield State College, Bluefield West Virginia, United States : Teacher. Courses: English and French, C. A. Tijani Junior High, Ministry of Education, Dakar Senegal. Fellowships, Grants & Awards Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant, Institute of International Education, Washington, DC., United States Graduate Recruitment Stipend Enhancement Award, Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University, United States.

History and Identity in Gloria Naylor s Mama Day Graduated with Distinction (Mention Très Bien) 2005-2008 Licence d Anglais (BA), English Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal 2003-2005

3 2013 Community Research Alliance Mini-Grant, Center for International Studies Wolof Language Teaching Assistantship, Ohio University Cheikh Anta Diop University National Scholarship, Senegal. Refereed Journal Article 2014 Political Islam and the Negotiation of Political Roles among Sufi Peripheral Leaders in Senegal. International Journal of Political Science and Development 2(6): Manuscript in Submission 2015 Youssou N dour: I Bring What I Love: A Window into the Cultural Dilemmas of Musicking in Senegal, (submitted to African Studies Quarterly) Manuscripts in Preparation Reading Senghor s Idea of Négritude in Ousmane Sow s Sculptures, (article, projected submission to the Nka Journal of Contemporary African Arts, 2015) Aesthetics and Mysticism: Aspects of Berdyaev s Theurgy in Sufi Philosophy and Poetry in Senegal (article, projected submission to Cambridge Journal of Religious Studies, 2015) Between Home and There : Transplanting Senegalese Sufi Identities in the US through Poetry and Visual Culture, (book, projected completion in 2016, contract signature with Edwin Mellen Press) Selected Non-Published Research Papers From Jyllands-Posten to Charlie Hebdo: Historical Controversy and Violence around the Visual Representation of Prophet Muhammad (in progress) Transmutations in Senegalese Musical Poetry as Simulacra of Social Dialogs (completed, under author s review) The Dak Art Biennale and the Construction of an Artistic Modernism in Contemporary Africa (in progress) Unfreezing the Bakhtinian Time of the Epic: African Performance and its Unfixed Notions of Time and Space (in progress) Sufi Sound, Spirituality, and Cultural Identities among Senegalese Tijani Muslims (in progress)

International Journal of Political Science and Development 2(6): 105-116.

4 Boat Migration from West Africa to Spain: An Analysis of the Political and Artistic Implications of the Struggle against the Barca wala Barzaq Migration Tide (completed, under author s review) Migrating Hopes : Issues of African Boat Migration in Toure s La Pirogue (2012) and Laila Lalami s Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2006) (in progress) Conferences & Panels 2014 Africa from a Cultural perspective, Ohio University Army ROTC African Culture Brief 2014 Transmutations in Senegalese Musical Poetry as Simulacra of Social Politics, African Studies Association 57 th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana International Gender Roles, Ohio U 2014 International Cultural Week, OU Baker Theater (panel participant) 2014 Identity and Being in Senegalese Iconography: Cultural Rootedness in an Era of Globalization, Ohio U African Studies 50 th Anniversary at the Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University Aspects of Berdyaev s Theurgy in the Sufi Religious Philosophy and Musical Poetry, Midwest Slavic Conference, Ohio State Univ Pala-Pala and Làmb: The Fits of Culture and Tradition, Sports in Africa Conference, Ohio University. Co-presented with Flavius Mokake 2012 Governance and State Failure in Contemporary Francophone sub-saharan Africa, Africa Crossroads Series, Ohio University (panel participant) 2011 How I Coped with my Cultural and Educational Challenges in the US, Fulbright FLTA Mid-year Conference, Washington, D.C. Language Skills French: fluent English: fluent Wolof: native Pulaar/Fula: native Spanish: intermediate level Arabic: working knowledge Professional Memberships

Cultural perspective, Ohio University Army ROTC African Culture Brief 2014 Transmutations in Senegalese Musical Poetry as Simulacra of Social Politics, African Studies Association 57 th Annual

5 African Studies Association (ASA) West African Research Association (WARA) African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Fulbright International Exchange Alumni (Fulbright FLTA) Community Involvement and Outreach Activities 2013 Present. Honor Society, Ohio University 2012 Present African Students Union, Ohio University, 2012 Present Columbus Pulaar-Speaking Association Bluefield State Soccer (Bluefield State College, WV) Center for International Understanding Youth Club, Bluefield State College (Bluefield, WV) International Student Association, Bluefield State College (Bluefield, WV) 2010 Blue Chicory Players, actor, Bluefield State College (Bluefield, WV) Mboumba Student Association, President (Senegal) Association of Teachers of English (Senegal) Mboumba Youth Association (AJRM), Secretary (Senegal) Research Interests African Arts and Literature Performance Studies Islam in Africa Sufism African Popular Culture Postcolonialism Studies and Theories Modernity Theory Transnationalism Studies and Theories Interests / Hobbies Reading, Writing, Internet, Soccer, TV, Music, Shopping, Jogging References Andrea Frohne, PhD, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University (Professor & Advisor)

Honor Society, Ohio University 2012 Present African Students Union, Ohio University, 2012 Present Columbus Pulaar-Speaking Association 2010-2011 Bluefield State Soccer (Bluefield State College, WV)

6 / Phone: (740) Assan Sarr, PhD, History Department, Ohio University (Professor) / Phone : (740) Loren Lybarger, PhD, Department of Classics and World Religions, Ohio University (Professor) lybarger@ohio.edu / Phone: (740) or (740)

(Professor) E-mail: sarr@ohio.edu / Phone : (740) 593-4355.

GINGER L. JACOBSON CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION. Expected May 2015

GINGER L. JACOBSON CURRICULUM VITAE Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law Phone: 813.476.9999 Email: gjacobson@ufl.edu Updated: August 2014 EDUCATION Ph.D., Sociology, University of Florida Dissertation: