PEDAGOGICAL and RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY

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1 Godfrey T. Vincent Tuskegee University College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Political Science John A. Kenney Hall, Room West Montgomery Road Tuskegee Institute AL Office: FAX: Mobile: PEDAGOGICAL and RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY As a scholar, researcher and professor of history, my focus is on the Atlantic World and the African Diaspora, political mobilization and working class self-determination. My teaching philosophy is to convey to my students the major questions, themes and intellectual connections that are relevant to various historical and historiographical discourses. My objective is to engage my students to think critically, to write logically, and to develop their research skills through classroom lectures and discussions, fieldwork, and through the use of various media components, which will galvanize their undergraduate and graduate pursuits. Additionally, I encourage students to pursue academic excellence, uphold scholastic integrity, respect and uphold the institution s integrity requirements, and respect the multiplicity of perspectives of their peers in the classroom. EMPLOYMENT: Assistant Professor of History, August Present Tuskegee University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History and Political Science; Tuskegee, AL Courses: World Civilization: HIST 0103; HIST 0104; Cold War and Beyond; Military and Diplomatic History/Europe; HIST 0312: Constitutional History of the United States. Adjunct Professor/Researcher - Office of Institutional Advancement and Development May June 2008 Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY Reading and Writing Instructor, July May 2008 District Council 37, New York, New York. Senior Tutor/Teacher s Assistant, October July 2005, Medgar Evers College, City

2 University of New York, Brooklyn, NY Tutored College-level English; ACT Reading and Writing; History; Economics; Political Science and CUNY Proficiency Writing. Tutor, September May 2004 St. John s University, Queens, NY. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Adjunct Professor, August May 2011 James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Department of History Taught two sections of GHIST 150: Critical Issues in Recent Global History. Adjunct Professor, September May 2010 Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA- Department of History and Political Science. Taught two sections of World Civilization Adjunct Professor, September 2008 May 2009 Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD - Department of History and Geography. Taught two sections of History 350: Introduction to the African Diaspora. RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Assisted in the development of a proposal for the establishment of the Caribbean Diaspora Development Initiative (CADDI) in collaboration with The University of The West Indies (UWI); Assisted in the development of a proposal for the establishment of the Leadership Development Institute at Medgar Evers College; Assisted in the development of a proposal to establish the BS/MS Degree Program in Leadership Studies at Medgar Evers College; Assisted in the development of a proposal for the establishment of a BA Degree Program in History at Medgar Evers College; Assisted in the development of District Council 37 s College Preparation Program; Twenty years of high school teaching experience preparing students for the Cambridge General Certificate Examination (GCE) and the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). EDUCATION: Doctor of Philosophy (History), May 2011 Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

3 Areas of Concentration: African Diaspora, African American History, 20th Century American History and Caribbean History; Specialized Concentrations: New World, Slavery and Emancipation, Racism and Segregation, Civil Rights and Affirmative Action, Social Movements and Change; Globalization and Political Economy; Labor History, focusing on new forms of labor struggles and organizations. EDUCATION - continued: Master of Arts (Political Science/ Historical Studies), May 2006 New School for Social Research, New School University, New York, NY Bachelor of Arts (Government and Politics/Minor in History), May 2004 St. John s University, Queens, NY AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS: James Madison University Dissertation Fellow Morgan State University Graduate Fellowship Morgan State University Institutional DaCosta Fellowship Alberta Green Endowment Fund Award Ronald E. McNair Scholar National Golden Key Honor Society Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Phi Alpha Sigma Honor Society Congressional Achievement Award Graduate Fellowship- New School for Social Research/New School University PUBLICATIONS: Godfrey Vincent, ed. The African Diaspora: Experiences, Engagements, and New Challenges. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing, Godfrey Vincent and Joe Jimmeh, eds. Contending Perspectives on Neoliberal Globalization. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing, Book Review: Stacy Ann Wilson, The Politics of Identity in Small, Plural Political Societies: Guyana, the Fiji Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago. Review published in WorkingU.S.A.: The Journal of Labor and Society, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Sept, 2012): The Oilfields Workers Trade Union- Trinidad and Tobago, present. International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. Ness, Immanuel (ed). Blackwell Online. May 23, 2012.

4 Colin A. Palmer, Eric Williams & The Making of the Modern Caribbean. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, Review published in International Labor and Working- Class History, Number 71, Spring Forthcoming Publications: Godfrey Vincent, Rebels at the Gate: The Oilfields Workers Trade Union and Working-Class Struggles in the Era of George Weekes. New York: Linus Publications, Inc., Godfrey Vincent and Joe Jimmeh, eds. Rethinking Neo-liberal Globalization: Decolonization with Collaboration. New York: Linus Publications, Inc., Godfrey Vincent, Joe Jimmeh, an William Ndi, eds. Development with Liberation: The Revolutionary Visions of Patrice Lumumba and Walter Rodney. New York, Linus Publications, Inc., Godfrey Vincent, Lisa Bratton, and Joe Jimmeh, eds. A History of South Africa: Past, Present and Future. California: Cognella Academic Publishing, Godfrey Vincent, Back-stabbers: The Betrayal of George Weekes, in William Ndi, ed. Secrets, Silences, and Betrayals. Cameroon/Oxford: Langaa/African Books Collective, Autonomous, independent, rank and file unionism in Trinidad and Tobago: The Case of the National Workers Union. Ness, Immanuel (ed). Book Title still undetermined, PM Press, The Budget as a Public Policy Instrument: Allocations and Outcomes in the Public Health Sector in Trinidad and Tobago. Jimmeh Joe (ed). Comparative Perspectives in Public Administration and Public Policy. New York: Linus Books (Tentative publication date Spring 2014). Godfrey Vincent, George Weekes and The Oilfields Workers Union and Resistance to Imperialism, in Manny Ness, ed, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. London, England: Palgrave McMillan, Godfrey Vincent, Caribbean Resistance to Imperialism, in Manny Ness, ed, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. London, England: Palgrave McMillan, 2014.

5 CONFERENCES Left Forum 2014: Reform and/ or Revolution: Imagining a World with Transformative Justice, May 30- June 1, Participated on a panel session entitled The Revolutionary as mentor: The Role of Rod Bush in building Activism. James Madison University 5 th Africana Studies Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, October 17-18, Participated on a panel session entitled Development with Liberation in Africa and the Diaspora: Revolutionary Visions of Patrice Lumumba and Walter Rodney. Labor and Working Class History Association Conference; Brooklyn University Graduate Center, New York, June 6-8, Participated on a panel session on Towards a New Caribbean Labor Front: Lessons of the Past and Future Prospects; Presented a paper entitled The Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU) and Working Class Political Formations, Left Forum; Pace University; New York, NY, March 16-18, Participated on a panel session entitled Syndicalism and Autonomism: Building a New Labor Movement. Organization of American Historians Conference, April 7-10, Participated on a panel session entitled Comparative Emancipations: The Meanings and Representations of Freedom in Transatlantic Societies. Presented a paper entitled Slaves as Change Agents in the Emancipation Process: A Historical Overview of Emancipation in Trinidad and Tobago, Left Forum; Pace University; New York, NY, March 9-11, Participated on a panel session entitled Comparative Labor Movements. James Madison University - First Annual Africana Studies Conference, October 9, Special Session Presenter: Two Black Communist Sisters in the Hood: A Comparative Analysis of Claudia Jones and Angela Davis. Association for the Study of African Life and History (ASALH) 94th Annual Meeting, September 30- October 4, Participated in Panel Session entitled: Deciphering the Relationship between the Slave Codes and Slave Narratives. Presentation focused on slave resistance to the Georgia Slave Codes. PRESENTATIONS: Tuskegee University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English Seminar Series, December 4, The Hegemony of the Right Wing in the United States. Tuskegee University, College of Arts and Sciences, Provost Lecture Series, July 3, Rethinking Neo-liberal Globalization. joint presentation with Dr. Joe Jimmeh,

6 Assistant Professor, Political Science, Department of History and Political Science. Tuskegee University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History and Political Science: John Hope Franklin Lecture Series, February 1, Rebels at the Gate: Oilfields Workers Trade Union and Workers Struggles in a Foreign-Dominated Economy, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA - History Department, Brown Paper Bag Presentation, September 16, Presented Chapter 1 of my doctoral dissertation entitled: The People s National Movement and the Independence Project, ; James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA History Department Brown Bag Presentation, September 17, Presented Chapter 5 of my dissertation entitled: The Oilfields Workers Trade Union and the Nationalization of Petroleum Industry of Trinidad and Tobago: COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Former Shop Steward of Local 2054, District Council 37; Former Delegate of the American Federation State, Municipal Employees Union. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Member of Editorial Board of WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society Member of Editorial Board of Palgrave McMillan Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti- Imperialism Organization of American Historians Southern Historical Association Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Association for the Study of African American Life and History