Said L. Sewell III, Ph. D. sewells@fvsu.edu

Said L. Sewell III, Ph. D. sewells@fvsu.edu EDUCATION (Post-Graduate Work) Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004. Ph. D. Political Science, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001. M. P. A. Public Policy, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, 1994. B. A. Political Science, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2009-present 2001-present Associate Professor, History, Geography, Political Science, and Criminal Justice and Executive Director, The Academic Success Center (ASC) The Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia Director, The Center for African American Male Research, Success, and Leadership, Inc. The University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia 2005-2008 Associate Professor (tenured in 2006), Department of Political Science/ Planning The University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia Summer 2006 Interim Chair, Department of Political Science The University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia 2002-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science/ Planning The State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia Fall 2001-Summer 2003 Adjunct Instructor, School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 2000-2001 Assistant Director and Assistant Professor, Department of History, Political Science, and Public Administration The Albany State University, Albany, Georgia 1999-2000 Instructor, Department of Social Science Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, Georgia Instructor, Department of Political Science and Planning State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia 1997-1998 Lecturer, Department of Political Science Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 1995-1997 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia Instructor, Department of Social Sciences Dekalb College, Gwinnett and North Campuses Atlanta Metropolitan Area VISITING POSITIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND FELLOWSHIPS Summer 2004 Fellow, Summer Leadership Institute Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

2001-2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, The Department of Political Science The State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia Summer 2001 DISSERTATION Multicultural Fellow, Department of Political Science University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska A Quantitative Analysis of Black Baptist Pastors Perceptions and Efforts toward Community Development in Atlanta, Georgia, advised by Michael Bailey (CAU), William Boone (CAU), and F. Carl Walton (UGA). AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION American Government, Urban Politics, Public Administration, Religion and Politics, Nonprofit Management, and African American Studies. AREAS OF COMPETENCE Urban Studies, American Government, Public Administration, and African Studies. COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate: American Government, State and Local Government, Federalism, Nonprofit Management, Research Design for Political Science, Public Personnel Management I, Political Behavior, Global Issues, History of Political Thought, and Urban Management. Graduate: Intergovernmental Relations, Federalism, Organizational Behavior, Urban Management, Public Personnel Management, Research Methods for Public Administration, Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, Nonprofit Management, Project Management, Microcomputers in the Social Sciences, and Organizational Behavior and Theory. GRANTS APPLIED AND RECEIVED State University of West Georgia Technology Enhancement Grant Dell Inspiron Laptop Computer (awarded) Sponsored Operations Faculty Research Enhancement Awards--$1,500 (awarded) Faculty Research Grant--$1,000 (awarded) Outside The AAMI Grant The Center for African-American Male Research, Success, and Leadership 31,000 (awarded) Lumina Foundation The Center for African-American Male Research, Success, and Leadership--$25,000 (awarded) The Community Foundation of West Georgia The Center for African-American Male Research, Success, and Leadership 15, 000 (multiple awards) Walmart.Com The Center for African American Male Research, Success, and Leadership--$7,000,000 (multiple awards) The Coke Cola Foundation The Center for African American Male Research, Success, and Leadership--$1,000,000 (being reviewed) Georgia Humanities Council The Rev. Dr. King Distinguished Lecture Series $13,000 (multiple awards) Department of Health and Human Service The Rural Faith-Based Capacity Building Project--$500,000 (being reviewed) UPS Foundation The Center for African American Male Research, Success, and Leadership--$6,000 (awarded)

Atlanta Gas Light The Black Male with Initiative--$15,000 (multiple awards) The Georgia-Pacific Foundation The Black Male with Initiative--$5,000 (awarded) The Southern Company Foundation The Black Men with Initiative--$1,500 (awarded) SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY Board of Regent of The University System of Georgia Steering Committee, African-American Male Initiative University Developer and Coordinator, First Year African American Empowerment Conference Chief Campus Registrar, Vote for America Project (registered over 2000 students to vote) Member, Task-Force on African American Males Member, American Democracy Project Committee Panelist, Civil Rights or Security Living in Post September 11 and Terrorism I and II Panelist, Diversity: Panel Discussion on Sexuality and Health Contributor, A Day Campaign College of Arts and Sciences Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee Member, Technology Committee Member, Graduate Student Research Committee Member, Faculty Advisor Committee Member, Academic Service Learning Committee Students Coordinator, Annual Dr. Martin King, Jr. Candle Light Vigil Member, Student Services Committee Faculty Advisor, 1 in 4 group Faculty Advisor, Men s Group for Sexual Responsibility Faculty Advisor, Black Males with Initiative (BMWI) program Advisor, NAACP Advisor, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Advisor, the Dance Team Speaker, Walk of Service (academic mentor program in Downs Hall) Speaker, Presidential Election and the Voting Process (community service program in Pritchard Hall) Community First Vice President, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP State Secretary, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP Deputy Registrar, Carroll County Member, NAACP-Carroll County Branch Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Member, 100 Black Men, Inc. PUBLICATION-TEXT BOOK, SUPPLEMENTS, AND READER Sewell, Said, Empowering Black Males Students to Greatness. (forthcoming) Sewell, Said, ed. Let Us Make Man: A Conversation with Black Men on Saving Black Boys. (forthcoming) Sewell, Said and Ayuk, A., eds. We the People: Reflections on American Politics, New York: Pearson and Longman Publishing, 2006.

Sewell, Said and F. Carl Walton, Georgia State Politics, New York: Pearson and Longman Publishing, 2006 Georgia A. Persons and Said Sewell, eds., In The Vineyard: Churches Engaged in Building Community (Forthcoming) Sewell, Said, ed., Conflicting Democracy: A Critical Analysis of America s Political Process, Mason: Thomson Custom Publishing, 2004. PUBLICATIONS-PEER REFEREED ARTICLES Sewell, Said, Faith based Initiative and Black Churches: Relationships in a Small City, Journal of Southern Rural Sociology, vol. 19, no 2, 2003. Sewell, Said, "Analysis of the Contextual Variables of Black Baptist Churches on their Pastors Level of Community Participation in an Urban City, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, vol 9, no. 1, summer 2003. Sewell, Said, Lead Me. Guide Me. Along the Way: Are Personal Characteristics of Pastors Associated with their Level of Community Participation? The North Star: Journal of African American Religious History, vol 7, no. 1, fall 2003. http://northstar.vassar.edu/volume7/sewell.html Sewell, Said, African American Religion: The Struggle for Community Development in a Southern City, Journal on Southern Religion vol. 4, 2001. http://jsr.as.wvu.edu/2001/jsrlink4.htm (Works in Progress) Sewell, Said, An Examination of Background Factors and their Potential Link to Levels of Community Participation, Journal of Community Practices (Under review). Sewell, Said, Black Churches in America: An Exploration of Pastor s Perceptions of Community Participation in A Small City, Journal of Church and State (Under review). Sewell, Said, "Developing Faith-based Communities: Understanding Pastoral Perceptions as An Agent for Changing Urban Communities, Politics and Policy (Submitting). PUBLICATIONS-REVIEWS, COMMENTS, AND REFERENCE ENTIRES Book Review: Newman, Mark, 2003. Divine Agitators: The Delta Ministry and the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. Reviewed in Journal of Southern Religion http://jsr.fsu.edu/volume7/sewell.htm Book Review: Baldwin, Lewis, 2002. The Legacy of Martin Luther King: The Boundaries of Law, Politics and Religion. Reviewed in The National Political Science Review, 2005. Sewell, Said, Bayard Rustin. Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics. Paul Djupe and Laura Olson, editors. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003. Sewell, Said, The Rainbow Coalition. Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics. Paul Djupe and Laura Olson, editors. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003. Book Review: Lincoln, C. Eric and Mamiya, Lawrence, 1990. The Black Church and the African-American Experience, Reviewed in Endarch, 1999.

EDITORIAL BOARDS, SERIES EDITORSHIPS, AND PUBLICATIONS SERVICE Manuscript Referee for: The Challenge Politics and Policy, Journal of Southern Religion, The Negro Review. CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS (REFEREED UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED) Sewell, Said, Steps for Striving, Sophomore Seminar, Project GRAD, Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta, GA, July 24, 2008. Sewell, Said, Making a Difference, The African-American Male Initiative, Gainesville State University, Gainesville, GA, July 14, 2008. Sewell, Said, Attracting and Retaining Black Males, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA., May 28, 2008. Sewell, Said, Moving onward and upward toward the light, Upward Bounce Program, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA., May 3, 2008. Sewell, Said, Keys to Greatness, Multicultural Awareness Program, The University of Mississippi Medical College Medical, Jackson, MS, June 13, 2008 Sewell, Said, "Attracting Black Males to Higher Education" and "The Right Steps to Academic Success" the Southern and Central Regions of NAMME (National Association for Medical Minority Educators), Charleston, SC. Sewell, Said, Strategies for Saving Black Boys African-American Male Conference, Gainesville State University, Gainesville, GA., February 22, 2008. Sewell, Said and Carter, C., Strategies for Developing and Sustaining an African-American Male Program on a College Campus, The University System of Georgia s African-American Male Initiative Best Practices Conference, Kennesaw, GA. November 30-December 1, 2007. Sewell, Said, Hip Hop Generation and the Keys to Making a Difference, Third Annual College-wide Student Leadership Conference, Decatur, GA, October 9, 2007. Sewell, Said, Black Churches in America: An Exploration of Pastor s Perceptions of Community Participation in A Small City, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL April 15-18, 2004. Sewell, Said, Black Churches in America: An Exploration of Pastor s Perceptions of Community Participation in A Small City, Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA January 2004. Sewell, Said, Factors Which Support Effective Community Participation in Charitable Choice among African Americans in Atlanta. Georgia Political Science Association, Savannah, Georgia, January 31-February 2, 2002. Sewell, Said, "The Black Rural Church: Is it a Source of Community Development for African American Rural Communities?" Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia November 8-11, 2001. Sewell, Said, Developing Faith-based Communities: Understanding Pastoral Backgrounds as an Agent for Change, National Conference of Black Political Scientists Richmond, Virginia, March, 2001.

Sewell, Said and Steven Coffee, Expected Blessings: Understanding the Type of Black Baptist Pastor in Urban America, Hendricks Symposium: Race in America, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, November, 2000. Sewell, Said, Black Preachers taking Sides in Atlanta, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Washington, D.C., March, 2000. Sewell, Said, The Black Pastor: their weaknesses, trends, and outlooks, Southwest Political Science Conference, Galveston, Texas, March 2000. Sewell, Said, Function of the Black Pastor Georgia Political Science Association, Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 2000. Sewell, Said, Black Pastor s Community Attitudes in Atlanta, Conference of Christian Political Scientist, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 1999. Sewell, Said, Black Churches: Redeveloping their communities through their leaders, New York State Political Science Conference, Jamaica, New York, May 1999. Sewell, Said, Communities of Hope: An Analysis of Six Black Baptist Churches and their Efforts to Empower their Community, Midwestern Political Science Association Chicago, Illinois, March 1999. Sewell, Said, What do they know? and How do they know it? Perceptions of local Black Elected officials vs. Black Baptist Clergy, Southwest Political Science Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 1999. Sewell, Said, From Revolution to Evolution: The Rainbow Coalition, Southern Political Science ` Association, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1998. Sewell, Said, Traditional vs. Communal: Understanding the Black Church, National Conference of Black Political Scientist, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1998. Sewell, Said, Pat Robertson: Was his campaign a symbolic-minor movement? (Graduate Seminar) Clark Atlanta University, March 1997. COMMUNITY PRESENTATION (most recent presentation in 2008) Said Sewell, Guest Speaker, Moore s Chapel UMC, 2 nd Annual Lilla M. Rogers and Rev. Patricia Pace Scholarship Foundation Banquet, Saturday, June 28, 2008 Theme: Lighting the Way to the Future Dr. Said Sewell, keynote speaker, at The Fountain of Praise Church s (Atlanta, GA) Educator s Day, Sunday, June 8, 2008. Topic: Moving from being an ordinary teacher to a Great Educator Dr. Said Sewell, guest speaker, Moore s Chapel United Methodist Church (Carrollton, GA) Men s Day Program, Sunday, June 22, 2008. Topic: I m sick of this Dr. Said Sewell, guest speaker, Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church (Warrenton, NC), Martin L. King Commemorative Program, January 16, 2008. Topic: A revisionist Understanding of Dr. King

RESEARCH POSITIONS 1998-2000 Research Associate, Robert Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center Atlanta, Georgia. 1994-1998 Senior Research Associate, Guidry and Associates, Healthcare Consulting Houston, Texas. Summer 1996 Senior Research Evaluator, Interfaith Health Program, Carter Presidential Center Atlanta, Georgia. 1992-1993 Senior Research Assistant, Center for Health Policy Studies, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas. HONORS, AWARDS, AND LISTINGS 2008 Distinguished Service Award Project GRAD 2007 AAMI Best Practices Leadership Award The University System of Georgia 2007 Doris Harris Humanitarian Award The Tau Epsilon Omega Chapter of AKA Sorority, Inc. 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award-The Office of Minority Affairs at UWG 2006 Visionary Award The Follow Me Foundation 2004 Anna Julia Cooper Teacher of the Year Award the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. 2002-2003 Outstanding Faculty Member-Colleges of Arts and Sciences-The State University of West Georgia 2002 Vote for America Fellow 2002Advance Placement Reader-American Government College of Arts and Sciences Fellowship at Clark Atlanta University, 1997-98 Who s Who of American Teachers, 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence, 1994 Texas Southern University Excellence Scholarship, 1994 Phi Delta Kappa National Honor Society Who s Who of America, 1990-1992 Golden Key National Honor Society PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Political Science Association American Society for Public Administrators National Conference of Black Political Scientist National Forum for Black Public Administrators Southwestern Political Science Association Midwestern Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association GRADUATE RESEARCH COMMITTEES A. MPA/MA Theses Director, MPA Thesis, Survival of the Fittest: A Qualitative Analysis of How Faith-Based Organizations Survive Amidst a World Plagued by Limitations and Regulations, Nikkie Crutchfield, The State University of West Georgia, 2003. Committee Member, MPA Thesis, "Cobb County DFCS: An Administrative Analysis of Child Protective Services," Brooke Demeke, The State University of West Georgia, Spring 2003 Committee Member, MPA Thesis, Historic Preservation s Role in Smart Growth, Herb Denmark, Jr., The State University of West Georgia, Spring 2003.

Committee Member, MA Thesis, An Analysis of Black-White Marriage Using the Critical Theory of Marcus and Bourdieu, Tara Stubbs, The State University of West Georgia (Department of Sociology), Summer 2003. Committee Member, MPA Thesis, Program Evaluation Braelinn Community Services, Cathy Berggren, The State University of West Georgia, Fall 2003. Committee Member, MPA Thesis, Developing A Strategic Plan: The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club in Griffin, Leslie Fagin, The State University of West Georgia, Fall 2003.