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Associate Dean for General Education Adjunct Professsor of Demography |
Cordell with Jan M. Vansina, Vilas Professor of History, University of Wisconsin |
| Université de Montréal 1/82-12/87 | Maîtrise es-Science, Demography, 1987 |
| University of Wisconsin 9/70-5/77 | Ph.D., History, 1977 |
| University of Wisconsin | M.A., History, 1972 African Studies Certificate, 1972 |
| Yale University 9/64-6/68 | B.A., History (cum laude), 1968 |
| Comparative World History | Population and Development |
| Major Area: Sub-Saharan Africa | African Social History |
| Minor Area: North Africa and the Middle East | African Historical Demography |
| Slavery and the Slave Trade Migration and Immigration |
| Ph.D.
dissertation (History) |
"Dar
al Kuti: Slave-Raiding and State Formation on the Islamic Frontier in
Northern Equatorial Africa (Central African Republic and Chad) in the
Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries" |
| M.A.
thesis (History) |
"The
Awlad Sulayman of Libya and Chad: A Study of Raiding and Power in the
Chad Basin in the Nineteenth Century" |
| Maîtrise
es-Science thesis (Demography) |
"Où sont tous
les enfants? Contextes démographique, social et historique de la sous
fécondité en Centrafrique" ("Where Are All The Children? The Demographic,
Social and Historical Contexts of Low Fertility in Central Africa") |
| French | Modern Standard Arabic | Chadian Arabic |
8/1997-present: Associate Vice Provost for General Education, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Duties include oversight and continued development of the General Education Curriculum launched in fall 1997 (41 credit hours of the undergraduate degree of 122 credit hours), the University Honors Program (200 students in each entering class), the program in English as a Second Language, the Inter-Community Experience Program in experimental and community learning, and managing two endowed lecture series. Teaching responsibilities include one course each year.
1997-1999: Founding Co-Director and Professor, SMU Summer-in-Paris Program
1/1995-6/1995:
Chair ad interim, Department of History, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas.
9/1995-present:
Professor of History, Department of History, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas.
Specializations: African, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean History; Migration and Immigration.
Courses: Africa to the Nineteenth Century; Modern Africa; History of Southern Africa; The Atlantic Slave Trade; Slavery and Revolution in Islamic Africa; Historical Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflicts; History of the Modern Middle East; The Venture of Islam: Background to Islamic Civilization; History of the Caribbean; From Colonial Conquest to Underdevelopment; The African Diaspora: Histories and Literatures of Black Liberation; Political and Social Institutions: The Roots of Society; Political and Social Institutions: Conflict and Community, 1850-1990; Searching for the American Dream: U.S. Immigration/Migration; International Migration to Dallas and the USA: Historical Perspectives on Migration and Globalization. See Department of History and Department of Anthropology.
9/1989-present: Professeur associé (Adjunct Professor), Département de Démographie, Université de Montréal.
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