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Application (Section I) 

Curriculum Vitae 

A. Research

• Appendix 1A Statement on Relevant and Recent Publications
• Appendix 2A Invitation to submit my article “Representations of African Feminism in Hip Hop” to African feminisms for Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism
• Appendix 3A Overview of manuscript Hip Hop and Representation in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers 
• Appendix 4A Evidence of contract with Ohio University Press
• Appendix 5A Draft of chapter “The Contemporary Diaspora” for upcoming book Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora
• Appendix 6A Chapter “A Profile of Five Ghana Emcees” in The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics
• Appendix 7A Overview of manuscript Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati
• Appendix 8A Introduction for Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati
• Appendix 9A Chapter Gender Representations among Tanzanian Female Emcees for Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati
• Appendix 10A Overview of Participation in Creative Activities
• Appendix 11A Overview of Hip Hop African Podcast
• Appendix 12A Podcast mention in What’s New at Howard University
• Appendix 13A HHAP Episode 13: Tanzanian Hip Hop Artists on English Rap in Tanzania
• Appendix 14A HHAP Episode 12: Burkinabe Rap Dialogue 
• Appendix 15A HHAP Episode 11: Bavubuka Foundation and Indigenous Hip Hop in Uganda
• Appendix 16A HHAP Episode 9: A Discussion with Edem on Hip Hop and Language in Ghana
• Appendix 17A HHAP Episode 8: Hip Hop in the Academy, in Conversation With Seth Markle 
• Appendix 18A HHAP Episode 7: Gigi Lamayne on Feminism and Politics in South Africa 
• Appendix 19A HHAP Episode 6: Kwanza Unit, Hip Hop, and Pan Africanism in Tanzania 
• Appendix 20A HHAP Episode 4: Hustlajay Mau Mau and Conscious Hip Hop in East Africa
• Appendix 21A HHAP Episode 3: Xuman and Keyti on Hip Hop Culture in Senegal
• Appendix 22A HHAP Episode 2: Scholarship on African Hip Hop
• Appendix 23A Podcast Introduction
• Appendix 24A Overview of my participation in the project Mfon: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora
• Appendix 25A Invitation to participate in Mfon: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora
• Appendix 26A The New York Times article “The World According to Black Women Photographers” 
• Appendix 27A Overview of presentations
• Appendix 28A Evidence of keynote presentation at Researching and Teaching African Politics: Everyday Politics, Power, and Protest in the Digital Age
• Appendix 29A Invitation to present at the Diaspora Community of Tanzanians in America (DICOTA) conference
• Appendix 30A Invitation to present at the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) conference
• Appendix 31A Evidence of presentation at the African Studies Association conference
• Appendix 32A Invitation to present at the African Feminist Initiative
• Appendix 33A Evidence of presentation at the Pan-Africanism and Negritude: Dialogues between Africa and the African Diaspora (Past, Present, Future) conference
• Appendix 34A Evidence of presentation at the General Assembly for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
• Appendix 35A Evidence of moderating discussion Transnational Media Images and Global Activism conference at the Remembering Biafra
• Appendix 36A Evidence of moderating discussion Diaspora in Dialogue: Demographics, Policy and ConneXions
• Appendix 37A Evidence of moderating discussion at film presentation of Am I: Too African to be American or too American to be African?
• Appendix 38A Evidence of presentation at Annual General Meeting of Amnesty International USA
• Appendix 39A Overview of Grant Award Letters, Awards and Certificates 
• Appendix 40A 2017 Summer Faculty Fellowship Notification ($15,000)
• Appendix 41A Final Report for Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment (AFEE) grant ($5,000)
• Appendix 42A 2016 Summer Faculty Fellowship Notification ($10,000)
• Appendix 43A Confirmation of submission of application for NEH Awards for Faculty program

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B. Service

• Appendix 1B Overview of involvement in reviewing manuscripts and grants
• Appendix 2B Confirmation of reviewer role for Ethnicities Journal
• Appendix 3B Confirmation of position on editorial board for the College Language Association Journal
• Appendix 4B Confirmation of reviewer role for the African Pathways NIHSS-CODESRIA Doctoral Scholarship programme
• Appendix 5B Confirmation of reviewer role for the Journal of Asian and African Studies
• Appendix 6B Confirmation of reviewer role for the CODESRIA College of Mentors
• Appendix 7B Confirmation of reviewer role for the 2016 Fulbright Student applications at Howard University
• Appendix 8B Confirmation of reviewer role for the 2015 Fulbright Student applications at Howard University
• Appendix 9B Overview of Professional Development
• Appendix 10B Summer 2016 HU-TEACH IV program
• Appendix 11B 2016 Junior Faculty Writing and Creative Works Summer Academy
• Appendix 12B Writing Across the Curriculum Certification
• Appendix 13B Overview of service to the university, school/college, hospital, department, and the community
• Appendix 14B Evidence of participation in professional societies
• Appendix 15B ASBS Past Presidents
• Appendix 16B ASA Membership Letter
• Appendix 17B Leadership Activity

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C. Teaching

• Appendix 1C Statement on Teaching Activities
• Appendix 2C Overview of Syllabi
• Appendix 3C Syllabus for Introduction to Contemporary Africa AFST101 Fall 2016
• Appendix 4C Syllabus for Africa World Writing AFST 701 Fall 2016
• Appendix 5C Syllabus for Africa World Writing AFST 701 Fall 2017
• Appendix 6C Syllabus for Social Media and Political change in Africa AFST 107 Fall 2016
• Appendix 7C Syllabus for Pan Africanism AFST 215 Spring 2017
• Appendix 8C Syllabus for Hip Hop and Popular Culture in Africa – AFST 132 Spring 17
• Appendix 9C Approved course proposal for African Immigrants in the United States
• Appendix 10C Draft of new course proposal for Black Women and the Politics of Representation
• Appendix 11C Statement on Blogs and Podcasts as Pedagogy
• Appendix 12C Overview of the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 13C Email submission 1 to the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 14C Email submission 2 to the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 15C Screenshot 1 of social media response to the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 16C Screenshot 2 of social media response to the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 17C Example 1 of student blog post on the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 18C Example 2 of student blog post on the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 19C Example 3 of student blog post on the Hip Hop African blog
• Appendix 20C Overview of student podcasts
• Appendix 21C Student podcast The Nature of Hip Hop in South Africa by Gabrielle Oliver
• Appendix 22C South African Visual Feminism by Sydney Monday
• Appendix 23C WTKZ Morning Mix: Africa Edition by Zubair Vernon and Kiana Kisino
• Appendix 24C Overview of coordinated guests and events on campus
• Appendix 25C Overview of student community engagement
• Appendix 26C 2016 Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
• Appendix 27C 2017 Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
• Appendix 28C Social Media and Political Change in Africa
• Appendix 29C Overview of Student Evaluations
• Appendix 30C COAS review for AFST 101 Fall 2015
• Appendix 31C COAS review for AFST 156 Fall 2015
• Appendix 32C COAS review for AFST 701 Fall 2016
• Appendix 33C COAS review for AFST 107 Fall 2016
• Appendix 34C COAS review for AFST 101 Fall 2016
• Appendix 35C COAS review for AFST 132 Spring 2017
• Appendix 36C PollEverywhere evaluation for AFST 132 Spring 2017