Monday, May 11, 2009
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Posted by: Sherri Wallace
....Celebrating 40 years of scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and community engagement
NCOBPS News
March, April & May 2009
Features and Updates in the Organization
In This Issue
Annual Meeting Updates
New Books
Promotions and Awards
Dr. William "Nick" Nelson, Jr.'s Retirement at OSU
41st Annual Meeting
Thursday-Saturday, March 18-21, 2010
Doubletree Hotel-Buckhead
3342 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30326
The Call for Papers
UP and READY!
Submissions via the All-Academic, Inc. System will open on Monday, June 1, 2009.
NEW AWARDS DEADLINE
Awards Nominations
Due
Monday, August 3, 2009
The NEW Awards Deadline is Monday, August 3, 2009. This gives the various committees sufficient time to read and review the books and other written submissions.This year, submissions will be taken via the All-Academic, Inc. System.
Submissions via the All-Academic, Inc. System will open on Monday, June 1, 2009.
SAVE THE FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING DATES
Thursday-Saturday,
March 17-20, 2011
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Thursday- Saturday
March 15-17, 2012
TBA
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The 40th Anniversary Meeting Phenomenal!
You ought've been there! The 40th Anniversary meeting was a hit. Once again, we take this opportunity to thank the NCOBPS Planning Team: The Program Chair, Tyson King-Meadows, and members of the program committee; The Awards Chair, James Lance Taylor, and members of the various awards committees; The Local Arrangements Committee Chair, Franklin Jones, and the members of the local arrangements committee; the NCOBPS Executive Council; The APSA, and other volunteers and vendors who worked with us to make this program a success and a worthy celebration of scholars, whose "scholarship, teaching, mentorship and community engagement" have fostered a new generation of scholars anxious and ready to continue to struggle. . . . To view the full program,click here.
Special recognition and warm appreciation goes to Menna Demessie!
Menna is a graduate student at the University of Michigan. As a worthy and grateful recipient of the G.A.P., Inc. Scholarship in 2008, Menna wanted to give back to NCOBPS for the 40th Anniversary.
She decided to contact the original founders of NCOBPS, and produce, direct and write a NCOBPS 40th Anniversary Video of the early scholars/pioneers in the field. The promo was fantastic and the video - premiered at the Annual Awards Program Banquet - was exceptional! The video was given to anyone who contributed to the G.A.P., Inc. Fund raising over $1,000. Thank you, Menna!
We Congratulate ALL NCOBPS Award Winners:
There were over 20 entries for the W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award this year. The committee made the decision to recognize two recipients as a result. Both awardees are active members of NCOBPS. Dr. Melissa Nobles is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at M.I.T. and immediate past president of NCOBPS. Dr. Julia Jordan-Zachery is Director of Black Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Providence College. She currently serves on the NCOBPS Executive Council.
Melissa Nobles and Book Image (The W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book)
Julia Jordan-Zachery and Book Image (The W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book)
The recipients for the remaining awards are Dr. Nikol Alexander-Floyd, Assistant Professor at Rutgers University and Co-Chair of the NCOBPS Program Committee 2010. Dr. Shayla Nunnally, an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Political Science and African American Studies at the University of Connecticut, and Daniel Q. Gillion, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rochester, Political Science Department.
Photographs L-R: Nikol Alexander-Floyd (Anna Julia Cooper Teacher of the Year); Shayla Nunnally (Fannie Lou Hamer Outstanding Community Service); Daniel Q. Gillion (Sammy Younge Best Student Paper).
Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden
Jewel Limar Prestage Mentorship Award & NCOBPS Service Excellence Award
For current and past winners, please visit our NCOBPS Awards page.
New Books by Colleagues
Black Politics After the Civil Rights Movement: Activity and Beliefs in Sacramento, 1970-2000.
By David Covin
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 978-078644258
Binding: Soft/Hardback
Published by: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Publication Date: 13 May 2009
Pages: 236
David Covin is Professor Emeritus of Government and Pan African Studies at California State University, Sacramento.
Recent Promotions & Awards
Congratulations to. . .
Promotions
Michael Leo Owens was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Emory University in Atlanta. He is Principal Investigator of Prisoners of Democracy Project at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and a member of the Governing Board of the Urban Affairs Association.
Awards
Terri Fair was named 2009 Outstanding Professor of the Year for the College of Arts and Sciences at Suffolk University.
Joseph L. Jones was awarded a UNCF Mello Faculty Residency Fellowship at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University for Spring 2010. While there, he will work on his manuscript, "The Institutional Black Messiah: W.E.B. DuBois Political Philosophy of Education for Black Institutions of Higher Education."
Retiring After 40 Years of Service!
Professor William "Nick" Nelson, Jr. will retire after over 4 decades of research, teaching and service from the Ohio State University.
The retirement reception and party will be held on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. in the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center located at 153 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210.
If you plan to attend, please contact: boykin.1@osu.edu by Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
This is being sponsored by the Department of African American and African Studies, Department of Political Science and the Office of Minority Affairs.
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