Hello Everyone,
My name is Theopolies Moton,III I am a Native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I recently completed a master’s degree in Social Sciences with a concentration in
history and Sociology at Southern University and A & M College at Baton Rouge . I received my bachelors degree in History from that same University.Growing
up in a family with a history of educators has strongly impacted my desire to pursue the Ph.D in Education ,Organization, Policy and Leadership and become a professor one day. During my M.A. program I had the opportunities to work with so many different professors that help me find an interest in the history of education . My M.A. thesis dealt with the History a HBCU name of New Orleans University 1873-1934. The University is no longer operating in its original form. The school merged with another University name of Straight College during the depression years to form what is now known as Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana The process was fun and enjoyable. After I graduated with my M.A. I was hired as an Adjunct Professor at Southern University where I taught many different courses in the field of History including the history of the American education system . The experience gained while teaching at Southern University solidified my interest in Education History. While attending UICU I will focus on the history of African Americans in Higher Education. This summer I will try to grow closer with my cohort and gain more skills in the art of writing.
Peace and Blessing,
T.Moton.
P.S. I hope I did this assignment right lol.
This is a space where UIUC SPI participants in the Summer 2013 Research Methods and Writing Seminar engage each other as researchers, intellectuals and members of a cross disciplinary knowledge producing community.
Hi Theopoloies,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing more about the social and historical forces that influenced the universities to change, and what you think about it. I'm also curious to ask what you think about interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing the positioning of African Americans in higher education. I was really trying to look for research on this topic for the syllabus, but had a hard time. I mean, I found interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing race, gender, class, etc...but not enough on African Americans in higher education.. so I know that the paper/proposal that you produce this summer will be an important contribution to the canon once you publish it.
Someone just hipped me to this figure, E.J. Josey, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Josey Interested?
ReplyDeleteTheopolies,
ReplyDeleteIn your research this summer, is there a particular time period that you will be focusing on?
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ReplyDeleteJaime,
ReplyDeleteThe time periods that I will focus to cover will start at the reconstruction era and most likely will stop at the 1960's.