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• College of Education names new associate dean

  Oct 3, 2016 9:00 am16 views

  Dr. Gabrielle Allen began her tenure Oct. 3 as associate dean of research and research education and director of the Bureau of Educational Research at the College of Education at Illinois.

• College of Education O’Leary Learning Center Awards Call for Spring 2018 Project Proposals

  Nov 14, 2017 3:15 pm13 views

  The College of Education O'Leary Learning Center is seeking up to 10 interdisciplinary student projects interested in using the Center’s collaborative space beginning Spring 2018. These projects will showcase the kind of interdisciplinary collaborative research that will take place in the Center. Selected projects will receive $1,000 of funding support.

• College of Education On-Site Researcher Background Checks--September 3, 2014

  Aug 19, 2014 11:15 am124 views

  Dear College of Education Researchers,

  Accurate Biometrics will be on site on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to administer fingerprint criminal background checks at the College of Education, Room 160.

  This on-site background check is available to school researchers ONLY.  Students who are part of teacher education programs who need background checks for the Council on Teacher Education (CoTE) must make individual appointments at an Accurate Biometrics location of their choice.

  IF YOU ARE CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN LOCAL SCHOOLS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR:             

  Visit the Bureau of Educational Research (College of Education Building, Room 38) between August 25th and September 2nd to secure your 5-minute appointment time with an Accurate Biometrics representative on the date and times listed above.  This will be the only date during fall semester that an Accurate Biometrics representative will be on site at the College.  We encourage you to take advantage of this service as background check requests that fall outside of this window of opportunity will require researchers to visit the local Accurate Biometrics office.

  WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR APPOINTMENT:

  1.  A valid government-issued picture ID (i.e. driver’s license, State ID, or passport).  School IDs WILL NOT be accepted.
  2. Payment of $30.00 is required at the time of fingerprinting, and may be made via  money order made out to Accurate Biometrics.  NO CASH or PERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted.  Although money orders are preferred, credit and debit card payments will be accepted with a mandatory $2.00 service fee assessment.

  Other important information:

  • You will be given a computer-generated receipt upon completion of the fingerprinting process.  If a research grant will cover the cost of the background check, the researcher must first pay the fee to Accurate Biometrics and submit the receipt, along with the approval of the Principal Investigator, to the College Business Office for reimbursement.
  • The results of the background check will be sent by the Illinois State Police directly to the agency/individual requesting it on the form you complete.  AT NO TIME will Accurate Biometrics receive the criminal history response.
  • If you miss Accurate Biometrics’ on-site services on the date provided above, you will need to complete the form provided and visit their Champaign location (or another location most convenient to you).  Please check their website often at www.accuratebiometrics.com for the most up-to-date hours of operation & locations.  Hours of operation in the Champaign office vary, but are currently Monday & Thursday from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., and occasional Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  The Champaign office is located at 701 Devonshire Drive, Suite 140, Champaign, IL.  The phone number is (866) 361-9944.
  • If the researcher has had a background check done previously in the State of Illinois and can provide the appropriate verification, it may be acceptable for research in schools.  Please bring your documentation to the Bureau office for approval and entry into the Bureau system.

   

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  College of Education

• College of Education Open Position

  Feb 28, 2014 10:45 am47 views

  The College of Education seeks to fill the following faculty position: Clinical Assistant Professor in Education Administration: Departmernt of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (F1400022) - Close Date: March 31, 2014 Full position description for the position and application information can be found at http://education.illinois.edu/about/jobs The University is an AA-EOE www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu

• College of Education Receives Engaged Unit Program Award from Campus

  Jan 23, 2023 4:00 pm49 views

  Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Special Education, Erica Mason, and a team of scholars from the College of Education: Emily Stone (lead coordinator), James Harden, Victor Perez, Gloriana González Rivera, and Dean Chrystalla Mouza! They have been selected for an Engaged Unit Program Award through the Office of the Chancellor.

• College of Education Research Team Creates Online Database of Sustainability Curriculum

  Aug 5, 2022 3:45 pm60 views

  The Sustainable World Collaborative, a group of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has created an online database called Sustainable World to support educators in making sustainability a central focus of cross-disciplinary instruction.

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  College of Education's Ashley M. Davis Talks About Recruiting Future Teachers

  Jan 26, 2022 5:00 pm188 views

  Coordinator for undergraduate recruitment and career services, Ashley M. Davis, recently spoke with local WCIA reporter Sarah Lehman about her experience working to recruit high school and community college students to pursue careers in education at the University of Illinois.

• College of Education Spring 2019 Research Awards

  Nov 20, 2018 2:30 pm9 views

  Distinguished Scholar and Distinguished Senior Scholar Award - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes 2/28/19

  Hardie Faculty Fellows Award - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes 2/28/19

  Hardie Dissertation Award  - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes on 2/28/19

  Hardie Conference Travel Support Award for Students and Faculty - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes on 2/28/19

  More information about the awards can be found at https://education.illinois.edu/associate-dean-for-research/bureau-of-educational-research/college-research-awards.

• College of Education Undergraduate Scholarships

  Feb 16, 2016 10:45 am42 views

  The College of Education Undergraduate Honors & Awards Committee invites undergraduate students to review the college scholarships available for the 2016-2017 academic year and to apply for those scholarships for which you meet the criteria.  Scholarship criteria vary depending on the donors' wishes.  Examples of donor wishes include, but are not limited to, the following:  financial need, educational interests and or goals, support for non-traditional students, and support for students from specific Illinois counties. The deadline for scholarship application submission is Friday, April 1, 2016.  Scholarship application and instructions as well as a complete list of available scholarships can be found at http://education.illinois.edu/current-students/undergraduate/cost-financial-aid/undergrad_awards. Scholarship announcements will be made in late May and scholarship recipients will be honored at the College of Education Student Recognition Banquet held annually in the fall semester. If you have questions regarding this e-mail, please contact your adviser. 

• College of Education Undergraduate Scholarships for 2017-2018 Academic Year

  Feb 3, 2017 11:30 am0 views

  The College of Education Undergraduate Honors & Awards Committee invites current undergraduate students to review the college scholarships available for the 2017-2018 academic year and to apply for those scholarships for which you meet the criteria. Scholarship criteria vary depending on the donors' wishes. Examples of donor wishes include, but are not limited to, the following: financial need, educational interests and or goals, support for non-traditional students, and support for students from specific Illinois counties.

  The deadline for scholarship application submission is Friday, April 7, 2017. Scholarship application and instructions as well as a complete list of available scholarships can be found at http://education.illinois.edu/current-students/undergraduate/cost-financial-aid/undergrad_awards. Scholarship announcements will be made in late May and scholarship recipients will be honored at the College of Education Student Recognition Banquet held annually in the fall semester.

  If you have questions, please contact your adviser.

• College of Education Welcome Event for Faculty and Staff

  Aug 20, 2015 9:30 am109 views

  Dean Mary Kalantzis cordially invites College of Education faculty and staff members to an Aug. 28 welcome event in the north lobby of the Education Building.

• College of Education Welcomes Dr. Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan as Director of Online Programs

  May 5, 2020 4:30 pm307 views

  The College of Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan as its new director of Online Programs.

• College Part of Four Funded FY24 Investment for Growth Projects

  May 24, 2023 1:45 pm51 views

  The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has selected 11 proposals with budgets totaling nearly $15 million as part of the Investment for Growth program. College of Education faculty are leading two projects, and are collaborating on two additional projects. Projects chosen for the program’s fifth round of funding demonstrate the spirit of collaboration, innovation and immense promise to impact our campus community and beyond.  

• College Research Funding Applications Now Open

  Jan 31, 2020 11:45 am14 views

  The online application interface is now open for several College of Education research awards. For all competitions, applications close February 28 at 5 p.m.

• College’s CPP program ranked No. 1 by College Choice

  Aug 17, 2016 1:30 pm24 views

  The Counseling Psychology Program (CPP) in the Department of Educational Psychology was ranked No. 1 on the “Best Master’s in Counseling Psychology, 2016” list by College Choice.

• College's First COVID-19 Research Seed Funding Awards Named

  Jun 18, 2020 4:00 pm136 views

  The Bureau of Educational Research and the College Research Committee are pleased to announce the first COVID-19 Seed Grant awards.

• College’s Mila Fuller to lead ISTE Board of Directors

  Feb 27, 2017 9:30 am10 views

  Mila Fuller, assistant director of online learning at the College of Education, was elected president of the International Society for Technology in Education Board of Directors.

• College Supports New First Generation Latinx Grad Student Group

  Jun 1, 2022 10:00 am48 views

  There is a new graduate student group that has organized in the College of Education for those who are first-generation college students and identify as Latinx.

• College Welcomes Dedicated Clinical Social Worker and Counselor for Education Students

  Oct 24, 2022 10:45 am82 views

  Emese Poszet has joined the College of Education as an embedded clinical social worker and counselor. 

• Community Building Team

  Sep 4, 2019 2:00 pm102 views

  The Community Building Team (also known as the faculty/staff social committee) of the College of Education is seeking members!  

  If you are interested in joining the CBT, please email Kat Kernick at kkernick@illinois.edu to learn more.  

• Community Colleges and Actualizing Access in a Burgeoning New America

  Nov 13, 2015 1:15 pm56 views

  In this Nov. 18 talk at the Bastian Foundation Diversity Lecture Series at Westminster College, Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher will examine the importance of community colleges in advancing the American dream amid a changing America. She will illuminate the realities of the changing demography and the stratification of educational opportunity in the current college completion era, highlighting the necessity of community colleges in providing on-ramps that serve divergent learners and sectors.

• Community College Success Stories

  Sep 28, 2023 3:15 pm0 views

  The September 21 "Success Stories from Community College Graduates" panel discussion, moderated by OCCRL Director Lorenzo Baber, highlighted the thoughts of four panelists who related their experiences as former community college students and how the open-access institutions they attended led to successful pathways and careers in the medical field. Read the thoughts of Dean Madory, Juliana Simonetti, Gaby Vargas, and Samantha Velasco.

• Computer Science Education Speaker Series

  Mar 30, 2021 3:15 pm12 views

  In anticipation of launching the Teaching Endorsement in Computer Science for Illinois high school teachers in summer of 2021, the College of Education has planning a Computer Science Education Speaker Series this spring.

• Conducting Research in the Schools: Perspectives from the Districts

  Jan 16, 2015 10:00 am34 views

  Conducting Research in the Schools:
  Perspectives from the Districts
    
  A seminar sponsored by the Bureau of Educational Research

  Thursday, January 29, 2015
  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
  College of Education, Room 242

  Research conducted by our faculty and students within Unit 4 and District 116 is cutting edge, impactful and grounded in the basic tenet of making a difference in the academic lives of the next generation. For University of Illinois faculty and students, placement in a local district may be the catalyst for advocacy, participation in policy creation or analysis, or the driving force in the development of new programs, curriculum or evaluation methods. In this 50 minute presentation, Dr. Wiegand and Dr. Owen will provide a district superintendent’s perspective on the benefits of education research in their respective districts, the complex challenges they face in juxtaposing district priorities with school research project placements and will discuss “rules of the road” for researchers interfacing with district personnel. If you have questions about who to approach in Unit 4 or District 116, when to approach them, and how the College of Education, Coordinator of School – University Research Relations enters into the overall process please plan to join us for this informative presentation.

  A 10 minute Q & A period will be reserved for researcher questions following the presentation.

  A light lunch will be provided. 

  PRESENTERS: 
  Dr. Donald D. Owen
  Superintendent, Urbana School District 116

  Dr. Don Owen has served as superintendent since January 2012.  Owen has been with the Urbana School District since 1989, and has served as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction since 2007. He previously worked as a site coordinator for the After School Child Care program at Wiley Elementary School, taught history at Urbana Middle School, and coordinated grant-based programs in the school district.

  Dr. Judy Wiegand
  Superintendent, Champaign Unit 4 School District

  Dr. Wiegand is the Superintendent of the Champaign Unit 4 School District.  She began her career with Unit 4 in 1987 as a special education teacher. Since that time she has also served as Dean of Students, Assistant Principal and Principal of Centennial High School, Director of Secondary Education, Assessment, and Professional Development and Assistant Superintendent for Achievement and Pupil Services. Dr. Wiegand earned her Doctorate in Education and Organizational Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003.

   

• Congrats to Education students who qualified for Phi Kappa Phi

  Mar 7, 2016 12:30 pm113 views

  Congratulations to the 22 Education at Illinois students who qualified for membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The scholastic achievements of these students bring distinction to the College and its departments.

• Congratulations to alumna Yasemin Copur-Gencturk

  Apr 12, 2016 11:00 am213 views

  The AERA Special Interest Group Research in Mathematics Education named Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, Ed.M. '07 C&I, Ph.D. '12 C&I, a recipient of the 2015 Early Career Publication Award.

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  Congratulations to EPSY's Sherry Yi, First Prize Winner of Research Live!

  Apr 14, 2021 9:00 am50 views

  The Graduate College just announced the graduate student 2021 Research Live! Winners. First prize ($300) went to Sherry Yi in Educational Psychology for "Using Videogames to Spark Interest for Learning." Research Live! is a fun, fast-paced competition where Illinois graduate students share their remarkable research in 3-minutes or less.

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  Congratulations to our 2015 AERA award recipients!

  Apr 9, 2015 3:00 pm256 views

  The College of Education at Illinois is honored to have three of our faculty members recognized at this year’s AERA Annual Meeting.

• Congratulations to the 2022 Graduate Student Leadership Award Winners

  Oct 28, 2022 4:30 pm14 views

  Each year during Grad Student Appreciation Week since 2015, the Graduate College names Graduate Student Leadership Award recipients. Congratulations to two of this year's winners, who are part of the College of Education community.

• Connect With OCCRL Via its New Facebook Page

  Jul 7, 2023 12:00 pm19 views

  Stay engaged with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) by liking and following their new Facebook page! Connect with OCCRL on Facebook.

• Contesting Public Education: Opting Out, Activism, and Dissent in Education Policy

  Aug 28, 2017 2:15 pm9 views

  The journal Educational Theory is pleased to invite you to a one-day conference exploring such questions as what values and claims are at stake when parents and students opt out of education and how do these claims intersect with public goals for education, including equity?

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  Convocation Speaker: Dr April Warren-Grice

  Apr 17, 2024 1:15 pm38 views

  Dr. Warren-Grice is the founder and CEO of the educational consulting company Liberated Genius and an alumna of the College of Education.

• Cope, Kalantzis collaborating on NSF-funded study

  Oct 10, 2016 8:45 am20 views

  Professor Bill Cope of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership (EPOL) will be the principal investigator of a two-year study funded by the National Science Foundation in the amount of $550,000. EPOL professor and former Education at Illinois dean Mary Kalantzis is one of five scholars who will also participate in the interdisciplinary study—“Assessing Complex Epistemic Performance in Online Learning Environments”—which will develop online software tools to assess and offer feedback to learners in the medical field, individuals who must communicate complex scientific and technical information.

• Copyright and Author’s Rights Workshop

  Sep 23, 2016 5:15 pm1 views

  Copyright Librarian Sara Benson, LLM, JD, is hosting a workshop about Copyright and Author’s Rights on Thursday, October 6 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 314 of the Main Library.  You can register for the session at this link, but you may also attend without prior registration:  http://illinois.edu/calendar/list/4068. This informal session will cover what rights you own in your own academic work and how to protect those rights when negotiating with publishers.  If you cannot attend the session, but would like to chat, contact Sara at srbenson@illinois.edu

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  Corr Wins Early Career Award from MMIRA

  Jun 11, 2024 9:30 am67 views

  Catherine Corr, associate professor SPED and C&I, will receive her award at the MMIRA global conference in July.

• Course Announcement: CI 437 Educational Game Design

  Nov 19, 2014 3:15 pm130 views

  Course Announcement - Spring 2015

   

  New Course!

  CI 437 A: Educational Game Design

  Spring 2015

  Instructor: Robb Lindgren, robblind@illinois.edu 

  Meeting Time: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:20pm 

  Location: Education Room 42A

  Credit: 3 hours undergrad/4 hours grad

  CRN: 62106

  How do you design a game that is fun to play, but also helps people to learn something important? This course looks at how both physical games (board games, card games) and digital games can be designed to teach people important concepts and skills in a variety of areas. Combining strategies from the game design industry with research on how people learn, students in this course will create original games that have educational value. In class discussions and small-group activities, students will examine games from various viewpoints in order to understand the most effective ways to deliver instructional content. The course will survey and sample many types of educational games (e.g., serious games, games for impact, persuasive games) and in many formats (e.g., console games, online games, board games).

• Course Announcement: EPSY 407 - Adult Learning and Development

  Aug 13, 2014 10:15 am21 views

  EPSY 407  Adult Learning and Development

  Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:50, 215 David Kinley Hall

  Professor:  Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow, Education 210G, 4-2167, eals@illinois.edu

  Human development continues throughout the life span, as does our capacity to learn.  In this course, we explore the nature of adult development in the domains of perception, cognition, intellectual performance, emotional experience, and personality, as well as the impact of social context. The question driving this course is how multifaceted change in different arenas of life impacts the learning process, and how the capacity for continued learning affects other parts of life. We will review the empirical evidence for development within each of these domains, evaluate the major theories of aging that have be en used to account for these findings, and consider the implications of these principles for best practice in adult education.

• Course Announcement: EPSY 590 IPP "Preparing Future Faculty"

  Aug 20, 2013 8:49 am123 views

  Are you finishing your doctoral degree in the near future and want support and guidance in entering the job market?   If so, this seminar is for you. Open to all graduate students in Education, we will cover topics such as:

  Conducting a Job Search: Writing a CV, Crafting a Cover Letter

  Getting the Job: Interviewing, Negotiating an Offer

  Managing the Job: Launching a Program of Research, Work/Life Balance

  Although the course is geared to students seeking academic positions, we will devote some time considering job searches outside of academics. This course is most appropriate for students who are at the dissertation stage.

• Course Development Fund to support mission-driven investments in curricula

  Oct 17, 2017 1:30 pm8 views

  The Course Development Fund (CDF) is being established at the College of Education to support mission-driven investments in curricula as well as teaching activities and innovations. 

• COV-Course: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Pandemic

  Aug 26, 2020 1:00 pm111 views

  COVID-19 has created an unprecedented public health crisis—one that experts around the world are working to understand and combat. Dozens of those world-class experts are right here at the U of I, ready to teach you what they know. Register now to take “COV-Course: A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the pandemic.” The online course is free and open to all.

• COVID-19 Briefing Series: SHIELD: Target, Test, Tell

  Jun 9, 2020 4:00 pm67 views

  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hosting a series of online COVID-19 Briefings. During these live-streamed briefings campus leaders and subject experts will present the latest information on a specific topic related to the university’s responses to COVID-19. Additionally, during some briefings, members of the Chancellor’s COVID-19 committees will provide updates on their committee’s work.

• COVID-19 Research Seed Funding from the College of Education

  May 8, 2020 9:00 am298 views

  The Bureau of Educational Research and the College Research Committee are excited to invite College of Education researchers to apply for COVID-19 Seed Grants.

• COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic on July 30 Co-sponsored by College of Education

  Jul 27, 2022 3:00 pm40 views

  Free and open to everyone in the greater CU community, a COVID-19 vaccine and booster clinic is happening on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Church of the Living God at 312 E. Bradley Ave, Champaign.

• COVID-19 Vaccine Study Seeking Participant Students Ages 18-26

  Apr 12, 2021 11:45 am32 views

  Campus is conducting this vaccine study, partnering with the National Institutes of Health and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and is seeking participants.

• CREA Conference 2020 | Final Keynote Speaker Announced

  Feb 24, 2020 3:00 pm72 views

  Dr. Daniel Solorzano will deliver the closing keynote address on October 2, 2020, at the CREA 6th International Conference 2020 in Chicago, Illinois (September 30-October 2).

• CREA Conference 2020 | Keynote Speaker Announced | Proposals Deadline Feb. 7

  Feb 3, 2020 3:00 pm52 views

  Dr. Sandy Grande will deliver the opening keynote address on September 30, 2020, at the CREA 6th International Conference 2020 in Chicago, Illinois (September 30-October 2).

• Create Your Own Online Course Workshop Begins April 17

  Mar 28, 2019 2:15 pm2 views

  Create Your Own Online Course Workshop Begins April 17

  CITL will be hosting the “Create Your Own Online Course” workshop on April 17, 18, & 19 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. each day. This is open to faculty, staff, eLearning Professionals, and TAs who want to learn best practices for creating an online course. The workshop is free of charge. You can attend in-person, or there will be an option to join remotely via a Zoom web-conferencing session. This is a particularly good opportunity for anyone interested in earning the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching. Please RSVP for the workshop by April 15.

• Creating Effective, Equitable Assessments for Online Courses: Webinar Recording

  Aug 27, 2020 12:00 pm0 views

  Watch this Webinar recording on demand, from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

  How can professors ensure that their students are not only learning effectively at home, but that their coursework is fair for all students? To find out, The Chronicle gathered a panel of experts for a discussion with teaching and learning reporter, Beckie Supiano, that explored:

  • What challenges are posed by traditional assessment techniques?
  • How feasible are the proposed alternatives like project-based learning and open-book exams?
  • What issues do proctoring services raise, both ethically and legally?

  Panelists:

  • Beckie Supiano, Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Joe Bandy, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
  • Christina H. Paguyo, Director of Academic Assessment, Office of Teaching and Learning, University of Denver
  • Natasha A. Jankowski, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Executive Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

• Critical Conversations Forum, Education Across Collegiate Borders: Developing New Perspectives

  Feb 1, 2016 4:00 pm52 views

  An interdisciplinary forum, bringing together undergraduate and graduate students from across campus, who have an interest in education. This forum will include poster presentations as well as discussion sessions that bring together varying perspectives about educational research and practice. The forum will be held April 2, 2016 from 8:30 to 12:30 at the College of Education room 22.

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  Critical Voices in Critical Times: Fanon, race & politics - an interview with Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (part 1 of 2)

  Sep 11, 2017 6:45 am25 views

  Professor Linda Herrera of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership has a regular column in the open global media platform, openDemocracy, "Critical Voices in Critical Times." Her second column is an interview with the activist - daughter of Frantz Fanon, Mireille Fanon-Mendès France. In part one of their interview, which is accompanied by a video, they talk about the enduring relevance of Fanon, the state of contemporary politics, the need for the decolonization in Africa, and struggles for emancipation in our age of globalization.