MICRO-BIO

• Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is Professor of History and Associate Dean for the Humanities at the University of Connecticut (USA). His research interests include the 20th century United States with a focus in African American history. More specifically, Dr...

  Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is Professor of History and Associate Dean for the Humanities at the University of Connecticut (USA). His research interests include the 20th century United States with a focus in African American history. More specifically, Dr. Ogbar studies black nationalism and radical social protest. He has developed courses, lectured and published articles on subjects as varied as Pan-Africanism, African American Catholics, civil rights struggles, black nationalism and hip-hop. Prof. Ogbar has held fellowships at Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, where he completed work on his book, Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity. He also held fellowships at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City, and the Africana studies program at the University of Miami where he conducted research for his book Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap. Less

EXPERIENCE

• University of Connecticut

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  • 2017 to Present

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