Lessie B. Tate, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Assistant Professor of History
Office: 203B W.R. Banks Building
Phone: (936) 261-3217
Email / Curriculum Vitae
Teaching/Research Area of Interest
- Sub-Saharan African History: Gender, Environment, Transnational, Diaspora
- Nationalism: African Nationalism, Black Nationalism, Black Cultural Nationalism, Pan Africanism
- African American History: Race and Ethnicity, Slavery, Black Internationalism
Education
- Ph.D., History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. “The Power of Pan Africanism: African American/Tanzanian Linkages, 1947-1997”
- M.A., History, Texas Southern University, 2003. “Lugha Ya Taifa: Kiswahili, Pan Africanism and Nationalism in Tanzania and the United States”
- B.S., Psychology, minor in Sociology, University of Houston, 2000.
Selected Courses Taught
- HIST 1313: U.S. History to 1876
- HIST 1323: U.S. History since 1876
- HIST 3370: Pre-Colonial Africa
- HIST 3371: Post-Colonial Africa
- HIST 3375: African Diaspora
Selected Research Activities
- African Cultural Influence in American Society, edited. San Diego: Cognella Publishing, Fall 2021 publication.
- “Tanzanian/African American linkages: Working Pan Africanism through Black Internationalism.” Presentation at the Third Biennial African Philosophy World Conference: Building Africa’s Future on African Philosophy, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, October 28-30, 2020.
- “An African Liberation Language’s Entrance in the United States,” International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Review. Vol.6, No.1 (April 2020).
- “The 1952 Meru Land Case: A Pan Africanism Mission,” Journal of Education & Social Policy. Vol.6, No.3 (September 2019).
- “Networks from Pan African Linkages Emerge from UN 1952 Meeting,” Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Vol.3, No.1 (July 2019).
- “Pan-Africanism, Tanzanian/African American linkages and the Six Pan African Congress, 1969-1974,” Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Vol.2, No.1 (May 2018).
- “The Arusha Declaration: A Pan African Legacy.” Board Sponsored Roundtable at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 16-18, 2017.
- “Tanzanian Nation Building in Africa and Abroad, 1967-1974.” Paper presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1-3, 2016.