Current Status, Rank, and Designations:  

  • Associate Professor of Linguistics/African Languages (Full Time, Tenured in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia).
  • Director, African Studies Institute, University of Georgia.    

                             

education:

  • University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, BA, Linguistics with Education, 1973.
  • University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, MA, Linguistics, 1977.
  • University of York, England, MPhil. Linguistics, 1981.
  • University of California, Los Angeles. PhD, Linguistics, 1985.

 

employment since 1994:

§         University of Georgia, Comparative Literature: Associate Professor, 1994-present.

§         University of Georgia, Comparative Literature: Assistant Professor, 1991-1994.

§         University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology and Linguistics: Assistant Professor, 1988-1991.

§         Stanford University, Department of Linguistics: Lecturer, 1985 -1988.

§         University of California Berkeley, Department of Linguistics: Visiting Lecturer, 1985-1987.

§         Stanford University, Center for Studies in Language and Information: Research Associate, 1986 - 1992.

§         University of California, Los Angeles, Linguistics: Teaching Associate 1981-1985.

§         University of York, England, Linguistics: Instructor, 1979-1981.

§         University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Institute of Swahili Research: Assistant Researcher, 1978-1979.

§         Tanzania Civil Service and Secretarial College, African and Foreign Languages: Instructor, 1975-1978.

§         Kigoma Secondary School, Tanzania, African and Foreign Languages: Head of Department and Instructor, 1974-1975.

§         Marangu Teachers College, Tanzania, African and Foreign Languages: Instructor, 1973-1974.

professional:

1.   offices & administrative responsibilities

§         Director, Fulbright-Hayes Group Projects Abroad (East Africa), a US Department of Education funded project, 2002-2006.

§         Morgan State University African Studies Program Evaluator: A US Department of Education designated external reviewer, Morgan State University, April 3-6, 2002.

§         Director, Maymester in Tanzania, 2000 – date.

§         Director, African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, College of Arts & Sciences, 2001-date.

§                     Director, African Studies Program, University of Georgia, College of Arts & Science, 1997-2001.

§                     Co-director, University of Georgia Foundation Fellows Study-Travel in Tanzania, summer 1998.

§                     Director, African Languages Program, University of Georgia, Department of Comparative Literature, 1991-1999

§         Co-Chair: State-of-the-Art Conference on African Women, University of Georgia, March 21-22, 2000.

§         Advisory Board, National African Language Teachers Association (NALRC at the University of Wisconsin, Madison), 1999-date

  • Director, Fulbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad in Tanzania,), a US Department of Education funded project, June 20-August 19, 1994.

§         Trainer for African languages teachers 1994 – date.

  • Assistant Director for African languages, University of Pennsylvania African Studies Program and the Penn Language Center (academic year 1994-95).

§         National African Languages Proficiency Tester, 1994-date.

  • Director, Fulbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad in Tanzania,), a US Department of Education funded project, summer 1994.
  • President, International African Language Teachers Association, 1991-1994.
  • Evaluation Board, Fulbright-Hayes Group Projects Abroad, a US Department of Education funded project, 1991-date.
  • Vice President, International African Language Teachers Association, 1990-1991.