Howard University News February 7, 2017 New Chair named for Howard University's Department of African Studies Howard University's College of Arts and Sciences named Dr. Mohamed Camara as Full Professor and Chair of the Department of African Studies. Dr. Camara comes from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, in Florida, where he served as Director of the McNair Scholars Program, Speaker of the Faculty Senate, and Associate Vice President for Academics. In 2008, Dr. Camara was voted Outstanding Researcher of the Year in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. He received Embry-Riddle's Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in 2009. He is the author of several books and numerous peer-reviewed articles on African studies, including the areas of political history, media and society, religion and philosophy, the military and politics, and intra-African foreign relations. Dr. Camara previously worked as a Lecturer and Associate Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Conakry, Guinea; a journalist for National Radio Television Network of Guinea; a correspondent for Radio France International; a speechwriter for the Press Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic of Guinea; and the President of the University Press of Conakry. He earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in History on a Fulbright Scholarship. Dr. Camara's current research interest centers on health and human security in the countries of the Mano River Union in the wake of the 2014-2015 Ebola crisis. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/