Lynda Day
Professor
Africana Studies
Location: 3105 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5597
Fax: 718.951.4707
Email:
Education:
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison - 1988 (African History)
M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison - 1980 (African Studies)
Books and Publications
Gender and Power, Women Chiefs of Sierra Leone, the Last Two Hundred Years. (Palgrave/Macmillan). (Books and Publications: Book) 2012
The Woodchopper: A Cultural Autobiography, by William Onyebeke. Philadelphia: Xlibris Press. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2009
"'Bottom Power:' Theorizing Feminism and the Women's Movement in Sierra Leone (1981-2007)." African and Asian Studies 7: 491-513. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
"Nyarroh of Bandasuma, 1885-1914: A Reinterpretation of Female Chieftaincy in Sierra Leone." Journal of African History 48: 415-37. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Headnote for "The Women of Senehun (1882)." Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel. Eds. Esi Sutherland Addy and Aminata Diaw. New York: The Feminist Press. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"What's Tourism Got to Do With It?: The Yaa Asantewa Legacy and Development in
Asanteman." Africa Today, fall. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Tow Faculty Grant, for travel to Sierra Leone for 10 days in April. Archival and field research on Madam Yoko, 19th-century leader of the Mende in Sierra Leone. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014
PSC-CUNY Research Travel Grant, for travel to Sierra Leone. Research trip made in January 2012. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
Endowed Chair, Brooklyn College Women' s Studies Program, 2010-12. (Awards and Honors) 2010
Research associate, Five College Women's Studies Research Center, Mount Holyoke College. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Tow Faculty Travel Grant and PSC-CUNY Travel Grant, Sierra Leone, summer. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
Fulbright Senior Research/Lecture Award to teach and conduct research at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. (Grants and Fellowships) 1999
Research Activities
Conducted research in Sierra Leone for manuscript, "Women Paramount Chiefs of the Mende: Marginality and Power," during January intersession. This research was supported by a PSC-CUNY grant awarded in June 2006. 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Invited to present my research on women chiefs and the Sierra Leone women's movement at a State Department roundtable discussion on Sierra Leone, Aug. 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Presented my current research and projected findings for the biography of Madam Yoko, Leader of the Kpa Mende Confederacy, at the New York Area African Historians Workshop, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., March 28. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Women Chiefs in Post-war Reconstruction in Sierra Leone." 56th Annual African Studies Association Meeting. Baltimore, Nov. 16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Organizer and moderator, "Race, Representation and Social Responsibility" panel, as part of the Brooklyn College Global Media Ethics Conference. March 15-16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Participant, "Slavery on Long Island" panel, as part of the Hofstra University Cultural Center symposium commemorating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Nov. 5-13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Presented the co-authored paper "Women's Peace Movements and Post-War Reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia." 54th annual African Studies Association Meeting. Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Women Chiefs of Sierra Leone: A Reinterpretation." Five Colleges Women's Studies Research Center. Mount Holyoke College, Mar. 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Day, Lynda and Josephine Beoku-Betts. "Women's Peace Movements and Post-War Reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia." Published in the proceedings of the International Sociological Association annual meeting in Sweden. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Women Chiefs in War and Post-War Reconstruction of Sierra Leone," Fifth Annual Greater New York Historians of Africa Workshop. Hofstra University, Mar. 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"'Bottom Power': Theorizing Feminism and Women's Political Activism in Sierra Leone," 50th Annual African Studies Association Meeting. New York, Oct. 19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Professional Leadership
Organizer, Sixth Annual New York Area Historians of Africa Workshop, Brooklyn College, March 6. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Treasurer, Women's Caucus, African Studies Association. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Co-chairperson, Brooklyn College Middle States Re-Accreditation Steering Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Treasurer, Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008
Co-chairperson, "Gender and Human Rights" program subcommittee, 50th Annual African Studies Association. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Treasurer, Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Pedagogical Achievements
Organized and lead seventh summer study abroad program to Ghana, with 10 student participants and one program assistant. Students attended lectures and seminars with Ghanaian professors, toured historic sites, and participated in service teaching and learning workshops in the town of Besease in the Ashanti region. 2013
Organized and led sixth study abroad program to Ghana. Fourteen students and one college assistant participated. Students were enrolled in one of three courses. 2011
Offered a course, Africana Studies 11.5, "Southern Africa," in Cape Town, South Africa, as a study abroad program with Brooklyn College students. Sponsored by the Mellon-Mays University Fellowship of the Honors Academy. 2008
Conducted third Summer Seminar Abroad to Ghana with 11 Brooklyn College students, summer. 2007
Community Activities
Black History Month presentation on African culture and contemporary affairs at the Shawungunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, N.Y., February 28. 2009
Black History Month Speaker, Nassau County Historical Society, February 19. 2006
Black History Month Speaker, Roosevelt Public Library, February 12. 2006
Presentation on Africa to students in the Summer Health Internship Program at the Nassau County Medical Center, July 25. 2006
Women's History Month Speaker, Congregational Church of South Hempstead, Mar. 16. 2006
Other Professional Activities
External evaluator, Nassau Community College Africana Studies Department's periodic review. 2010
External evaluator for the SUNY New Paltz Black Studies Department's Ten-Year Review. 2009
Fellow, 2006 class of the Higher Education Resources Services (HERS) Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, Bryn Mawr College. June 25-July 21. 2006
