Lynda Day

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

PSC-CUNY research and travel grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011

Endowed Chair, Brooklyn College Women' s Studies Program. (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

Presented the co-authored paper "Women's Peace Movements and Post-War Reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia." 2011 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 of the African Studies Association. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 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

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 led our 2011 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