The Department of Africana Studies
“A Place Where Scholars, Thinkers and Leaders are Nurtured”

CURRICULUM VITAE

Ron Wilkins, Professor

Work Telephone: 310 243-3042

EDUCATION

M.A.Organizational Management with a concentration in Community Leadership Development, Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA, 1990

B.A.Liberal Arts with a concentration in African American Studies, Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA, 1985

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Africana History and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
Transformation of Youth Street (Gang) Organization Mentality to one of Global Race and Class Consciousness Leadership Development and Community Organizing
1960's Black Power, Human Rights and Civil Rights Movements
African Presence in Mexico
Indigenous/Mexican/Chicano and African Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Curriculum Development
Comparative African, Latino and Asian Societies
Community Radio Production
Professional Photography

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Professor, Department of Africana Studies, California State University Dominguez Hills, 2001 to present.
Professor, History Department, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, 2001 to 2003.
Professor, History Department, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, 2000 to present.
Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University, Los Angeles, 2001 to present.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Mary McLeod Bethune Award, CSU Dominguez Hills Africana Studies 2003
Bannerman Fellowship, New York, 2002
Outstanding Service to Community Award, Slauson Village Society, Los Angeles 1998
Distinguished Service Award, Quinto Encuentro de AfroMexicanistas, Michoacan, Mexico 1993
Inducted into Hall of Fame, for Community Leadership, John C. Fremont High School, Los Angeles 1993

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Wilkins, Ron, Cinco de Mayo from a Black Perspective and the Underground Railroad's Mexican Connection, The Black Voice News, Riverside, CA, April, 2001

Wilkins, Ron, Black and Brown Alliances Rooted in Sufferings and Bloodlines: El Mexico Negro - Black Mexico, Turning Point Magazine, 2000/2001

Wilkins, Ron, Mexican Opposition to Slavery, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations

Wilkins, Ron, Cultural Education Through Photographic Images, Multicultural Education Magazine,

Wilkins, Ron, The Role of Africans in Mexico's Struggle for Independence, Multicultural Education Magazine, Fall 1996

Wilkins, Ron, Commemorating the Haitian Bi-Centennial, California State University Dominguez Hills, February, 2004

Wilkins, Ron, Report From Zimbabwe: Land Reform and Liberation, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA, February 2004

Wilkins, Ron, Leadership and Coalition Building Across Cultures, Lecture and visual presentation, Brothers of the Academy Think Tank and Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2003

Wilkins, Ron, Report from Democratic Republic of Congo: Africa's Newest Liberated Territory, Eso Won Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA, July, 1997

Wilkins, Ron, Producer and Host, Continent to Continent: An African Issues Magazine, KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, 1985-1996

Wilkins, Ron, Cinco de Mayo and its Relevance to the Black Community, Los Angeles Times, May 1994

Wilkins, Ron, Cinco de Mayo and its Hidden Link to the Black Community, La Gente, University of California Los Angeles, April 1994

RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS
Wilkins, Ron, Journey to Black Mexico, Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network and International House, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 2004

Wilkins, Ron, Blacks in Mexico, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, September, 2003

Wilkins, Ron, Contemporary Images from the African Diaspora: a photographic discourse, Antioch University. Los Angeles, April-June, 2003

Wilkins, Ron, Black Mexico and Other Works: A Photographic Statement Linking the Global African Family, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, January- March 2003

Wilkins, Ron, Celebrating Images of A History-Making People, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, February, 2002

Wilkins, Ron, Caras de Africa en las Americas, Centro cultural y deportivo del issste, Acapulco, Mexico, March 2001

Wilkins, Ron, Celebrating Images of A History-Making People, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA, March 2001

Wilkins, Ron, New Directions for Black and Latino Unity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, February, 2000

Wilkins, Ron, Building Bridges Over Troubled Borders, Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina, February, 1998

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