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Zuberi received a bachelor's degree from [[San Jose State University|San Jose State]] in 1981, a master's degree from [[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]] in 1985, and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1989. In 1988, he joined the faculty of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], where he became the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, the Chair of the Sociology Department, and the Director of the Center for Africana Studies.<ref>Greg Benson, "New Home, Name, and Faculty for Afro-American Studies" ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'', November/December 2002, p. 21.</ref> |
Zuberi received a bachelor's degree from [[San Jose State University|San Jose State]] in 1981, a master's degree from [[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]] in 1985, and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1989. In 1988, he joined the faculty of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], where he became the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, the Chair of the Sociology Department, and the Director of the Center for Africana Studies.<ref>Greg Benson, "New Home, Name, and Faculty for Afro-American Studies" ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'', November/December 2002, p. 21.</ref> |
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He has also been a visiting professor at [[Makerere University]] in [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]] and the [[University of Dar es Salaam]] in [[Tanzania]]. He currently directs the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP), an international collaboration with African nations. |
He has also been a visiting professor at [[Makerere University]] in [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]], and the [[University of Dar es Salaam]] in [[Tanzania]]. He currently directs the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP), an international collaboration with African nations. |
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[[File:HER Council.JPG|HER Council|thumb|left| The Human Equality and Respect Council at the [[World Economic Forum]], 2008. From left: [[Dennis Frank Thompson]], [[Conor Gearty]], Tukufu Zuberi, [[Amy Gutmann]], [[Achille Mbembe]], [[Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela]], [[Elie Wiesel]], [[Thomas Sugrue]], Dru C. Gladney, [[Homi K. Bhabha]]]] |
[[File:HER Council.JPG|HER Council|thumb|left| The Human Equality and Respect Council at the [[World Economic Forum]], 2008. From left: [[Dennis Frank Thompson]], [[Conor Gearty]], Tukufu Zuberi, [[Amy Gutmann]], [[Achille Mbembe]], [[Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela]], [[Elie Wiesel]], [[Thomas Sugrue]], Dru C. Gladney, [[Homi K. Bhabha]]]] |
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Revision as of 15:59, 11 October 2012
Tukufu Zuberi | |
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| Tukufu Zuberi (2010) Tukufu Zuberi (2010) | |
| Born | Antonio McDaniel April 26, 1959 Oakland, California, United States |
| Occupation | sociologist, professor, TV personality, social critic, documentary filmmaker, writer, |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | San Jose State (B.A.) Sacramento State (M.A.) University of Chicago (Ph.D.) |
| Genre | sociology, history, literature, Africa |
| Subject | Sociology |
Tukufu Zuberi (born April 26, 1959) is an American sociologist, filmmaker, social critic, educator, and writer. He is the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Zuberi has appeared in several documentaries on Africa and the African diaspora, including Liberia: America's Stepchild (2002), and 500 Years Later (2005). He is also one of the hosts of the PBS program History Detectives.
Biography
Born Antonio McDaniel to Willie and Annie McDaniel, and raised in the housing projects of Oakland, California in the 1970s, he changed his name to Tukufu Zuberi, which is Swahili for "beyond praise" and "strength". Zuberi says that he "took the name because of a desire to make and have a connection with an important period where people were challenging what it means to be a human being."[1][2]
Zuberi received a bachelor's degree from San Jose State in 1981, a master's degree from Sacramento State in 1985, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1989. In 1988, he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, where he became the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, the Chair of the Sociology Department, and the Director of the Center for Africana Studies.[3] He has also been a visiting professor at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He currently directs the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP), an international collaboration with African nations.
Zuberi's research focuses on race and African and African diaspora populations. He has conducted research in the fields of social statistics and population studies (demography). He has been a guest lecturer at colleges and universities and on television programs.
He is the author of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth-Century and Thicker than Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie. He has written a history of the Sudan and is the series editor of the General Demography of Africa. He has written more than 50 scholarly articles and co-edited eight volumes. He has received a number of awards for his academic work.[citation needed]
He is a host on the PBS series History Detectives. The program explores historical mysteries and myths, seeking evidence that connects local folklore, family legends, and interesting objects.
African Census Analysis Project (ACAP)
Zuberi has headed the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP), a project initiated by the United Nations to advance the process of census enumeration in Africa. Although census-taking eventually became routine, the preservation and analysis of the resultant data were not fully developed within African statistical offices. In recognition of the need to preserve African census data, to avoid perpetual loss due to poor storage, and to encourage and enhance further analysis, dissemination, and utilization of the massive census data, ACAP was undertaken as a joint initiative of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania and African governmental and research institutions. The goal was to promote collaboration among African governments and research institutions at archiving and analyzing African census data, both at national and sub-national levels, and to inform appropriate policy interventions on the continent.
International activities
 | This biographical section is written like a résumé. (August 2011) |
| International Activity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Activity | Location |
| 1989 | Makerere University (Professor of African Demography) | Kampala, Uganda |
| 1990–1991 | University of Dar es Salaam (Professor of African Demography) | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| 1993 | Workshop on Male Role in Contraception in Sub-Saharan Africa (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1995–2005 | Summer Institute for Demographic Research (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1996 | African Dissertation "Distance Training" Workshop (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1997 | Workshop on the African Census Project (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Du Bois Collective Colloquium Series (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 1998–present | 2nd Workshop on the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP)[4] (organizer) | Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1999 | "The Study of African American Problems: Papers Presented in Honor of W.E.B. Du Bois" (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| "Workshop on the African Census Analysis Project", A 10-day workshop at The Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center (organizer) | Bellagio, Italy | |
| 2000 | Transcending Tradition: African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies in the 21st Century Conference (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Racial Statistics and Public Policy Conference (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 2001 | International Expert Group Meeting on Mechanisms for Ensuring Continuity of 10-Year Population Censuses: Strategies for Reducing Census Costs and African Census Analysis Project Meeting (presenter) | Pretoria, South Africa |
| "Social Change and the Demography of Africa: Evidence from the Analysis of Census Data" presented by the African Census Analysis Project[5] (organizer) | Dakar, Senegal | |
| 2002 | "Demography and Health in Africa", An International Workshop with African Scholars in the ACAP and INDEPTH projects. (organizer) | Bellagio, Italy |
| 2003 | "Data Needs for District Level Planning in Uganda", An International Workshop with African Scholars in the ACAP and INDEPTH projects. (organizer) | Kampala, Uganda |
| 2004 | "From African Demography to African Population Studies: Memory and the Future", 47th Annual Meetings of the African Studies Association (participant) | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2005 | "The Demography of South Africa" Book Launch (co-editor) | Pretoria, South Africa |
| "Census in the 21st Century: Improving Data Utilization and Dissemination, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)" XXV International Population Conference (panelist) | Tours, France | |
| 2006 | "Improving the Quality of Life for Older Persons:
Advancing United Nations Global Strategies" (panelist) |
United Nations Headquarters, New York City, NY |
| "Les systemes d'information en demographie et en sciences sociales Nouvelles question, nouveaux outils?" at Chaire Quetelet 2006 (speaker) | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | |
| "Strengthening South Africa's Reconstruction and Development Program Through Poverty Mapping" at Statistics South Africa (Internal) Workshop (speaker) | Pretoria, South Africa | |
| "Statistics Forum: Africa Counts", presented by the African Census Analysis Project (organizer) | Durban, South Africa | |
| 2007 | "Memoires et demographie: Regards croises au Sud et au Nord" 7th Journees scientificqudes du Reseau Demographie (presenter) | Praia, Cape Verde |
| "2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses: Workshop on Advocacy for Use of Census Data and Resource Mobilization" (presenter) | Université Laval, Quebec | |
| 2008 | Kerner Plus 40 Report Conference (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Human Equality and Respect (participant) | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
| 3rd Annual Conference of the Population Association Convention, "Deracializing Social Statistics and Quantifying Underrepresented Groups" (plenary speaker) | Durban, South Africa | |
| 2009 | "Perspectives on Africa and the World" (organizer) | University of Pennsylvania |
| World Economic Forum, "Shaping the Post-Crisis World" (panelist) | Davos, Switzerland | |
| Louis Towers and Palenke in Concert (co-host) | Philadelphia, PA | |
| World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Values (participant) | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
| Afro-Colombian Month sponsored by Colombia es Pasion.[6] (International expert panelist) | Bogota, Colombia | |
| "Issue of the Moment: The Changing Face of Race" (speaker) | United Nations Headquarters, New York City, NY | |
| 2010 | African Presidential Roundtable (participant) | Dar es Salaam Tanzania |
| World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Human Rights (participant) | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
History Detectives
Zuberi is an expert host on the PBS television program History Detectives. The show devotes itself to "to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects."[7] Zuberi has taken the audience on an investigation by racing around Death Valley in a 1932 Ford roadster and tracked down a Japanese internment camp survivor.[8] Producer of the show, Tony Tackaberry says "Along with his expertise, Tukufu has a strong, engaging, excited personality that comes through."[9]
Publications
Books
- Tukufu Zuberi. Thicker Than Blood: An Essay on how Racial Statistics Lie (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001). Honorable Mention for the 2002 Gustavus Myers Book Award.
- Antonio McDaniel. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth-Century (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995).
Edited Volumes
- Tukufu Zuberi and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (editors). White Logic, White Methods: Race and Methodology (New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008) Winner of the 2009 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, American Sociological Association.
- Tukufu Zuberi, Amson Sibanda and Eric Udjo (editors). The Demography of South Africa Volume 1 of the General Demography of Africa series, General Editor Tukufu Zuberi (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2005).
Edited journal issues
- Tukufu Zuberi and Tanji Gilliam (Special Editors), "Perspectives on Africa and the World". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, November 2010, vol. 632 (132 pages).
- Tukufu Zuberi and Gale Garrison (Guest editors), "Back to the Future of Civilization: Celebrating 30 Years of African American Studies". Special Issue of Journal of Black Studies 2004, Vol. 35, Number 2.
- Tukufu Zuberi (Guest editor), "Racial Statistics and Public Policy". Special issue of Race and Society 2003 (mistakenly listed as 2001 on volume cover), Volume 4, Issue 2 (132 pages).
- Laura Chrisman, Farah Griffin and Tukufu Zuberi (Guest editors), "Transcending Traditions: African, African Diaspora, and African American Studies in the 21st Century", Special issue of Black Scholar 2000, Vol. 30, No. 3-4 (80 pages).
- Elijah Anderson and Tukufu Zuberi (Guest editors) "The Study of African American Problems: Papers In Honor of W.E.B. Du Bois". Special issue of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2000, vol. 568 (316 pages).
Selected video clips
- History Detectives – Fan Q&A
- How Many in the Slave Trade
- Global Agenda Summit-Dubai-2008
- "Divided and Dangerous: Human History from a Different Angle"
References
- ^ "The 16th Annual Celebration of the International Day of Older Persons" (PDF). Improving the Quality of Life for Older Persons: Advancing United Nations Global Strategies. United Nations. Retrieved 04 October 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Barb Karg The History Detectives: Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax and Mark Twain's Watch. John Wiley, 2008, p. xv.
- ^ Greg Benson, "New Home, Name, and Faculty for Afro-American Studies" The Pennsylvania Gazette, November/December 2002, p. 21.
- ^ http://www.acap.upenn.edu/events/historical.php
- ^ http://www.acap.upenn.edu/events/historical.php
- ^ http://www.colombiaespasion.com/
- ^ Sarah Jordan et al., "76 Revolutionary Minds", Philadelphia Magazine, November 2001, p. 145.
- ^ Barb Karg, "The History Detectives: Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax and Mark Twain's Watch", John Wiley, 2008, p. xv.
- ^ Detecting More Than History? (PBS Ombudsman)