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John Fobanjong, PhD

Professor

Political Science

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Liberal Arts 329

Education

University of ArizonaPhD

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

An introduction to the principal concepts and methods of Afrocentric scholarship. Topics include the social, political, aesthetic, and economic experiences of Black people in America and throughout the world. Students will develop their academic research, critical reading & writing, and oral presentation.

Culminating seminar in the Public Administration degree program. This course will require students to draw on the program curriculum in developing and producing an applied research project salient to public administration

Theory and practice of national government in Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court, and the interaction of these institutions with interest groups, political parties, public opinion and the mass media.

Theory and practice of national government in Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court, and the interaction of these institutions with interest groups, political parties, public opinion and the mass media.

Comparative analysis of the political processes, ideologies, development, and governmental structure of countries from different regions of the world.

Examination of the general nature of the bureaucracy in public and private organization and in various cultural contexts. Attention is given to administrative responsibility.

Available topics seminar in the field of American politics. Repeatable with change in content.

Available topics seminar in the field of Comparative Politics. Repeatable with change in content.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Examination of the general nature of the bureaucracy in public and private organization and in various cultural contexts. Attention is given to administrative responsibility.

Professor Fobanjong's areas of academic expertise are in public administration and public policy, international relations, comparative politics and ethnic politics. Fobanjong is author of the book Understanding the Backlash Against Affirmative Action (Nova Science Publishers), and multiple articles/chapters including "Pondering France’s Silence and Inaction in the Southern Cameroons Genocide" (Theory and Event), “Articulating Cabral's Regionalist and Pan-Africanist Vision” (African Identities), and “The Quest for Public Relations in Africa: An Introduction” which appeared in the book Toward the Common Good: Perspectives in International Public Relations (Allyn & Bacon).  

He won a United States Fulbright Fellowship in 2009, and in 2015 he was appointed by the U.S. State Department’s Speakers’ Bureau to give a keynote address at the 30th anniversary celebration of the independence of Cape Verde. He remains listed on the State Department’s Speakers’ Bureau as one of the go-to speakers for U.S. Government speaking engagements on Africa.