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FACULTY
Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair—2002 to Present
Educational Background
Brigham Young University (BYU), Ph.D., 1989
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany, 1985
University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, B.A. (Honors), 1979
Courses Taught
Introduction to African American Culture & Image
African American Community
Third World Cultures & Development
Race Theory & Social Thought
Contemporary African Societies
African Voices & Film
African Civilization Revisited, Study Tour of Egypt
Professional Service
Professor & Chair, Africana & American Indian Studies, 2002-Present
Director, Africana Studies Program, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY., 1998-2002
Associate Professor of Sociology, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, N.Y., 1995-2002
Research Associate, SUNY Research Foundation, Albany, New York, 1992-1995;
1999-2002
Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, N.Y., 1989-1995
Academic Reviewer
Reviewer for Journal of Marriage and Family,
Quarterly Journal of the National Council on Family Relations,
2002.
Reviewer for Population Studies, A Journal
of Demography, by the Population Investigation Committee, London School
of Economics and Political Science, 2002.
Book Reviewer for Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999. Reviewed the book,
The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the
Conversation by Michael Schwalbe, 2001.
Book Reviewer for Addison Wesley Longman Publishers, 1998. Reviewed
the 8th edition of Racial and Ethnic Groups
by Richard T. Schaefer (8th edition published by Prentice Hall, Upper
Saddle River, NJ, 2000). Schaefer’s book has been the best seller
since its first edition, and has the market-lead in textbooks on Race
and Ethnicity relations in the United States.
Associate Editor for the journal, Family Perspective,
1995-2000. A multidisciplinary journal published by the Center for Studies
of the Family at Brigham Young University.
Special Honors
Recipient of the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Teaching, Albany, May, 2002.
Recipient of the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor's Distinction
Award honoring Scholarship and Research in the Humanities, Arts, and
Social Sciences, Albany, May, 2001.
Recipient of the State University of New York Presidents Award for
Excellence in Scholarship Relating to Cultural Pluralism, SUNY Potsdam,
1999.
Recipient of the SUNY Potsdam Professor of the Year Award, Phi Eta
Sigma (the Freshman Honor Society), SUNY Potsdam, 1999.
Who is Who in Scholarship, Office of Faculty Research and Sponsored
Programs Newsletter, November/December, 1998, SUNY Potsdam.
Recipient of the State University of New York President's Award for
Research and Creative Endeavors, SUNY Potsdam, 1994.
Inducted to the Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society, 1989.
Grants Awarded
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Faculty Development Program,
SUNY Potsdam, $3,000. To participate in The 2000 Potsdam NEH Summer
Seminar for Faculty, "Africa and the African Diaspora: Social Dynamism
and Artistic Expressions,” May-June, 2000.
U.S. Department Of Education Undergraduate International Studies and
Foreign Language Award, Africana Studies Expansion Project at SUNY Potsdam,
$104,765.00 for 1999-2002.
Research and Creative Endeavors Award, SUNY Potsdam, $2,000. Research
at University of Liverpool, The Liverpool's Black Roots Program, UK,
1998.
New York State (NYS)/United University Professions (UUP) Dr. Nuala
McGann Drescher Fellowship, $17,880. To continue work on my research
project on the impact of women's autonomy on contraception and fertility
behavior in Ghana for Fall semester, 1994.
The Rockefeller Foundation Research Program on the Status of Women
and Fertility in Developing Countries, $52,000.00, 1992-1995.
Faculty-Undergraduate Summer Research Program, SUNY Potsdam, $2,500.
This award is designed to encourage the involvement of outstanding students
with faculty members in research, 1994.
The Population Investigation Committee, London School of Economics
and Political Science, $1,473. For student assistantship in processing
data from GFAMS and literature review of related research materials,
1994.
Research and Creative Endeavors Award, SUNY Potsdam, 1993. To hire
student assistants to code research data (Amount awarded: $4,000.00).
Professional and Research Interest
Africana World View, Comparative Racial and Ethnic
Relations, Social Demography of Africa, Gender & Socioeconomic
Development.
Selected Publications
Books, Monograph, and Chapters in Books
African Families at the Turn of the 21st Century.
Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT. (2006).
"Introduction to the Study of African Families: A Framework for
Analysis." (with Baffour K. Takyi). In African
Families at the Turn of the 21st Century, pp. 1-23. Praeger Publishers,
Westport, CT. (2006).
"The Study of African Families: Concluding Remarks." (with
Baffour K. Takyi). In African Families at the
Turn of the 21st Century, pp. 273-278. Praeger Publishers, Westport,
CT. (2006).
Female Autonomy, Family Decision Making, and
Demographic Behavior in Africa. Lewiston, NY/Queenston, Canada/Lampeter,
UK: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1999.
Family Planning And Reproductive Health Services
In Ghana: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press, Inc., 1994
The Timing of Births During the Onset of the
Fertility Transition in Ghana. Ann Abor, Michigan: University
Microfilms Inc., 1990. Publication #90-00-760.
Research Articles in Refereed Journals
“Marital Choice in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Structural and
Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ghana (with Baffour K. Takyi, Nancy
B. Miller, & Gay C. Kitson). Comparative Sociology
(2003).
"Gender differentials in family size among Ghanaian couples."
(with Baffour K. Takyi). Journal of Asian and
African Studies, Vol 32 (3-4):296-306, 1997.
The effects of couples' characteristics on contraceptive use in sub-Saharan
Africa: The Ghanaian example (with Baffour K. Takyi). Journal
of Biosocial Science, Vol 29 (4):33-49, 1997.
"Customs, Practices, Family Life and Marriage in Contemporary
Ghana, West Africa." (with Baffour K.Takyi). Family
Perspective, Vol. 28 (4): 257-281, 1994. This article was prepared
for a special issue on international families.
"Effects of socio-demographic variables on birth intervals in
Ghana." (with Tim B. Heaton). Journal of
Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 23(3): 113-135, 1993.
"Socio-demographic and political correlates of university students
causal attributions for poverty." (with William E. Griffin, a SUNY
Potsdam undergraduate). Psychological Reports,
Vol. 73: 795-800, 1993.
"Determinants of current contraceptive use among Ghanaian women
at the highest risk of pregnancy." Journal
of Biosocial Science, Vol. 24(4): 463-475, 1992.
"Sociodemographic correlates of breastfeeding in Ghana."
(with Baffour K. Takyi). Human Biology. Vol. 63(3): 389-402, June, 1991.
"Socioeconomic and cultural differentials in contraceptive use
among Ghanaian women." International Journal
of Sociology of the Family. Vol. 20(2): 139-161, 1990.
"Cohort shifts in the timing of births in Ghana." Sociological
Perspectives. Vol. 32(4): 485-500, 1989.
" Examining the relationship between age at first marriage, education
and the timing of marital dissolution in Ghana." International
Journal of Sociology of the Family. Vol. 19(1): 59-76, Spring,
1989.
Professional Organization Memberships
- African Studies Association
- Canadian Association of African Studies
Eastern Sociological Society
- International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
- National Council for Black Studies
- New York State African Studies Association
- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
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