Expertise

Research Interests:

  • Parental expectations as a determinant of educational success in K-12 and higher education
  • Nigerians and Nigerian Americans
  • Social Studies Education
  • Sociological and cultural implications influencing individual and group educational opportunities in the U.S and internationally
  • Class and gender influences in K-12 and higher education settings
  • Indigenous education
  • Immigrant education
  • Multiculturalism
  • African Philosophy

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Organizational Affiliations

Professor, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences, Adelphi University

Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences, Adelphi University

Adelphi University (United States, Garden City)

Education

Curriculum and Instruction
2008, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Liberal Studies
2004, MA, Dartmouth College
Sociology and Anthropology
1986, MA, American University in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt