List of Participants - Stolten's African Studies Resources

Africa in World Politics
Dino Palaj
Dino Palaj received his B.A. in history with honors from
the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.
He is currently a graduate student in history at the same
institution. His research interests include European,
Middle East, and African history. He also has interest in
researching the involvement Western governments have
had in Muslim lands in the Middle East and Africa,
creating the instability that we see in all parts today. He
is happily married with 2 young boys.
Douglas Palmer
Dr. Douglas Palmer joined Walsh University in the Fall of
2005 and serves as the Associate Chair of the Division of
Humanities and the Special Assistant to the Provost for
Global Learning. In 2004-2005, he was a Research
Fellow at the Emory University School of Law and he
holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, an MA from the
University of Oregon, and a BA from the University of
North Carolina-Asheville. In 2001-2002, Dr. Palmer was
a Fulbright Scholar in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Dr. Palmer teaches classes in World history and his
research focuses on cultural and intellectual history, in
particular the History of Catholicism. He is currently
working on twentieth-century Catholic theology and
issues of post-colonialism.
Joseph Parrott
R. Joseph Parrott is a PhD student in the Department of
History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he
studies the intersections of decolonization and the Cold
War. His interests include international history, American
politics, and Sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth
century. Before coming to Austin, he received his BA and
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