Recent Publications

Language, Education,
and Public Policy in Eritrea

A Case Study of Race
Consciousness Among
Haitian Immigrants

Black Ethnics:
A Case Study
of Haitian Immigrants

Tekle Woldemikael - Chair & Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology - Chapman University
2006 - present

Roosevelt Hall, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA 92866
(714) 744-7840
woldemik@chapman.edu
B.A., Addis Ababa University, M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University

Tekle Woldemikael, Chair (Ph.D., Northwestern University) Tekle has taught at various Universities and Colleges including Redlands University, where he was the Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, Hamilton College, where he was the Chair of Africana Studies, University of Hartford and University of Gezira in the Sudan.  His research interest involves studying immigrants and refugees, racial identity, ethnicity and nationalism, language and public policy.  He is an author of book, Becoming Black American: Haitians and American Institutions in Evanston, Illinois.  He co-edited a special issue of The American Sociologist on "Racial Diversity in Becoming a Sociologist."  His articles have appeared in numerous journals and edited books.  He is working on a book titled, The Invention of Eritrean National Identity. He teaches Social Theory, Integrative Seminar, Race and Ethnic Relations, and African Society.

Invited Conference Presentation:

Publication:
"The Pitfalls of Nationalism In Eritrea" Biopolitics, Militarism, and Development: Eritrea in the 21st. Century, edited by David O'Kane and Tricia Redeker Hepner published by Berghahn Books 2009.

"Spiritual Life of Eritreans in the United States" forthcoming in African Christian Diaspora, edited by Frieder Ludwig, Trenton: Red Sea Press

Invited International Presentation:

In June '09 Professor Woldemikael traveled on invite to Dakar, Senegal to present at this international conference. Below is the title of his paper:

2009 "Islam, the Nation State and the Debate Over National Language in Eritrea" at the International Conference on "Islamic Renewal in Africa: Struggles Over the Public Sphere and Development" organized by the African Study Centre (Leiden University, the Netherlands), Dutch Embassy In Senegal and the Members of the Program "Islam in Africa: Globalization and Moving Frontiers" in Dakar, Senegal, June 23-25.

Conference Presentation:

2009 "The Politics of Memory and Mourning in Eritrea" Pacific Sociological Association Meeting in San Diego April 8-11.