Daemen College : Academics & Research : Division of Arts & Sciences : History & Political Science : Faculty : Joseph Sankoh, Ph.D.

Joseph Sankoh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director of Service Learning

716-839-8448
jsankoh@daemen.edu

Education

• MA, MAIS, Fairleigh Dickson University, 1986
• Ph.D, University of Buffalo, 1999

Courses Taught

• PHI 232 – Learning Through Service
• GVT 210 – Politics of Globalization
• LEAF 507 – Leadership & the Community
• GVT 247 – Sustainability & 3rd World Development
• LEAF 511 – Leadership in Non-Profit Organization
• GVT 101 – Comparative Politics
• LEAF 514 – Leadership in Business
• GVT 121 – International Relations
• HIS 230 – Problems of 3rd World
• GVT/HIS 312 – Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Sankho, a native of Sierra Leone, West Africa serves as the Director of Daemen's Department of Service Learning. He was the recipient of the Daemen College President’s Outstanding Administrator/Faculty Award in 1994 and helped found Daemen Students Without Borders (a global academic service learning humanitarian student group) and the Multicultural Association of Daemen (a cross-cultural education group).

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Research and Teaching Interests

• Politics of Globalization, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Third World Studies, Black Studies, International Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations, Political Economy, Corruption Studies, Diplomatic Relations, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Academic Service Learning & Civic Engagement.

Paper Presentations

• The Legal, Cultural, and Economic Determinants of Corruption”, at the 54th Annual Conference of New York State Political Science Association at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; April 14-15, 2000.
• “Assessment of Colonialism’s Impact on Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa”, at the Annual International Conference of National Association of African American Studies, National Association of Hispanic & Latino Studies, National Association of Native America Studies, and International Association of Asian Studies; at Cancun, Mexico, August 20 – September 3, 2001.
• The Issue of Reparations for African Slavery”, at NAAAS, NAHLS, NAAMS, & IAAS National Conference at Houston, Texas, February 17-26, 2003.
• “The Impact of Globalization” (workshop) at COOL Conference at Harvard University; March 16-18, 2001.
• “The Age of Globalization: Who Benefits? – An Analyses of the Plight of the 3rd World in the Age of Increasing Globalization”; at the 28th Annual Third World Conference, March 27-30, 2002, Chicago, Illinois.
• “The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why the Rich 1st World Should Care”; at Daemen College, March 26, 2003.
• “Sierra Leone, 12 Years of Civil War” at Zonta Women’s World Organization Conference; Amherst, NY, November 2002.

Publications

• Political Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analyses – with Particular Reference to Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Nigeria (Bell & Howell Co; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1999)
• “Assessment of Colonialism’s Contribution to Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of British West Africa”, in National Association of Hispanics and Latino Studies, National Association of African American Studies, National Association of Asian Studies International Monograph Series 2001 – PP. 409-461.
• “Understanding Diversity & Other Cultures will Enhance Kiwanis Potential for the 21st Century and Beyond”; in Empire State Kiwanian Journal, #5, March 2000, New York.
• “The Issue of Reparations for African Slavery: The Case for Reparations”, in Journal of Intercultural Disciplines, Fall 2004 (Forthcoming).

Professional Memberships

• National Political Science Honor Society of America;
• New York State Political Science Association;
• National Association of African-American Studies, National Assoc. of Hispanics & Latino Studies, and International Assoc. of Asian Studies;
• American Association of University Professors;
• Editorial Advisory Board, Collegiate Press Publishing (review of academic books, articles, proposals, etc in Black & Third world studie);
• New York State Campus Compact For Academic Service Learning;
• American College Personnel Association;
• COOL