Joseph Sankoh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Director of Service Learning
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).
Visit the Service Learning Department's Website
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
