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Thomas Lewin
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of History; at KU since 1976
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974
M.A., Northwestern University, 1969
B.A., City College, New York, 1966
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
West African history; American-based multinational corporations.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Keeping the Dream Alive:Managing the Space Station Program, 1982-1986. (NASA, 1990)
Asante Before the British: The Prempean Years, 1875-1900. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1978.
"Political Organization of Space in Asante: Part II," Asante Seminar '76 no. 5, 15-21, Nov. 1976
"Political Organization of Space in Asante: Part III," Asante Seminar '76 no. 6, 22-32, Dec. 1976
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
History of Africa
Case Studies in Modern Africa
Leaders of Modern Africa
Case Studies in African History
Seminar in Black Communities in the West
Technology Assessment and Third World Nations
West African History; Materials, Technology, and Cultural Change
LANGUAGES:
English; reading knowledge of French and German; basic Hausa
DISTINCTIONS:
HOPE Award Finalist, 2004
Kemper Award for Teaching Excellence, 1999
Higher Education-Industry Linkages for Economic Development Grant, 1988.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Grant, 1987-88.

Kenneth P. Lohrentz
Tenured Africana Studies Librarian, KU Libraries (50%); at KU since 1984;
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1977
M.L.S., Indiana University, 1976
M.S.Ed., Kansas State University, 1968
B.A., Bethel College, 1962
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
History and bibliography of sub Saharan Africa.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
"Africana at the Center for Research Libraries: a survey of collections and access," African Studies Review vol. 41, no. 2 . pp. 113-132. September 1998.
"The Campaign to depose Chief Mulama in Marama Location : a case study in the politics of kinship." Kenya Historical Review IV, 2 (1976): 243 65.
LANGUAGES:
English, fluent in KiSwahili, reading knowledge of French and German.
DISTINCTIONS:
Visiting Program Officer at the Center for Research Libraries, with funding provided by the Andrew P. Mellon Foundation, September 1996; West African library purchase trip, 1998.
Convener of Conference on Africana Librarianship, April 12-14, 2002, co-sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries and the African Studies Resource Center, University of Kansas.