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Margaret Rausch
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (100%), at KU since 2001 (tenure track)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Islamic Studies, The Free University, Berlin, Germany, 1997
M.A., Middle Eastern History. Ohio State University, 1982
B.A., French Language and Literature. Ohio State University, 1977
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Forms of women's religious ritual and Moroccan women's autonomous religious organizations, presently in particular among Tashilhit Berber women. Islamist women in Egypt. Turkey and Iran and their discourse on the status and societal roles of Muslim women in Islamist women's publications. Forms of women's cultural expression and production, in particular musical
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
In press. Agraw: Rites des Femmes Berberes dans le Souss du Maroc. Deuxièmes Rencontres d'Anthropologie du Maghreb. Fez, Morocco, Conference Proceedings (12 pages).
In press. Ishilhin Women's Rituals in Southwestern Morocco. Celebrating Religio-Cultural and Ethno-Linguistic Identity. Minorities and Minor Literatures. Oujda, Morocco, Conference Proceedings (23 pages).
"Singing in Celebration" (2000). Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt., Number 179: 7.
"Bodies, Boundaries and Spirit Possession." Moroccan Women and the Revision of Tradition." (2000). Bielefeld: Transcript Publications.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Living Religions of the West
Studies in Islam: Sufism
Reform and Revival in Islam
Persian, Turkish
Topics in Religion and Society: Sufi Texts in Translation
LANGUAGES:
Fluency: English, proficiency: Arabic; Modern Standard, Egyptian Dialect and Moroccan Dialect, French, German, Persian and Turkish, advanced knowledge: Moroccan Tashilhit-Berber Dialect and Tajik
DISTINCTIONS:
University of Kansas General Research Fund (decision pending) July 2005
National Endowment for the Humanities. Agraw: Ishilhin Women's Sufi Ritual Gatherings in Southwestern Morocco (not selected) September 2005- June 2006
Archival Research in Morocco, December 2004-January 2005
ACLS International Area Studies Fellowship. "Moroccan Women and Religious Expression" Sept.02-May 03

Anton Rosenthal
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of History; at KU since 1990
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1984
B.A., University of California, Berkeley,1973
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Urban history, labor history and popular culture in Latin America & Africa.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
"General Strike in Montevideo" in Vincent C. Peloso, editor, Work, Protest and
Identity in Twentieth-Century Latin America (SR Books, 2003), 63-85. (Reprint
of "Streetcar Workers," 1995).
"Urban Networks, Global Processes and the Construction of Public Life in
Nineteenth- Century Buenos Aires," The Journal of Urban History, 29:6,
September
2003, 760-766.
"Spectacle, Fear and Protest: A Guide to the History of Urban Public Space in Latin America,"Social Science History, 24:1, Spring 2000, 33-73
"Dangerous Streets: Trolleys, Labor Conflict and the Reorganization of Public Space in Montevideo" in James Baer and Ronn Pineo, eds., Cities of Hope: People, Protests and Progress in Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930 (Westview Press, 1998), 30-52.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Popular Culture in Africa and Latin America
Colonialism and Revolution in the Third World
Social History of South America
Cultural History of Latin America
The Imaginary City: Modernist Visions, Postmodern Dilemmas
Modern Latin American History
Third World Nationalism and Revolution
The Modern City in Afirca and Latin America
Labor in Africa and Latin America
DISTINCTIONS:
The first Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Center for Teaching Excellence, 2001-2002.
W.T. Kemper Foundation Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and the Byron T. Schutz Award, 2000.
Hall Center for the Humanities Teaching Opportunity Grant, 1998-1999, Social Science Research Council Advanced Grant, 1992-1994.
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Abroad Fellowship, 1992-1993.
Conducted research in archives and libraries in Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Leonce Rushubirwa
Assistant Professor, Department of African and African-American Studies; at KU since 2005
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Ohio University, 2002
M.A., Ohio University, 1996
B.A., University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,1992
Alberta, Canada Teaching Certificate, 2005
Morogoro (Tanzania) Teachers' College, Diploma in Education, 1988
Katoke Teachers’ College, Bukoba, Tanzania, Primary School Teaching Certificate, 1983
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Swahili pedagogy and integration of technology into language learning. The integration of technology in the teaching and learning of African Languages; Curriculum and Instruction Issues; Language and Cultural aspects in teaching African languages.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Rushubirwa, L. F. (2003). Experiences of Faculty and Students Integrating Multimedia and Web-based Technologies into University Foreign Language Learning: A study of three languages. ProQuest Information and Learning, Ann Arbor , MI. Dissertation Abstracts International Publication # 3062777, Vol.63 Issue # 8A, pp. 2784
Technology a suitable means of implementing the standards of teaching foreign language? African Language Teacher's Association (in U.S.A. ) Conference, Ohio University, Athens, OH , U.S.A. April 2003.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Kiswahili (elementary, intermediate, advanced)
Swahili Culture
LANGUAGES:
Kiswahili (fluent), Kihaya (native speaker), Kinyarwanda (fluent), Kiganda (listening comprehension)
DISTINCTIONS:
Tanzania: Teachers’ Association, Youth Organization, Curriculum and Development Association, Tanzania Adult Education Association, and Tanzania Swahili Council
Canada: Alberta Teachers’ Association, African Studies, University of Alberta
U.S.A.: African Language Teachers Association (ALTA), African Studies Association (ASA), Mid-America Alliance for African Studies.
Research Investigator; Instructional Enhancement for Arabic, Japanese, and Swahili languages.
Department of Foreign Language & Literatures, Louisiana State University; LSU recevied $60,000, March 2003.
Best African Studies Institute Coordinator Award, University of Georgia, 2002.
Coordinated and participated in: Grant proposal writing to the U.S. Dept of Education-African Studies Program, 3yr.(2000-2002) grant of $223,240 for Swahili language on-line material development.
Georgia ASP 2 yr. (2001-2002) grant $160,000 for Strengthening Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Instructors-African Languages.
Louisiana State University Offices of International Education Programs and Academic for Teaching Excellence.
LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY BACKGROUND:
Teaching Swahili language 1980-present
Participated in African Languages Teachers Association (ALTA) annual conferences and workshops(1997-2003)
Certificate for African Language Program Development, Coordiantion, Evaluation, Curriculum and Material Development, National African Language Resource Center (NALRC), 2000.
A Certificate Program for Writing in Foreign Language Classroom, Center for Language Education and Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1999.
Technology Integration in Teaching Languages, Lingusitics Department, 1994-1999, International Teaching Tutorials 1995-1999, Ohio Program of Intensive English.
Swahili Language teaching certificate, Diploma & Degree 1983-1992 (In Tanzania)