Edward Lama Wonkeryor is currently a Dean’s appointment and lecturer/assistant professor in the African American Studies Department at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. From 2003 to 2004 he taught in the same department as an adjunct assistant professor.

Dr. Wonkeryor earned his Ph.D. in African American Studies in 1995 at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his M.M.C. (Master of Mass Communication) in 1980 from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and his B.A. in Communications in 1978 from Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. He also attended the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania as a special student from 1987 to 1988 and studied at the Moscow State University, in the former U.S.S.R., from 1974 to 1975. Presently, Dr. Wonkeryor is an MBA candidate in Business Administration and Strategic Management at the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Notable among Wonkeryor’s other employment were his positions in Liberia as the Public Relations Officer and Staff Writer of the Liberian Petroleum Refining Company and the Radio Manager of the Liberian Broadcasting System in the 1980s. From 2000 to 2003 he served as a Project Coordinator-Consultant for the Underground Railroad Project at the New Jersey Historical Commission in the New Jersey Department of State.

Dr. Wonkeryor has authored three books:

Liberia Military Dictatorship: A Fiasco Revolution

The Effects of United States’ Political Communication
and the Liberian Experience 1960-1990

On Afrocentricity, Intercultural Communication and Racism.

American Democracy in Africa in the 21st Century?

New Jersey’s Underground Railroad Heritage. “Steal Away, Steal Away…”
A Guide to the Underground Railroad in New Jersey.

Globalization and its Implications for Africa (2006)

African Colonization Movement: From the United States to Liberia. (2006)

"America's African Colonization Movement: Implications for New Jersey and Liberia." Edward Lama Wonkeryor. 34th Annual Conference of the Liberian Studies Association (LSA), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 11-14, 2000.

"Globalization and Local Cultures in Africa." Edward Lama Wonkeryor, Temple University, and Charles K. Sunwabe, Catholic University of America. 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu Hawaii. January 2006.

“Diversity in the United States: the Experience of African Immigrants.” Edward Lama Wonkeryor. Oxford Round Table Forum. Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, March 12-17, 2006.

"Life in Liberia: Building for the Future." Edward Lama Wonkeryor, Temple University, and James S. Guseh, North Carolina Central University. Distinguished Scholar Dinner Series, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Capitol Hill Campus, Washington, DC, June 19, 2006.

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