Booker T. Washington * Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of his Birth * June 4-6, 2006 * Chicago, Illinois

Booker T. Washington Symposium

June 4-6, 2006 * Chicago -- > welcome | program | speakers | audio

About Our Speaker: Marcus Pohlmann

Marcus D. Pohlmann Ph.D. is a professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Rhodes College. He did his undergraduate work at Cornell College and graduate work at Columbia University.

He received his Ph.D. in 1976, completing his dissertation under Charles V. Hamilton and Demetrios Caraley. Since that time, he has taught at Bates College, The College of Wooster, Arkansas State University, and Rhodes College. He was chairman of Wooster’s Urban Studies Program and directed Arkansas State’s Master of Arts in Political Science Program. He also served as a research associate at the Metropolitan Applied Research Center (New York City) and as a consultant for Media and Society Seminars (New York City), and he was the first political scientist to teach in the former USSR as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer.

Dr. Pohlmann’s writing has appeared in Political Science Quarterly, The Journal of Politics, New Political Science, The Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Quarterly, The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and National Forum. He has served as a referee for an even broader array of such journals and is the author of six books: African American Political Thought, 6 volumes (New York: Routledge Press, 2003); Landmark Congressional Laws On Civil Rights (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002); Racial Politics At The Crossroads (University of Tennessee, 1996); Governing The Postindustrial City (White Plains: Longman, 1992); Black Politics In Conservative America (White Plains: Longman, 1990, 1999); and Political Power In The Postindustrial City (New York: Stonehill, 1986).


About Our Speaker: Marcus Pohlmann

Marcus D. Pohlmann Ph.D. is a professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Rhodes College. He did his undergraduate work at Cornell College and graduate work at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in 1976, completing his dissertation under Charles V. Hamilton and Demetrios Caraley. Since that time, he has taught at Bates College, The College of Wooster, Arkansas State University, and Rhodes College. He was chairman of Wooster’s Urban Studies Program and directed Arkansas State’s Master of Arts in Political Science Program. He also served as a research associate at the Metropolitan Applied Research Center (New York City) and as a consultant for Media and Society Seminars (New York City), and he was the first political scientist to teach in the former USSR as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer. Dr. Pohlmann’s writing has appeared in Political Science Quarterly, The Journal of Politics, New Political Science, The Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Quarterly, The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and National Forum. He has served as a referee for an even broader array of such journals and is the author of six books: African American Political Thought, 6 volumes (New York: Routledge Press, 2003); Landmark Congressional Laws On Civil Rights (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002); Racial Politics At The Crossroads (University of Tennessee, 1996); Governing The Postindustrial City (White Plains: Longman, 1992); Black Politics In Conservative America (White Plains: Longman, 1990, 1999); and Political Power In The Postindustrial City (New York: Stonehill, 1986).