Current Research:
International Sustainable Development and Planning. Involves Third World Development Planning; international development and sustainable environmental, economic, and social development in less developed areas of the world. Indigenous systems of resource management with emphasis on agricultural and ecological systems of developing nations

Other Research Interests:
Includes Environmental planning, management of natural resources with emphasis on water and land resources. Environmental Impact Analysis and Assessment using systems, analytical methods, and perspectives. Application of ecological methods to Environmental Systems Analysis. New town planning in developed and developing countries and recreation and park planning.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

2004-2007:(unfunded)$749,998 Human and Social Dynamics: Wetlands Conservation Strategies in Louisiana and Senegal (Not Funded)

2003-2005: $150,000 Community Development Work-Study Program (CDWSP)
Funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. Government Competitive Grant)

2004-2009: $3,586,000 IGERT (Integrative, Graduate Education and Research
Training): Achieving Environmental, Industrial, and Societal Sustainability via Sustainable Futures Model National Science Foundation (NSF) (U.S. Government Competitive Grant) Funded

2004-2007 $606,617* Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Sustainability. National Science Foundation (NSF)
(U.S. Government Competitive Grant) Funded after departure from SU

2001-2002: $57,225 Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Wrote the
proposal for Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program for bringing a South African Scholar to Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Southern University (U.S. Government Competitive Grant).

1999- $66,000: Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Wrote the
proposal for Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program for bringing a Nigerian Scholar to Kalamazoo College (U.S. Government Competitive Grant)

1998-: $2,000 Kalamazoo College faculty Development Grants: Faculty/Student Project Grant: “The Study of Africa and the Disciplines at Kalamazoo College” (Summer).

1998-: $1,200 25th Annual Third World Conference. Participation as a conference chair and as a presenter/reader of a paper.

1998-: $900 African Studies Association Participant and Panel Chair at the 41st Annual Meeting in Chicago (Fall).

1998-: $2,500 Eco Yoff Research Project, Center for International Programs Travel Grant, Dakar Senegal and Yoff Senegal to participate in the Sustainable
Development Project (Summer).

1998-: $2,000 Faculty/Student Project Grant to develop the Journal for Sustainable Development in Africa and the Newsletter: Development Visions (Summer).

1998 $500 Fund for Manuscript Preparation for Publication for a Student Worker for Assistance

1995- $1,800 Prominent Research Scholar Award. Program on International Cooperation in Africa (PICA) Northwestern University-Evanston, Illinois. Subject: Africa and Issues of the Environment Lecture: Attitude toward Natural Resources in Nigeria: An Indigenous Perspective (February)

1992-1993: $55,000 Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Scholar.
U.S. Department 1992- $75,000 American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) Diplomacy Fellow. United States Agency for International Development (USAID). International Education and Research Specialist
(Selected in 1992).

1986-1988 $40,000 University of California President’s Post-Doctoral Fellow. 1982-1983 $300 Texas A & M University Department of Urban and Regional Planning Scholarship.

1980-1981 $6,000 Governors State University and Department of Housing and Urban Development Academic Award: College of Arts and Science. (U.S.
Government Competitive Grant)

Total awards = $4,046,425 (pending $606,617.00 and pending
$749,990.00 are not included in total)

New Programs and Centers/Institute Initiated:

2005 International Studies (Graduate)
Public Administration (Graduate)
Environmental Studies (Graduate)
Security Studies (Undergraduate)
Women’s and Gender Studies (Undergraduate)
Interdisciplinary Studies (Undergraduate)
World Service Institute

Partnerships Negotiated:

1. Wetlands International
2. Chinese Academy of Forestry
3. Beijing Forestry University
4. Beijing Agricultural University
5. South Asia Studies – North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies (NCCSAS) FSU (team
member)

Research Proposal and Manuscript Review Roles:

2002-2003 Evaluation and Screening of Applications for the 2002-2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Programs. Washington D.C.

1999-present Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa. Electronic Journal: URL http://www.jsd-africa.com / formerly http://www.subr.edu/publicpolicy/africa http://www.kzoo.edu/africa

1997-present Referee, Journal of Studies in Comparative International
Development. 1997-present Reviewer/Referee: Journal of Environmental Management and Planning

1994-1996 Editor, Planning in Virginia, Magazine of the Virginia Chapter, American Planning Association.

1991-present Editorial Review Board Member of the Journal of Global Development
Studies (formerly known as the Journal of: 21st Century Policy Review: An American, Carribean and African Forum.).

1991-present Reviewer/Referee: African Studies Review.

1991-1996 Reviewer/Referee: Biological Conservation Journal.

1991-present Reviewer/Referee: Journal of Developing Areas.

1990-1991 Evaluation Team Member for Planning Schools (Hubert Humphrey Fellowship).

1988-1999 Chairperson, “Work group on Tourism and Migration,” Association for the Advancement of Policy, Research and Development in the Third World, Washington, D.C.

1988-1989 Editorial Board Member of the Third World in Perspective Journal, Third World Conference Foundation, Chicago.

CONSULTANT ROLES

1999-2000 United States Geological Survey (USGS). California State University,
Sacramento, California. Examine theoretical concepts, respond to which are best defended by current evidence, and determine which are most practically illustrated scientifically.

1998-present Book Manuscript Evaluator/Examiner/Referee (Greenwood Publishing
Group).

1991-1992 Instruct on UVA Continuing Education Program: Department of the
Navy. Acquisition, disposal and Management of Navy Family Housing AM.

1987-1989 Consultant/Examiner, Walden University-Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Responsibilities include serving on doctoral committees and directing
dissertation research of assigned doctoral candidates.
Domengeaux & Wright (Attorneys at Law) Lafayette, Louisiana: compiled Annotated Bibliography on natural and man-made harbors of Africa; sailing directions and general physiography of Africa