Charles F. Peterson

Department/Affiliation: Africana Studies
Phone: 330-263-2255
Office Address: 001 Kauke Hall
Email: cpeterson@wooster.edu

Degrees

• B.A., Morehouse 1992
• M.A., SUNY Binghamton 1995
• Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton 2000

Courses Taught

• AFST 100: Intro to Africana Studies
• AFST 246: Africana Popular Culture
• AFST 300: Readings in Africana Studies

Awards and Professional Memberships

• Oberlin's City Council

Publications

• Published in poetry and scholarly journals, and encyclopedias
• Manuscript, "The Margins of Elite anti-Colonial Leadership" was published by Lexington Books 
• Writing a monograph on popular culture and mass popular consciousness in the Africana World

Notes

• He is a founding member of the Department of Africana Studies at The College of Wooster, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2000.
• Peterson's areas of expertise include Africana Philosophy (socio-political theory), Afri-Marxist Philosophy, Africana Intellectual History, Africana History, African-American Literature, and cultural studies.
• He has taught in Temple University's Department of African American Studies and worked as an instructor at Florida International University's African New World Studies Program.