John Edward Philips, Ph.D.

Homo sum. Humani nihil alienum a me puto. -Terentius Afer
(There is no such thing as foreign studies.)

Educational Credentials

Ph.D. (History) University of California, Los Angeles (Japan alumni)

DISSERTATION: Ribats in the Sokoto Caliphate: Selected Studies 1804-1903 (xx + 496 pages) supervisor: Professor Boniface Obichere, D. Phil. (Oxon.)

California Community College Teaching Credentials: History, Hausa, Social Science, Ethnic Studies

C. Phil. (History, UCLA) Africa, West Africa, African-American, U.S. Labor

M.A. (African Area Studies, UCLA) History (major) Political Science (minor) Folklore(third field)

B.A. (History, Pennsylvania State University) Certificates in African Studies and Folklore Studies

Professional Experience

Professor, Hirosaki University (2001 - present)
Associate Professor, Hirosaki University (1997 - 2001)
Associate Professor, Akita Keizai Houka University (1990 - 1997)
Assistant Professor, Akita Keizai Houka University (1988 - 1990)
Adjunct Professor, Minnesota State University, Akita (1995 - 2003)
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland, University College, Misawa AB (2004 - present)
Instructor:

Holy Spirit Women's Junior College (1988-1997)

Akita University (1988-present)

Akita Prefectural Nursing School (1991-1994)

Tohoku University (1986-1988)

Tohoku Foreign Language College (1986-1988)

Tohoku Gakuin University (1986-1988)

Teaching Assistant:

U.S. History (UCLA) 1985-6 academic year

African History (UCLA) two terms

English as a Second Language (UCLA Extension)

Researcher:

(2004) deaf sign language in Nigeria

(2000) contemporary Islamic documents in Nigeria for the Islamic Area Studies Project, Japan

(1999-2000) domestic research grant to National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka

(1996-present) Project on African Languages (for Professor Shuji Matsushita, Institute for the Study of the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa [ILCAA], Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

(1996-7) Project on Symbiosis in Multi-ethnic Societies in West Africa (for Professor Paul Kazuhisa Eguchi of the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka)

(1993-4) Project on Language Policy and Culture Change in West Africa (for Professor Paul Kazuhisa Eguchi of the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka)

(1992-7) Project on the Mechanisms of Cross-Cultural Contacts in the Islamic World (for Hikoichi Yajima at the ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

(1984-5) Fulbright Graduate Study to University of Sokoto

(January - June 1984)for Dr. J.E. Holloway, UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies

(January - June 1983) for Dr. J.O. Hunwick, Northwestern University

(June 1979 - June 1982) for Dr. G. Austin, Southern California Research Institute

(March - June 1980) for Dr. C. Ehret, UCLA History Department