Familiar Face
Mwatabu S. Okantah
Associate Professor
Department of Pan-African Studies
Kent Campus
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Poet-in-Residence/Professor of Pan-African Studies
WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:
September 1991
EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
Assistant to Director, Black Studies at Cleveland State University
LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
The environment suits my career as an artist and as an educator.
ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:
Department of Pan-African Studies
RESIDES IN:
Akron, Ohio
HOMETOWN:
Vaux Hall, New Jersey
EDUCATION:
B.A., English and African Studies, 91²Ö¿â, 1976; M.A., Creative Writing, City College of New York, 1982
HOBBIES:
I am a practicing performance poet/musician.
