Personal Information

Name

Kalfani Ture

About

Kalfani Nyerere Ture
Kt7219a@american.edu
301/256-5280

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student, Anthropology concentrating in Race, Gender, and Social Justice, American University, Washington, DC, 2007-present.
M.A. Applied Anthropology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2004.
Research Practicum: African American Adolescent Drug Dealing in Atlanta Public Housing.
B.A. African, African American Studies and Criminal Justice, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 1999.

COURSES TAUGHT
American University, Anthropology/American Studies Departments
Poverty and Culture, Summer 2008.

Montgomery College, Criminal Justice/Anthropology/Sociology Departments
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Spring 2008

Montgomery College, Criminal Justice/Anthropology/Sociology Departments
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Fall 2007

Montgomery College, Criminal Justice/Anthropology/Sociology Departments
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Summer 2007

American University, Anthropology/American Studies Departments
Poverty and Culture, Summer 2007.

Montgomery College, Criminal Justice/Anthropology/Sociology Departments
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Spring 2007

Montgomery College, Criminal Justice/Anthropology/Sociology Departments
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Summer 2006

AWARDS AND HONORS

Spring 2008 American University Graduate Student Leadership Award, Departments of Multicultural Student Affairs/International Students and Scholars.
Spring 2008 Student Activities of American University, Excellence in Leadership Award
2007-present American University, College of Arts and Sciences, Merit Scholar Award & Fellowship
1993- Recipient, Congressman Donald Payne (NJ) award for Student Scholastics Excellence and Activism.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association
Southern Anthropology Society
Society for Applied Anthropologists
Association of Black Anthropologists
National Association of Practicing Anthropologists
Lambda Alpha Honor Society, Anthropology

PRESENTATIONS
Ture, Kalfani. Youth Voice Beyond the Neoliberal Hope VI Discourse in Central Park Village. Paper presented at Towson University conference on “Metropolitan Dilemmas and Solutions: A focus on Housing in the Baltimore Region” Towson, Md. March 5, 2008.

Ture, Kalfani and Brett Mervis. The Central Park Village Youthfest: Examination of Youth Voice in a Hope VI site in transition. Paper presented at 67th Society for Applied Anthropology’s Annual meeting: “Global Insecurities, Global solutions and Applied Anthropology in the 21st Century,” Tampa, FL. March 2007.

Ture, Kalfani. African American Adolescent Drug Dealers in an Atlanta Georgia Community: Question of
Resistance and Racism? Paper presented at 104th Association of American Anthropologist Meeting,
Washington, D.C. November 2005.

Ture, Kalfani. Misogyny and the Emcee: The Exploitation of the Black Female Body through Black Male Identity Construction. Paper presented at the 1st Annual National African American Relationships Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. April 2004

Ture, Kalfani. Road Rage: The Symptoms of Social Inequality. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. “Environment & Health in the New Millennium.” March 2002

Social Agency through Hip Hop: Resistance and the Representations of Identity through spoken words and
beats. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Nashville, Tennessee. March
2001.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004-2006
Elementary/Middle School Teacher
Prince George’s County Public School System Upper Marlborough, Md.

• Instruct students to write and read across multi-subject curriculum, and used mixed and homogeneous student groups to create a supportive and cooperative learning environment.
• Provide diverse instruction for multi-modal learning environment.
• Create and implement outcome based lesson plans, provide effective teaching with measurable learning objectives, through traditional and nontraditional pedagogical methods.

2003-2004
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia State University, Project Healthy Grandparents Atlanta, Ga.
• Collected data through field visits
• Conducted youth focus groups and curricula based activities
• Developed evaluative mechanisms for intergenerational research

2002-2003
Sheriff Deputy
Cherokee County Sheriff Department Canton, Ga.
• Developed a Spanish speaking training manual for Sheriff Deputies to provide greater service for an ever-increasing bilingual county jurisdiction and Spanish speaking residency.
• Developed “C.A.R.E,” which was a localized replication of the National D.A.R.E program, to meet the regionally distinct crime culture of Cherokee county “at-risk” youth.
• Supervised over 400 adult female and male inmates, from minimum to maximum security in addition to monitoring electronic surveillance and security access. Transported juvenile and adult subjects/in-custody to-and-from court hearings, as well as other social services.

2000-2002
Police Officer
Roswell Police Department Roswell, Ga.
• Performed citywide patrol, traffic enforcement and preliminary accident investigations.
• Deterred or apprehended offenders through means of warnings, citations, or arrest and professional presence.
• Actively assisted in the development and maintenance of Roswell’s community policing program.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
2008-09 Vice Executive Chair, Graduate Leadership Council, American University, Washington, DC.
Spring 2008 Co-Conference Chair, 2nd Annual Interrogating Diversity Conference, American University, Washington, DC.
2007-08 Graduate Student Representative for Strategic Planning Committee, American University, Washington, DC.
2007 Panel Moderator, “Careers in Public Anthropology” Public Anthropology 2007 Conference, Washington, DC.
2007 President, College of Arts and Science Graduate Student Council, American University, Washington, DC.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Proficient in qualitative research projects; Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word, Adobe Acrobat, Endnotes, and research through internet data bases/scholarly search engines. Continuing to works towards a proficiency in Spanish.

Teaching and Research Philosophy Available Upon Request.

Email

kt7219a@american.edu

Title

Former Executive Chair

GLC Body

GLC

Interests

reading, debates, community service, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., activities.

Personal website

http://www.american-anthropology.wetpaint.com

History

Member for

3 years 30 weeks