Julius A. Amin

Dr Julius A. Amin is a professor in the Department of History. During his tenure at the University of Dayton, he has taught a variety of courses in the area of African and African American History. He has taught introductory history courses of The West and the World, and The Introduction to Global Historical Studies. He served for eight years as chairperson of the history department and five years as endowed chair in humanities, where he organized the annual Global Voices Symposium. For over two decades, he led the University of Dayton Cameroon Immersion Program, and facilitated faculty travel to South Africa, Ghana and Togo. He was a co-founder of the Africana Studies minor and coordinated it for over a decade.

Dr. Amin is the author of several books including Sixty Years of Service in Africa: The US Peace Corps in Cameroon, and African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon. His articles have appeared in many journals including the African Studies Review, Journal of Modern African Studies, Cahiers d'études Africaines, Africa Today, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

He is a recipient of many awards including the Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship awarded by the John F. Kennedy Foundation, Alumni Award for Faculty Scholarship, University of Dayton and the College of Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Scholarship, University of Dayton. He is the editor of The Journal of African Policy Studies. His opinion essays have appeared in many outlets including The Conversation, Newsweek, News 24, All Africa, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dayton Daily News, Salon, Mail & Guardian, eNCA, US News & World Report and Africa.com.