Robert Bellinger, Associate Professor
Robert A. Bellinger, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of History
Director, Black Studies Program
Director, Collection of African American Literature
Phone: 617.573.8121
Fax: 617.723.7255
Email: rbellinger@suffolk.edu
Office: 73 Tremont St., Rm. 1044
Education
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PhD, Boston College
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MEd, Harvard University
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BA, Amherst College
Personal Statement
All history depends ultiimately upon its social purpose. This is why in the past it has been handed down by oral tradition and written chronicle...(Paul Thompson, The Voices of the Past, p. 1)
Prof. Bellinger teaches classes in African American and American history, African Diasporan studies, and the history and culture of Senegal. His research interests include late 19th century African American history, West African history and Culture, and West African drum traditions. In addition to his teaching and research, Prof. Bellinger is also involved in training student teachers to teach history in the middle and secondary schools, working on the inclusion of African and African diasporan history and culture into school and university curriculums, and working with study abroad programs that provide students an international, cross-cultural enhancement of their academic work.
Director, The Géwël Tradition Project, Dakar, Senegal Director, Senegalese-American Student Teaching Program, Dakar, Senegal
Afriterra, Board of Directors Interfuture, Inc., Board of Directors JANBÉ, Board of Directors Mirrors of Race, Board of Directors Primary Source Teaching Africa Program, Advisory Board History Department Education Advisor for Student Teachers
African American Historical and Genealogical Society Association for the Study of African American Life and History Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora African Studies Association MANDE Studies Association West Africa Research Association Massachusetts Colonial Society American Historical Association Massachusetts Historical Society, Fellow
Soli Soma Jembe Orchestra (2001-present) Programs and Research
Related Activities
Memberships
Performance Groups
Trytone Creative Music Ensemble (1999-present)
Roots Uprising Dance Company (2002-present)
Tam Tam Gisé (2006-present)
International Manager, Sing Sing Juniors Sabar Drum and Dance Ensemble