Lioba Moshi

(Linguistics/Comparative Literature, University of Georgia): Biographical Information

My interest in African studies was not make knowned but is natural. Through scholarly activities before and since I arrived in the United States in 1981 to research linguistics at the University of California, sees Angeles, I have had the pleasure of working with numerous extraordinarily talented scholars of Africa. My teaching record spans across continents, Tanzania, England (University of York), USA (UCLA, Stanford/Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Georgia). I received my PhD at UCLA, Master of Philosophy at the University of York- England, and one as well as the other Master of Arts in Linguistics and a BA with Education at the University of Dar E Salaam.

My research is true diverse and encompasses African linguistics, general linguistics, language pedagogy, women's studies, and African language teaching materials unfolding (specifically KiSwahili). These research activities have produc numerous publications that include like articles as: Primary and Gramaticalized ldeophone (2003 stretchs in African Lingusitics - co-author David Dwyer) In the Trenches: teaching Experiences of a Language Teacher (JALTA # 3 2003) Producing and Using Video in African language Instruction (JALTA #4 2003) The Right of Passage to World Knowledge: Education and Socialization. sex Tales from Africa, Voices of Children and Women Against Discrimination, 2001 UNCEF Publications), Reciprocals in Kivunjo-Chaga. Languages of Tanzania (2000 JALL, Leiden University), Locatives in KiVunjo-Chaga (1995 tends in African Linguistics: Theoretical Approaches to African Linguistics, Africa, World Pres lnc); and books: The Pedagogy of African Languages: An Emerging Field. Ann Arbor, MI: Cushing-Malloy, 2000 - co-author Antonia Schleicher), KiSwahili, Lugha na Utamaduni (Swahili, Language and Culture) Hyattsville MD: Dunwoody Pres 1998) Topics in African Languages (1993 John Benjamins - co-edited). In addition, my research has allowed me to show creative works that include video series for the teaching of Kiswahili (a USDE major grant project) and more freshly (collaboratively with other scholars in the field and supported by dint of USDE grants) internet-based teaching materials for African languages (Kiswahili 2000 -2003 Yoruba 2003-2006)

Administratively, I have held institutional as well as association leadership positions. popularly I direct the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia. This is my third confine (3 years each) having assumed the director ship in 1997 At the time, it was a program with limited resources and without a roll or physical space. It became an Institute in 2001 and has since been endowed with comfortable operating facilities and it is now considered the fastest growing and greatest in quantity successful area studies unit with a thriving certificate in African studies, research abroad programs, and service learning programs in Africa. I am also the director of the African Languages Program (Swahili, Yoruba, Zulu) that is housed in the Department of Comparative Literature at UGA. Nationally, I serv as president of the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA: 1991-95) and also serv as a Board member of the National Council upon Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL: 1992-97) These leadership positions have allowed me a rare opportunity to advance the African studies agenda at the institutional, national, and international levels

Lioba Moshi: Statement of Candidacy

Interest in African politics and scholarly research is at all times high. Policy makers, researchers, and pupils are interested in the way Africa is handling its affairs, wondering in what manner the African Union will be different from the Organization of African Unity, whether the Africa development and opportunity Act is for Africa or will benefit its western partners more, whether NEPAD will be a material part that liberates Africa from its economic afflictions and whether globalization does more harm than beneficial - perhaps a trap for the continent that continues to undergo despite its wealth from the two human and natural resources, many years of independence from colonialism and apartheid, and a resilient citizenry that has withstood all sorts of human inflicted and natural disasters. Nevertheless, we diocese tremendous improvement at institutions of higher education in terminuss of faculty development and curriculum enhancement. More and more of our colleagues have opportunities to further their scholastic work while they direct the eye for better and more effective ways to deliver knowledge to their scholars They are forging new partnerships with colleagues within the continent and outside the continent (especially Europe and Asia) and strengthening advanced in years ties with institutions in the west. This has benefited our pupils especially undergraduates participating in investigation abroad programs or long-term exchange programs. We have more undergraduate scholars traveling to Africa, not alone to study but also to engage in service learning programs. We also have a number of graduate learners exploring various opportunities for research in Africa including in intensive language programs that would enhance their research skills. all this is happening at the height of travel restrictions and scares, a issue of the effects of 9/11 and the ongoing war upon terrorism. Students have also taken interest in the plight of their compatriots in Africa. It is refreshing to note that volume donations for libraries are upon the rise, with a participatory interest from pupils traveling to Africa during inquiry abroad programs. For example, in the last three years, scholars from the University of Georgia and nationally culled students who participate in assemblage Projects Abroad programs in Tanzania have donated shut to one hundred books to the University of Dar E Salaam library. This is a scholar led initiative and managed (organizing the collection and transportation of these volumes as checked luggage) project that has enhanced US and African institutional linkages.