Daphne Ntiri, Associate Professor / Adult Education & Literacy, Gender-related Studies / mailto:dntiri@aol.com
Homepage: http://www.is.wayne.edu/dntiri/
After serving three years as a consultant to UNESCO on Adult Education and Adult Literacy in field assignments in Senegal and Somalia, Dr. Ntiri became resolute and passionate about taking drastic measures to promote Adult Education and reduce adult illiteracy in the world. At Wayne State University where she is Associate Professor of Social Science, she writes empirically from an interdisciplinary perspective integrating theory, practice and application. Her research intersecting on Third World issues, women and adult education has yielded two edited works, Partnerships in Adult Education ( AAACE, 1999) and One is not a Woman, One Becomes: The African Woman in a Transitional Society (Bedford, 1983). She has also published a score of articles in both national and international refereed journals including International Review of Education, International Journal of Sociology, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy and Urban Education. Her forthcoming book is focused on Adult Literacy in Cultural Communities. She holds consultative status with several foreign universities including University of Mumbai, India, University of Zimbabwe and the University of Legon, Ghana.
Prof. Ntiri has further distinguished herself by forging successful partnerships and initiating research-based external contracts amounting to over $3,200,000 on behalf of the over the last seven years. Such funding has allowed the creation of sub-units within the namely the Office of Adult and Lifelong Learning Research (ALLR), (visit ALLR website at www.cll.wayne.edu/allr). The ALLR outreaches the community and launches innovative curricular and technological initiatives while enhancing institutional capacity-building. The ALLR has offered dozens of research assistantships to graduate and undergraduate students across the university and has also launched the Distinguished Adult Education Lecture Series which has featured distinguished Adult Education scholars such as Jack Mezirow, Phyllis Cunningham, Manning Marable on Wayne State’s campus. She recently initiated and edits the annual journal series, Models in Adult and Lifelong Learning - Vol 1 - Adult Education and Social Change; Vol .II - Pedagogy for Adult Learners: Methods and strategies and III – Politicization and Democratization of Adult Education. Copies of these books along with two professionally produced tapes, Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Instruction and Participatory Literacy Instruction Training are available free of charge to the adult education professional or student.
Professor Ntiri has been recognized by the university for both scholarly achievements and service record. In 1995, she received the coveted WSU Career Development Chair Award (the first black female awardee over the life of the award) for her work on adult literacy at both local, national and international levels. Other University laurels have included the President’s Teaching Award (1999) and the Alumni Service Award (1999).
Prof. Ntiri has also spent the last twenty years promoting the professional development of artists particularly jazz legends such as Marcus Belgrave, Charlie Gabriel, Harold McKinney and Lawrence Williams. She has edited two books of poetry featuring works of Detroit’s leading poets, Naomi Long Madgett, Michelle Gibbs, Paulette White in Consonance and Continuity in Poetry: Detroit Black Writers; Blossoming Trends and one on theater, Roots and Blossoms: African American Plays for Today.