This paper will examine a single social scientist of African descent to emerge d

This paper will examine a single social scientist of African descent to emerge during the era of what
many have called “The Black social sciences” (c. 1970s and 1980s). The intellectual biography should
include: 1) a scholarly background of the author that examines his or her dissertation topic (if
available), their advisors and/or scholarly influences, and their professional and organizational
affiliations, including the work done under the aegis of such institutions; 2) scholarly production (i.e.
What did they write? When did they write it?); 3) contributions to knowledge (i.e. What was the
intellectual content of these writings? The major conclusions?); and 4) their impact (i.e. What was the
effect that their work had? On the academy? On the community?). The main question (i.e. your thesis)
for your intellectual biographies and the connecting idea for each of the four components just
discussed is this: How has the intellectual work of your selected figure affected the development of
the their chosen discipline and/or Africana Studies? You are encouraged to begin the process of
developing their arguments early in the semester. There will be two check-ins before the paper/project
is due. Introduction and at least three additional paragraphs