Bede Ssensalo

Faculty Professor

Bede Ssensalo – Ssensalo@csulb.edu

Academic specialties/ Area of interest:

• Research in International Black Children’s Literature in Africa, the U.S. , and the Caribbean .
• Caribbean and Children’s Literature

Education Information (degrees and Universities attended):

• Undergraduate:
  • B.A. in English, Makerere University , Uganda , East Africa , 1970
• Graduate:
  • M.A. in African Studies, UCLA, California , 1972
  • Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, UCLA, California , 1978

Courses

• B/ST 150: Critical Thinking in Black Studies
• B/ST 343A: African Literature
• B/ST 415: International Black Children’s Literature
• B/ST 499: Directed Studies

Professional and community affiliations

• Member of Phi Beta Delta
• Member of the Academic Senate at CSULB