Dr. Charles Quist-Adade

Social Psychology, Principle of Sociology Teacher
Male, 52 Years| VANCOUVER - V3W 2M8, Canada

Member since: Nov 17, 2007

Last active on: May 10, 2012 at 08:10 AM (EST)

About Dr. Charles Quist-Adade

Dr. Charles Quist-Adade is a Sociology professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Prior to joining the Department of Sociology in 2005, Dr. Quist-Adade Quist-Adade taught at the University of Windsor. He also taught at Wayne State University and Central Michigan University, and Michigan State University, all in the USA. Dr. Quist-Adade specializes in racialization and ethnicity. His other areas of teaching and research interest are Media and Society, Social Theory, Families, Globalization, and Social Psychology.

Dr. Quist-Adade is the author of In the Shadows of the Kremiln and the White House: Africa’s Media Image from Communism to Post-Communism, several chapters in books and scores of scholarly and popular press articles. He has presented several papers at conferences in Canada, the USA and Russia. He is the editor and publisher of Sankofa News a publication with a commitment to promoting multiculturalism in Canada and beyond.

Dr. Quist-Adade has won several teaching awards, including being cited twice in the Academic Edition of Canada’s premier newsmagazine Maclean’s as the top three most popular and one of 10 best professor at the University of Windsor, Ontario. He was awarded the 2004 Black Community Leadership Award by the Windsor and District Black Coalition.

Dr. Quist-Adade began his career in his native Ghana as a journalist before moving to Russia where he pursued graduate studies while he worked as a correspondent of the London (U. K.)-based Gemini News Service. While in Russia, he also stringed for BBC Africa Service, the London-based African magazines, New African, African Concord and West Africa.

Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

Face to Face Teaching

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
Social Psychology (Others)
Language of Instruction: English
Teaching Experience

African Studies

University of British Columbia, Canada

Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

African studies, Geography Africa

Sociology

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada

Aug 2005 - Jan 2011

Sociology courses levels, Mass Media Courses


Author of In the Shadows of the Kremiln and the White House: Africa’s Media Image from Communism to Post-Communism, several chapters in books and scores of scholarly and popular press articles.
Won several teaching awards, including being cited twice in the Academic Edition of Canada’s premier newsmagazine Maclean’s as the top three most popular and one of 10 best professor at the University of Windsor, Ontario.
Was awarded the 2004 Black Community Leadership Award by the Windsor and District Black Coalition.

Sociology and Journalism

Central Michigan University, United States

Jul 2003 - Jul 2005

Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Introduction Sociology, Minorities Media

Sociology

Wayne State University, United States

Aug 1997 - Aug 2000

Sociological Theories, Introduction Sociology, Sociology Religion, Race and Ethnicity

Professional Experience
Managing Editor
Afri-Can Magazine, British Columbia, Canada
Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
Editor/Publisher
Sankofa News , British Columbia, Canada
Jan 1994 - Nov 2007
Education

PhD in Sociology

St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation

Sep 1983 - May 1992

MA in Journalism

St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation

Oct 1983 - May 1988

Dip. Journalism

Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana

Jul 1979 - Jun 1981

Professional Exams & Certifications

Post-Doctoral

Ontario, Canada

Year Of Passing: 1993

Associations & Membership
Assn of the Worldwide Studies of Africans in the Diaspora
Georgia, United States
Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
Black Canadian Studies Association
British Columbia, Canada
May 2008 - Jan 2011
Publications and Research
In the Kremlin and the White House: Africa's Media Image from Communism to Post-Communism
Charles Quist-Adade, PhD

A comparative study of the Soviet and Western Media coverage of Africa during the Cold War

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