The Importance of HBCUs and Africana Heritage With Kweli Zukeri

Welcome to Season 4 of Papa PhD! VIDEO https://youtu.be/1hemLxGgARM Kweli Zukeri was born and raised in Falls Church, Va. He has a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication and minor in social entrepreneurship from UNC at Chapel Hill, as well as an M.S. in Psychology (2018) and Ph.D. (2021) in Developmental Psychology from Howard University. Both his master thesis and dissertation focused on exploring the impact of African-centered school-based programming on American African student racial and cultural identity, as well as American African student learning. Prior to his recent graduate studies, he also studied ancient African/Kemetic language for 2 years in Howard’s department of Africana studies, and has been a facilitator of the Egypt on the Potomac Field Trip of Washington, D.C., for the last decade. Thank you, Kweli Zukeri! If you enjoyed this conversation with Kweli, let him know by clicking the link below and leaving him a message on Twitter: Send Kweli Zukeri a thank you message! Click here to share your key take-away from this interview with David! This episode’s resources: Kweli Zukeri | LinkedIn Kweli Zukeri | Twitter If you find value in Papa PhD and in the content I bring you every week, click on one of the buttons below and send some of that value back to me :) Now with the added perk of receiving the brand new Papa PhD and PhD Dojo stickers, if you become a monthly supporter on Patreon or BuyMeACoffee! Donate safely through PayPal Support the show on Patreon ! Or buy me a coffee :) Get the Papa PhD Career Readiness Tool kit ! You might also like the following episodes: Sarah Habibi - Becoming a Full-Time Science Communicator Federica Bressan – Do researchers have time for scicomm? Chris Emdin – Reimagining a More Inclusive STEM PhD Dojo – First Year PhD - Assembling the Expedition Team