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A few years ago, the filmmaker Bill Duke spoke to an audience at Temple University about his career and offered suggestions for young people interested in the entertainment industry.  One of the highlights of his interaction with the crowd was his response to a question about the most important piece of advice he would offer…

Imagine Dr.Walter Greason   —- Most people do not recognize how much fiction shapes the reality we share. Several colleagues over the years have scoffed at the idea of mysticism and dismissed its importance in the development of civilization. Friedrich Nietzsche troubled the philosophical discussion of ethics with his work, Beyond Good and Evil.  Yet the power…

Public employees’ unions have become the target of legislative austerity across the United States.  Despite the massive growth of administrative authority and budgets since 1980, teachers and faculty have taken the blame for the failures to educate nearly two generations of young people.  Bureaucracy has absorbed the goodwill of the populace to assure equal opportunity…

The Forgotten Blood Walter Greason Norristown Times-Herald 21 April 2013 Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev present the most recent reminder about a complex and dangerous world in the twenty-first century. Most Americans’ reactions to the young men’s names and ancestry were collective ignorance of southern Russia, and central Asia more broadly.  The Tsarnaev’s attack on the Boston…

A Recovery Agenda Dr. Walter Greason Norristown Times-Herald 7 April 2013 —— The situation has become intolerable.  Since 2010, the federal government has ground to a halt, stalling any dedicated effort towards a global recovery.  Elected officials have offered excuse after excuse for their failures of leadership and imagination.  Now, individuals and organizations must stand up to hold…

Hi, everyone, I hope you’re doing well.  Thank you so much for staying in touch and supporting excellence in education and economic development through my work.  The Season of Liberty (Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Black History Month, and Women’s History Month) went so well as I traveled to Florida in early February and wrapped…

African American historiography has relied on one of the most basic premises of professional history – the analysis of change over time.  Several of the most famous works in the field have titles like “From Slavery to Freedom” or “From Plantation to Ghetto.”  These approaches emphasize the connection between human experience and physical space.  …

Rebirth of Conservatism Dr. Walter Greason Princeton, NJ 15 January 2013   In 1939, a Republican minister pledged to register thousands of voters in Atlanta, Georgia, with the support of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.  Reverend Michael King challenged the dominant ideas about African American suffrage and risked his life…

Over the last couple weeks, Professors Marcia Alesan Dawkins and Walter David Greason had a conversation about several of the issues in their lives, in their research, in the academy, and around the world.  They are proud to share their ideas with you.   WDG:   What inspired you to become a scholar?   MAD:  The…

WHAT IF MARY AND JOSEPH HAD A DAUGHTER?   >>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Jiba Molei Anderson and Walter Greason pose a difficult question.  How would our world be different, if Christ had been a woman?   Imagining a world where the last 2000 years unfolded around the growth of Catholic and Protestant churches with women…