Dr. Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah

Senior Lecturer

Email:

tjg522@yahoo.com

Phone:

716.286.8080

Bio

Dr. Jabbaar-Gyambrah is director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Hilbert College. Prior to this position, she worked as an academic advisor for the Academic Challenge Enrichment Program at University at Buffalo.

Focus of Teaching

Black Families Part I and Part II, Hip-Hop in Society, Race & Ethnicity

Current Research

Dr. Jabbaar-Gyambrah recently published a book chapter. “Gender and Culture: The Shaping of British Colonial Educational Policy in West Africa,” in Zachery Williams, Ed., Africana Cultures and Policy Studies: Scholarship and the Transformation of Public Policy (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), 203-216.

Educational Background

Ph.D. in American Studies (specializing in Women's Studies) from University at Buffalo.

Master of Arts & Humanities in African-American Studies and Sociology, from University at Buffalo.