Senior Lecturer
Phone (520)-621-3755
Office 225 Learning Services Building
Office Hours
Fall 2020: Office hours will be held via Zoom. Please email for an appointment.
Dr. Johnny Bowens is a Senior Lecturer in the Africana Studies Department. His educational background:
- B.A. degree in Sociology from Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1968
- M. Ed. Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona in 1973
- Ph.D degree in Community Sociology from Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1978
Dr. Bowens’ interests is in community organizations. He has been involved in numerous civic and community organizations where he has received numerous special awards.
Currently Teaching
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
Introductory survey of the literature, history, culture and social issues affecting Black Americans.
AFAS 222 – African American Studies: A History of Ideas
This course is concerned with the history of oppression of African and other Indigenous peoples in the world and examines ideas by radical philosophers and scholars from the African Diaspora directed toward liberation from oppression.