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 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
Course provides a comprehensive understanding of the African American experience as grounded in the humanities and social sciences. A broad investigation of Africana history and culture and its subsequent evolution in the United States.
AFAS 255 – African American Politics
This course is designed to illumine the political economy of the African American community in the United States, with special attention to issues of race, politics, class and gender. Major themes in the course will focus on the struggles of African American people for justice from the period of reconstruction through the civil rights and post-civil rights eras. The question of Black political organizing and institution building both within and outside the dominant structures of the U.S. political economy will be discussed throughout the course.