 Professor
in the Department of Black Studies and in the Department of
History, and Chair of Asian American Studies. He received
his BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago
and an M.A. and Ph. D. in History from the University of California,
Berkeley. Professor Daniels' book publications include: Lester
Leaps In: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young (Beacon, 2002); Pioneer Urbanites: A Social  and Cultural
History of Black San Francisco; Charlemagne Péralte
and the First American Occupation of Haiti (translation
from French to English of George Michel,Charlemagne Péralte:
Un Centenaire, 1885-1995 (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1987)
(Kendall Hunt, 1996); One O'clock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils (Beacon Press, 2006). Other research interests
include African popular music and the use of oral history
and photography in the study of culture.
Professor Daniels received the 2005 Keynote Speaker Award in appreciation of his support and contributions to the profession and to the San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society for his book, Pioneer Urbanites, on the occasion of the society's 50th birthday celebration.
Professor Daniels is also the recipient of a Fulbright Lecturing/Research Fellowship in Japan for Fall 2007. He will be teaching courses in African American History and the History of Jazz. He will also be researching the history of jazz in Japan. |
