Sylvia Macauley is Professor of History and former Chair of the Africana Studies department at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). Prior to joining the faculty at CSUN in fall 2015 she was, for 16 years, Professor of History at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, where she taught various courses on Africa and served as deputy Department Chair from 2013-2015. From 2009-2015, Macauley also served as Truman’s Director of the Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program–a Trio program funded by the federal Department of Education to prepare undergraduate students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds for successful entry into graduate school with the goal of ultimately attaining a PhD to help diversify the professorate. Before embarking on her gradual westward migration, Macauley was Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University from 1998-1999 and the founding Executive Director of the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) from 1997-1999. A native of Sierra Leone, Macauley received her Bachelor’s degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, and her Masters and Doctoral degrees in African History from Howard University. She has also at Fourah Bay College and the University of Ghana at Legon. A life-time member of the ASA Women’s Caucus, Macauley’s research interests touch on a wide range of topics including health in Africa, gender and education, women and conflict, engendering the peace-building process and Africanizing restorative justice mechanisms in Sierra Leone. Her most recent book (co- edited with Ismail Rashid) is entitled: Paradoxes of History and Memory in Post-colonial Sierra Leone.