Douglas Thomas

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor
Affiliation	SUNY-Brockport
Email	dothomas@brockport.edu
Mailing Address	28 Monroe Ave Apt 2 Brockport, NY 14420
Phone/Fax Number(s)	3183940595 cell 5853955823 office
Countries of Specialization	Senegal ; Gambia
Education	Ph. D. in History from Georgia State University M.A. in History from Louisiana Tech University B. A. in History from University of Central Arkansas
Research Interests	Religious History of Africa, Islam in Africa, Sufism, Islamic concepts of the divine in Africa
Teaching Interests	Religion in Africa, Islam in West Africa, West African History, Senegambia, Precolonial Africa
Publications	African Religions: Belief and Practice in History, co-editor New York: ABC-CLIO, 2017 Sufism, Mahdism, and Nationalism: Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal. London: Continuum Publishing, 2012. Islamization in West Africa before 1804. Paul U. Omeje and Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo (eds.) New Perspectives on West African History: Festchrift in Honour of Prof. S. C. Ukpabi, Enugu: Madonna University Press, 2013. Book Review Evangelical Faith Movment in Ethiopia: Origins and Establishment of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. By Fekadu Gurmessa, trans. Ezekiel Gebissa. International Journal of Ethiopian Studies Los Angeles: Tsehei Publishers, 2010. Book Review Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria by Deidre Helen Crumbley. Notes and Records, An International Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies. University of Kentucky, 2010. “Seydina Limamou Laye,” “Seydina Issa Rohou Laye,” “El Hajj Malik Sy,” all found in the Dictionary of African Biography Oxford University Press, 2011. “Renegotiating Islam: Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal” presented at the Conference on Religion and Religious Identities in Africa and the African Diaspora, October 11, 2008. Published in the Conference’s volume 2009, University of West Michigan. “Church of God in Christ” entry in Encyclopedia of African-American History Oxford University Press, 2009 “Cheikh Ibra Fall,” “Charles Harrison Mason,” “Seydina Limamou Laye” all found in ABC-CLIO’s Encyclopedia of Holy People, 2004 “Globalization” LASH Magazine Winter 2004 “Love African Style” LASH Magazine Spring 2003
Keywords	Limamou Laye; Layennes; Senegal