The Elijah Muhammad Studies Research Symposium June 24, 2017
This event marks the first ever Elijah Muhammad Studies Research Symposium. This inaugural event will be held on the campus of Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas on June 24, 2017. The Elijah Muhammad Studies Research Symposium brings scholars together to study Elijah Muhammad teachings from interdisciplinary perspectives. Through comparatively exploring academic fields studied in universities, this project seeks to situate Elijah Muhammad’s teachings as being foundational to groundbreaking research, innovations, and discoveries that are being made across academic disciplines in the 21st century.
Oral Presentations:
1. Dr. James L. Conyers, Jr. “Africana Faith: A Religious History of the African American Crusade in Islam”
2. Bro. Fredrick Dixon “ Experiencing Elijah Muhammad Studies in the Classroom” Live Web Steam
3. Illia Rashad Muhammad “The Nation of Islam and UFO’s” Live Web Steam
4. Dr. Malachi Crawford “Black Muslims and the Law”
5. Shahid Muhammad “STEM and The Teachings of Elijah Muhammad”
6. Dr. Stephen Finley “The Secret…of Who the Devil Is: Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam, and Theological Phenomenology”
7. Dr. Lydia Magras Muhammad “Elijah Muhammad, Language, and Literacy”
8. Edward Anthony Muhammad “The Teachings of Elijah Muhammad as Critical Theory: Toward a Rapprochement.”
Wrap-up. Discussants:
Bro Troy 5X Muhammad
Sister Deborah L. Muhammad
Dr. James Thomas Jones III
Rebecca Hankins
Dr. Dawn-Marie Gibson
John Chiles, JD.
Symposium Organizing Committee:
Dr. Abul Pitre, Professor Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling
(Host). College of Education
LaSonya M. Dunham, M.ED., Doctoral Student- Department of Educational
Leadership and Counseling. College of Education
Kimberly M. Gay, M.L.S. Academic Reference Librarian, Head of Reference and
Information Services. John B. Coleman Library
Elizabeth Marion, M.ED., Doctoral Student- Department of Educational Leadership
and Counseling. College of Education
Talitio F. Russell, Library Assistant II- Technical Services, Master Student-
Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling. College of Education