Diploma
Human Services
University of Maryland
2001
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Faculty
Faculty
JohnPatrick Ifedi, Ph.D.
Master Lecturer
Department/Office
- Political Science
School/College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Biography
John-Patrick Ifedi Ph.D. is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science with concentration in the areas of International Political Economy, International Relations and Methodology and Comparative Politics (Africa and the Caribbean) at Howard. Following his public service in the justice department he became fully engaged in academia. As a practitioner of public administration - as social scientist, Interstate Compact section manager, Cognitive Programs Manager - in the U.S. civil service, he served in managerial capacity in various areas of the U.S. federal civil service (U.S. Justice Department, D.C. court services agency, and the superior court of the District of Columbia) for over twenty-two years, between 1990 and 2015.
Ifedi is also making significant contributions to community service in various capacities. In 1992, he founded the Council on African World Affairs in the District of Columbia, a foreign affairs organization dedicated to educating the professional, policy, attentive and general public on policy, political and social developments and issues in the African world. He also founded, in 2014, and presides over the American Social Skills Education and Development group (ASSED), and organization that is focused on providing social and life skills education to the professional and general public. Ifedi is also the president of Machiavel Strategies, a political and economic consulting outfit in Washington, D.C.
His international role in democracy development and democratization is also notable. He has undertaken many political consulting election and democracy development assignments in Eastern Europe, especially Kosovo and Bosnia-i-Herzegovina; the most prominent is his participation as an election supervisor in Tuzla and Banovici, Bosnia, in 1996, under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the US. State Department to supervise the municipal elections, part of the diplomatic protocols and agreements leading to the cessation of hostilities and end to the Bosnian civil war. Additionally, through the council on African world affairs, he has served as an election monitor and development agent in many presidential elections in Nigeria since the emergence of democracy in Nigeria's fourth republic.
Ifedi has published in various scholarly peer reviewed journals in Political Science and has co-edited two books on U.S. Foreign Policy in addition to having presented in many scholarly conferences in the US and abroad.
Ifedi earned a BA from the State University of Minnesota, Moorhead where he studied biology, chemistry, political science and sociology, an MA. in political science (Public Administration and US. Diplomatic History) from the University of North Dakota, Grand Fork, North Dakota; his Ph.D. in political science with concentration in International Political Economy, International Relations, Comparative Politics and Methodology is from Howard. He also holds a Diploma in Human Services Management (2000) from the University of Maryland and he was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship in Political Economy as an Institute for British and Irish Studies scholar at St. Anthony's College, Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin in 1996. He is a recipient of many awards for his dedication to community leadership, service and public education.
Education & Expertise
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Political Science
Howard University
1995
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Public Administration/International Relations; Minor: Diplomatic History
Univeristy of North Dakota, Grand Forks
1983
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Political Science; Minor: Sociology
State University of Minnesota, Moorhead
1981
Expertise
International Political Economy
Political Methodology
International Relations (Strategies and Geopolitics)
Comparative Government (Africa and the Caribbean)
Democratization
Politics of Social Conflict
Gender and Politics
Politics of Oil
Academics
Academics
Graduate Courses
POLS 226 - World Imperialism/Globalization
POLS 209 - Organizational Theory
POLS 87508-216 - Administrative Process
POLS 215 - Administration of the National Government
POLS 273 - Africa in World Politics
Undergraduate Courses
POLS 010 - National Government of the U.S
POLS. 128 - International Relations
POLS. 001 - Introduction to Political Science
POLS. 14 - American Presidency
POLS. 178 - American Foreign Policy
Comparative Politics -Africa and the Caribbean
POLS. 008 - Introduction to Political Economy
POLS. 006 - Pan Africanism
POLS.002 - Introduction to Research in Political Science
Research
Research
Specialty
Conflict , Post-colonial conflicts, oil and politics, democratization, Gender and politics, Intersectionaity of Identity and politics .Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Distinguished Community Service Award, the Council on African World Affairs; 2014
Selected Post-Doctoral Summer Fellow of the Institute for British and Irish Studies (IBIS); 2008
in International Political Economy ot S.t Anthony's Colege, Oxford University, Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin.
Publications and Presentations
Publications and Presentations
Conceptualization of Africa by Major Black Diaspora Thinkers (the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Conceptualization of Africa by Major Black Diaspora Thinkers
This chapter utilizes the qualitative (explanatory and historical analysis) method to review King’s formative experiences and philosophy vis-à-vis his conceptualization of the fight for freedom as a common struggle for all peoples of color everywhere.
Fidel Castro and Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter: Fidel Castro and Sub-Saharan Africa in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation
As important as state-to-state and multi-state cooperation have long proven to be, many countries in the Global South have yet to fully explore its potentials. Despite their shared history of slavery, colonialism, and underdevelopment, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean currently show a lack of significant cooperation. Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation, therefore, makes the case for an increased and renewed effort at bilateral and multilateral cooperation between the three regions. In this multidisciplinary work, scholars make the case for renewing, continuing, and deepening relationships between the people, the state, and the non-governmental organizations in the three spheres―taking not only an economic and political point of view, but also considering sociological, geographical, and historical perspectives as well.
"Blood Oil," Ethnicity, and Conflict in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
"Blood Oil," Ethnicity, and Conflict in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
This essay examines the causes of the agitation and militancy in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The conflict shows a dynamic that falls into three historical eras: the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. An interplay of three significant factors currently contributes to conditions that are fueling the conflict: foreign administrative control (slave trade and colonialism) of the Niger Delta, which is alien to the indigenous people; the presence of lucrative commodities (oil, palm oil, and timber); and the Niger Delta people's resistance to exploitation and assertion of their rights. The authors conclude that any attempts at finding solutions to the conflict must address issues of program and policy. They posit that policies founded on rights and environmental justice are imperative to help to resolve the differences between the fighting stakeholders.