Obituary: Dr. Kwadwo Konadu-Agyeman

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Folks it is my sad duty to announce that Dr. Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang, a professor of Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Akron, Ohio,  passed away late Friday July 27, 2007.

Dr. Konadu was promoted to a full professorhip in August 2006.

The traditional funeral will be on the campus of Akron University on Sunday Sept 2. The body will be flown home for internment therefater.

(PS: Originally Posted by Dr. Kofi Ellison on Ghanaweb on behalf of Nana and Mrs. Adu Boahen, Mrs. Konadu Agyemang, and the entire family)
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These were some of Dr. Kwadwo-Konadu Agyemang's achievements:

Education

1987-91   PhD (Geography): Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
1985-87  

Master of Urban/Environmental Planning: School of Environ. Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia

1976-81  

BSc (Hons.) Land Economy: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Professional Experience

August 2006-Date Full Professor, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

May 2001-August 2006 Associate Professor, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Teaching Graduate/undergraduate courses in geography including Cultural Diversity, Urban Geography, Introductory Geography, Development Planning, Geography of Africa, Urban Geography, World Regional Geography etc.; Also World Civilizations (Africa)
Student advisement; Administrative duties, including: Chair of the Graduate Admissions committee, Member of the Pan African Studies Advisory Council, and Member of the University Curriculum Review Committee and Member of the Buchtel College Council.

July 1997-May 2001: Assistant Professor, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Taught Graduate/undergraduate courses in geography including Cultural Diversity, Urban Geography, Introductory Geography, Development Planning, Geography of Africa, Urban Geography, World Regional Geography etc.; Also World Civilizations (Africa)
Student advisement; Chair of Geography Department Graduate Admissions, Chair of the Buchtel College Curriculum Review Committee; Member, Pan African Studies Advisory Council. 

Sept. 1995- July 1997 Lecturer, Morgan State University Baltimore, MD

Taught Introductory Geography; World History; Introduction to Physical Geography; World Regional Geography; Human Geography; Geography of Africa; Advised Students; Other faculty responsibilities

January ‘96-May ’97: P/T Instructor, Coppin State College, Baltimore MD

Taught Introductory Geography and advised students

Sept. 1992-July 1995: Assistant Professor, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Taught courses and seminars in Planning and Development in the Rural-Urban Fringe (Canadian Studies); Urban Planning; Research in Urban Geography; Regional Economic Development; Geography of Africa; Environmental Studies; Advised Students and supervised Thesis

Sept. 1994-May 1995 Part time Asst. Professor University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus)

Taught Urban/Economic/Social Geography                    

1988-1991 Part-Time Instructor, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168

Taught courses and seminars in introductory geography, development theory and practice; human geography; planning; urban and economic geography; environmental issues; Development in Australia and the Asia-Pacific etc

Research and Publications

Books:

Konadu-Agyemang, K and Panford, K .eds. (2006). Africa in the 21st Century: Pertinent socio-economic and developmental issues. Aldershot, Hampshire UK: Ashgate International ISBN: 0 7546 4478 2

Konadu-Agyemang, K , Takyi, B.K  and Arthur, J.A eds. (2006) The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building and Adaptation.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

Konadu-Agyemang, K (ed) 2001 IMF and World Bank Programs in Africa: Ghana’s Experience, 1983-1999. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K: Ashgate International. ISBN: 0-7546- 1396- 8
Konadu-Agyemang, K. 2000 The Political Economy of Housing and Urbanization in Africa: Ghana’s Experience from Colonial Times to 1998. Westport, CT: Praeger.  ISBN: 0-275-97003-5

Published Peer Reviewed Articles:

Konadu-Agyemang K & Shabaya, Judith (2005) What has corruption got to with it? Understanding the persistence of rural-urban and inter-regional inequalities in Ghana and Zimbabwe GeoJournal 62, 129-146. Special issue on "Opportunities and Challenges for Development in Africa"

Konadu-Agyemang K & Asante, Chirstiana (2004) Reineventing Africa's Socio-economic Development through International Tourism Trade: The Case of Ghana.  African Geographical Review 23, 23-48

Judith Shabaya and Konadu-Agyemang, K. (2004) Unequal access, unequal participation: some spatial and socio-economic dimensions of the gender gap in education in Africa with special reference to Ghana, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Compare 34(4) 395-425

Konadu-Agyemang, K. and Adanu, S. (2003) The Changing Geography Of Export Trade In Ghana Under Structural Adjustment Programs: Some Socioeconomic And Spatial Implications The Professional Geographer 55(4) 2003

Konadu-Agyemang, K ( 2003) Post-Slavery African Immigration to Canada and the US: Some Socio-Economic And Spatial Dimensions Geography Research Forum ( Special Edition) Vol. 23, Dec.

Konadu-Agyemang, K (2001a) Structural Adjustment Programs and the international tourism trade in Ghana, 1983-1999:  Some socio-spatial implications. Tourism Geographies 3(2) 187-206

Konadu-Agyemang, K (2001b) A Survey of housing conditions and characteristics in Accra, an African city. Habitat International 25 (1) 15-34

Konadu-Agyemang, K. (2001c) Structural Adjustment Programs and housing affordability in Ghana Canadian Geographer 45 (2) 528-544

Konadu-Agyemang, K (2001d) Living with Nature: Lessons from Two Indigenous Cultures Sustainable Communities Review 4 (2) 7-15

Konadu-Agyemang, K. and Takyi, B.  (2001). African immigrants in the USA: Some reflections on their pre-and post migration experiences. The Arab World Geographer 31-47

Konadu-Agyemang, K. (2000a) The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: Structural Adjustment programs and Uneven Development in Africa: Ghana’s Experience from 1983-1998, The Professional Geographer 52 (3) 469-483

Konadu-Agyemang, K.(2000b) Travel Pattern and Coping Strategies of Ghanaian Immigrants in Canada. Ghana Studies 2, 1-20

Konadu-Agyemang, K (1999) Characteristics and migration experience of Africans in Canada, Canadian Geographer 43 (4) 400-414

Konadu-Agyemang, K (1998a) Housing Conditions and Spatial Organization in Accra, 1950s-1990s. Ghana Studies 1, 63-90.
Konadu-Agyemang, K (1998b) Structural Adjustment Programs and the Perpetuating of Poverty and Underdevelopment in Africa: Ghana’s Experience. Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives 17: 2 &3 June and September pp. 127-144

Konadu-Agyemang, K., MCCord, D., & Noonan, M. (1994) 'Social Housing as a vehicle for shelter delivery and social integration in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada Ekistics  366 & 367 May/June and July/August

Konadu-Agyemang, K (1994) Housing Affordability in the 1980's: Ghana's Experience, African Urban Quarterly. 6:3&4

Konadu-Agyemang, K (1991) 'Reflections on the absence of squatter settlements in West African cities' Urban Studies  28: 1, 139-151

Konadu-Agyemang, K (1990) 'Home-ownership Affordability in West Africa: A Mirage of Increasing Proportion? Ekistics Vol. 57 No. 342/343 May/June-July/ August

Book Chapters:         

Konadu-Agyemang K and Baffour K. Takyi ( 2006) An Overview of African Immigration to U.S. and Canada. In: Konadu-Agyemang, K , Takyi, B.K  and Arthur, J.A. eds. (2006) The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building and Adaptation.  Pp. 1-12. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

 Takyi Baffour K. and Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang (2006) Theoretical Perspectives on African Migration. In Konadu-Agyemang, K , Takyi, B.K  and Arthur, J.A. eds. (2006) The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building and Adaptation.  Pp. 13-28. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

 Konadu-Agyemang, K and Panford, P. (2006) Introduction and Book Overview. In: Konadu-Agyemang, K and Panford, P eds. (2006) Africa’s Development in the 21st Century: Pertinent Socio-economic and Development Issues. Pp. 1-10 Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate

 Panford, P and Konadu-Agyemang, K (2006) 21st Century African Development: Crises and Challenges. An Overview. In: Konadu-Agyemang, K and Panford, P eds. (2006) Africa’s Development in the 21st Century: Pertinent Socio-economic and Development Issues. Pp. 11-26 Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate

 Konadu-Agyemang, K and Shabaya, J (2006) Gender Disparities in African Education: Some Socio-economic Implications for Africa’s Development in the 21st Century. In: Konadu-Agyemang, K and Panford, P eds. (2006) Africa’s Development in the 21st Century: Pertinent Socio-economic and Development Issues. Pp. 301-321. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate

 Panford, K and Konadu-Agyemang, K (2006) Making Change: Reinventing Africa for the 21st Century. In: Konadu-Agyemang, K and Panford, P eds. (2006) Africa’s Development in the 21st Century: Pertinent Socio-economic and Development Issues. Pp. 391-400. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate

Konadu-Agyemang, K (2005) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)/ Communaute Economique des Etats d’Afrique Centrale (CEEAC) Encyclopedia  of Globalization

Konadu-Agyemang, K (2001) An Overview of Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa. In Konadu-Agyemang, K (ed) 2001 IMF and World Bank Programs in Africa: Ghana’s Experience, 1983-1999. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K: Ashgate International. ISBN: 0-7546- 1396- 8

Konadu-Agyemang, K (2001) Africa Under World Bank/IMF Management: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times. Konadu-Agyemang, K (ed) IMF and World Bank Programs in Africa: Ghana’s Experience, 1983-1999. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K: Ashgate International. ISBN: 0-7546- 1396- 8

Konadu-Agyemang, K., & Takyi, B.K (2001) Structural Adjustment Programs and the Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Ghana. Konadu-Agyemang, K. ed. 2001 IMF and World Bank Programs in Africa: Ghana’s Experience, 1983-1999. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K : Ashgate International. ISBN: 0-7546- 1396- 8

Konadu-Agyemang, K (1989) 'The Co-operative Approach to Housing' in Ingman, D and Allan Rodger (eds) Self -Help Housing, Dept of Architecture and Planning, Melbourne University

Book Reviews:

Konadu-Agyemang, K ( 2000 ) The Last Emerging Market From Asian Tigers to African Lions? The Ghana File. A Review of Nathaniel H. Bowditch 1999 The Last Emerging Market From Asian Tigers to African Lions? The Ghana File.  Westport, CT: Praeger 1999 224 Pages ISBN 0-275-96588-0. Journal of Asian and African Studies

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2002 Structural Adjustments: Theory, Practice and Impacts. Mohan G, et al 2000 London: Routledge Economic Geography 78:2, 245-247

Conference Paper Presented:

Konadu-Agyemang, K. (2006a) Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in Africa By 2015: A Mirage or Reality? Paper presented at the AAG Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 7-12

Konadu-Agyemang, K. (2006b) The Prospects of Attaining Environmental Sustainability in Africa by 2015 Under the Millennium Development Goals: A Critical Assessment of Progress in Selected African Countries. Paper presented at the African Studies Association Meeting, San Francisco November 15-19

 Konadu-Agyemang, K.(2005) Leave no girl behind, leave no village behind: Spatial and Gender inequities in Ghanaian Education and Implications for Development. Paper presented at the African Studies Association Meeting, Washington, D.C. November 17-20

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2004a Making Change: Addressing Spatial and Gender inequities in African Education. Paper presented at the Centennial Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-19

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2004b Making Change: Reinventing Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development Through The Tourism Trade. International Association of African Business and Development, Atlanta, Georgia, April 7-10

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2004c Has Traditional Land Tenure in Africa Outlived its Usefulness? Reflections on Changing Land Tenure and Implications for Socio-Economic Development? Paper presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, Nov 10-14

Konadu-Agyemang, K and Kwame Safo Boate 2004 Socio-economic and Spatial implications of emerging trends in urbanization and urban land values in Ghana. Paper presented at the ELDAAG Meeting, Athens, Ohio, October 15-16

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2003a The Paradox of Africa: Making sense of Africa’s Poverty in the midst of abundant Resources. Paper presented at The Association of American Geographers Meeting, New Orleans, March 4-8

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2003 b State Regulatory Apparatus in Post-Colonial Urban Ghana: A Critical Appraisal. Paper presented at the African Studies Association (ASA) 2003 Conference, October 30-Nov. 2, 2003 Boston, MA

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2002a Urbanization and Changing Urban Land Values in Ghana: Some spatial and socio-economic implications. Association of American Geographers Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 4-8

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2002b Gender and Spatial disparities in Ghanaian Education: Some implications for Ghana’s development in the 21st Century. African Studies Assoc. Meeting, Washington, DC Dec 5-8

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2001a Changing Trends In The Geography Of Export Trade: Ghana’s Experiences Under Structural Adjustment Programs, 1983-1999. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, NY, NY February 27-March 3

Konadu-Agyemang, K 2001b Perspectives on socio-economic and spatial disparities in Africa with specific reference to Ghana and Zimbabwe. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, Montreal, PQ, May 29-June 3

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 2000a. Changing trends in the tourism geography of Africa: Ghana’s experiences under structural adjustment programs, 1983-1999. Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, St. Catherines, Ontario, May 31-June 3

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 2000b. Structural Adjustment Programs In Ghana: Some Spatial And Socio-Economic Implications. American Association of Geographers Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA  April 4-8 2000a.

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 2000c The saga of socio-economic and spatial disparities in Africa: A comparative study of Zimbabwe and Study of Ghana and Zimbabwe Paper presented at the East Lakes Division of the American Association Conference of Geographers Conference, Oxford, Ohio, October 19-21

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 2000d. Structural Adjustment Programs and the Changing Geography of Export Trade In Ghana African Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 17-20

Konadu-Agyemang, K 1999a.  Sixteen Years Of Structural Adjustment Programs In Ghana Some Spatial And Socio-Economic Implications. African Studies Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA November

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1999b.  The changing geography of the tourism trade in Africa: Ghana’s experience under structural adjustment programs East Lakes Division of AAG Meeting,  Loudonville, OH, Nov 5-6

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1999c. Structural  Adjustment Programs And Changing Land Values In Africa: The Case Of Accra, Ghana. Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, Lethbridge, Alberta, June

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1999 Some Perspectives On African Immigrants In The USA And Their Adaptation .American Association of Geographers Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, March

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1998a. The Characteristics And Adaptation Strategies Of African Immigrants In Toronto African Studies Association Conference, Chicago, Ill, October

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1998b. Impact Of Structural Adjustment Programs On Housing Production In Ghana. East Lakes Division of AAG Meeting,  Columbus, Ohio, October,

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1998c. The best of times and the worst of times: Structural Adjustment Programs and Uneven Development in Africa: The Case of Ghana, 1983-1998. Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 2-6, 1998

Konadu-Agyemang, K and Saku, J (1998) Transportation Development in Ghana Revisited. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographers Meeting, Boston, MA March

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1997a. Preserving our environment and resources: Lessons from Indigenous Cultures East Lakes American Association of Geographers (ELAAG), Lansing, October 17-19, 1997:

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1997b.Transportation Development in Ghana American Association of Geographers (AAG) Meeting, Boston, MA , March 25-29, 1998

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1996 Transportation Development in Ghana: 33 years after Peter Gould. Paper, presented at Transport Policy Colloquium,  Morgan State University, Baltimore, March 6

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1995 'When the cooks are the judges of the palatability of the food: Nagging questions on the impact of Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa' Paper presented at the Canadian African Studies Association, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario May 11-14

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1994"Housing Policy and Tenure in Australia: " Paper Presented at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) Eastern Division Meeting. November 4-6

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1993 'The political economy of an African city: Accra - From a fishing village to a millionaire city' Paper presented at the Canadian Assoc. of Geographers Conference Ottawa, June

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1990a Strategies for developing Urban Infrastructure in Africa. Center for Development Studies, Monash Univ. Melbourne, Australia

Konadu-Agyemang, K. 1990b 'Ghana: Revolution, Structural Adjustment and Housing Affordability, 1981-1989' Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress of the World Association of Major Metropolises, Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 15-19

Theses:

  • 1991 The  Political Economy of Housing Underdevelopment  in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Accra, Ph. D thesis, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 1986 Third World Urbanization and the housing question with specific reference to Ghana', MUP thesis, Melbourne Univ.
  • 1991 Co-operative housing as a vehicle for solving the urban housing problems in Africa'' BSc (Hons) Thesis, UST, Kumasi

Theses Supervised:

  • Agricultural Land Use Pattern in the rural-urban fringe of London, Ontario ( 1995 )

  • Gender and Commuting in the Peterborough Area, Ontario (1995)
  • Changes in the geographical knowledge of upper high school students (1995)

Current Dissertation Committee Work:

Supervising one Masters dissertation; Serving on 4 other masters and one Doctoral dissertation committees

Current Research Interests and On-going Research

  • The role of World Bank, IMF and International NGOs in Development

  • Policies and strategies for controlling urban sprawl and preserving agricultural lands

  • Urbanization and housing development in developing countries

  • Development into the rural fringe and policy implications

  • Socio-economic and spatial inequalities in developing countries

  • African immigrants and their adaptation in North America

  • Population and Human migration

  • Tourism and Export trade

  • Environmental policy and management in Africa

  • Structural Adjustment Programs

  • Sustainable development policy in peripheral capitalist states

  • Transportation development in Africa

Areas of Teaching Interest

Urban/ Economic/ Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Introduction to Geography
Urban Planning and Regional Development
Urbanization and Urban Development
Environmental Geography
World Regional Geography
Geography of Africa
African Culture

Professional Association Memberships

Canadian Association of Geographers
Society for International Development
American Association of Geographers
African Studies Association

Consultancy

1992-Date: Consultant to Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (Urban Development Unit)

Scholarships and Awards

  • University of Akron Faculty Research Grant, $3,464.80, 1997/98

  • Trent University Faculty Improvement Grant,  $1200, 1994/95

  • Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA) Research Grant, $950, 1993/94

  • Monash University PhD Research Award  @$7500 x 4  ($30,000) 1987-1991

  • Post-Graduate Students Fellowship, University of Melbourne, 1986

Volunteer Activities 

1993-Date   Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
1992-1994   African-Canadian Multicultural Association, Toronto
1987-1991   Community AID Abroad (Melbourne); ADRA (South Pacific)
1988-1991   African-Australian Multicultural Association

Courses Taught

3350:100 Introduction to Geography
3350:250 World Regional Geography
3350:375 Geography Cultural Diversity
3350:420/520 Urban Geography
3350:600 Seminar: Urban Geography
3400:390 World Civilization: Africa

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Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry, Ph. D.
Assoc. Prof. of African History & World History
Dept of History
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, PA 17257 U.S.A.

Phone: 717 477 1286
Fax:   717 477 4062

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