Robert Compton To Deliver Susan Sutton Smith Lecture

Robert W. Compton, associate professor of Africana & Latino Studies and Political Science at SUNY Oneonta, has been awarded the college’s 2011 Susan Sutton Smith Prize for Academic Excellence.
He will deliver the 17th annual Susan Sutton Smith Lecture, “Mad Scramble for Africa: Is China Winning and the US Losing?” on Thursday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Craven Lounge of Morris Conference Center. Admission is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend. Compton, who joined the SUNY Oneonta faculty in 2001, holds a doctorate and master’s degree from Binghamton University. At SUNY Oneonta, he teaches courses in comparative politics and international relations.
Compton’s research interests include East Asian and southern African political development, and their impact on ordinary citizens. In 2008, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Zimbabwe; In 2007, a visiting scholar at the Center for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.
The Susan Sutton Smith Prize honors the late SUNY Oneonta professor of English, endowed by Dr. Thomas and Mary Smith in memory of their daughter. The recipient of the prize is chosen from nominations submitted to a committee of faculty and administrators.

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