Department of Pan-African Studies
5151 State University Dr. Los Angeles
King Hall C3095
Phone (323) 343-2290
Fax (323) 343-5485
Email [email protected]
Anthony RatcliffAssistant Professor
Office: King Hall C3081H
Telephone: (323) 343-2295
Email: [email protected]
Anthony J. Ratcliff is an assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. He earned a Ph.D. in African American Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2009. As a critical educator and radical historian, his research and teaching interests include ancient and pre-colonial African history, Black feminist praxis, and the impact of colonialism, mass incarceration, and deportation on Hip Hop cultural production.
Dr. Ratcliff’s articles have appeared in numerous places, including the Journal of Pan African Studies, the International Journal of Africana Studies, the Black Scholar, An Encyclopedia of African American Literature, and elsewhere. In addition, he has recently co-edited a two-volume book titled, Whitewashing American Education: The New Culture Wars in Ethnic Studies (Praeger Press, 2016).
When not in the classroom or mentoring students, Dr. Ratcliff is an organizer with Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, the People’s Education Movement, and the California Faculty Association.