DISC Faculty

Mbaye B. Lo
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Arabic

Mbaye B. Lo

Office Location: 212 Trent Hall
Office Phone: (919) 660-4356
Email Address: mbayelo@duke.edu

Specialties:
Arabic

Education:
PhD, 2006
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview tester
Full certification in Arabic

Research Description: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), oral proficiency-based language teaching and testing. His research examines Islam in America and theories of civil society in Arab and Muslim contexts. He also has a strong interest in the development of Arabic language and literature in Africa.

Teaching (Fall 2009):   (typical courses)

Teaching (Spring 2010):   (typical courses)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Understanding the Muslim Discourse: Language, Tradition and the Message of Ben Laden (29, 2009), University Press of America .
  2. The African University: the Mission and the Message, Presented at International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa Hall (4, 2009) .
  3. Civil Society: Concepts, Theories and Practices, Presented at Shariqa Hall University of Khartoum, (June 2, 2009). (2, 2009) .
  4. Contextualizing Muridiyyah within the American Muslim Communities: perspectives on past, present and future, presented at the International Conference on the Globalization of the Muridiyya Muslim Ordert. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY (23, 2009) .
  5. Lived Islam, Presented at 6th Duke-UNC Graduate Students Conference (5, 2009) .