DISC Faculty

Mbaye B. Lo
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Arabic

Mbaye B. Lo

Office Location: 2204 Erwin Road 231
Office Phone: (919) 660-4356
Email Address: mbayelo@duke.edu

Specialties:
Arabic

Education:
PhD, The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, CSU, 2006
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview tester
Full certification in Arabic
MA/ Arabic, Khartoum International Institute for Arabic Language.
ABD, International University of Africa, Khartoum
MA/ History, Cleveland State University
BA/ Arabic Lang. & Literature, International University of Africa, Khartoum

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 (Spring 2012):   (typical courses)

  • ARABIC 2.001, Elementary arabic Synopsis
    Trent 039, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM
  • ARABIC 2.002, Elementary arabic Synopsis
    Trent 038b, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • ARABIC 2.003, Elementary arabic Synopsis
    Trent 039, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. M.B. Lo, Amrika: al-Islam wa al-Sudan: Qiraat fi Ghayahib al-Fikr al-Siyasi al-Hadith. (July, 2011), Cairo: Arab and African Research Center & Khartoum: Center for the Studies of Islam and Contemporary Muslim World (Book’s English Title: America, Islam and Sudan: Readings in the Darkness of Modern Political Thought..)  [abs].
  2. M.B. Lo, Civil Society-Based Governance in Africa: Theories and Practices: ( A Case Study of Senegal) (September, 2010), pp. 217, Society Studies Center (info@societystudies.org.) [OpenOffice, PDF] [abs].
  3. with Aman Nadhiri, Contextualizing "Muridiyyah" within the American muslim community: Perspectives on the past, present and future, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, vol. 4(6) (June, 2010), pp. 231–240  [abs].
  4. Understanding the Muslim Discourse: Language, Tradition and the Message of Ben Laden (2009), University Press of America .
  5. The African University: the Mission and the Message, Presented at International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa Hall (4, 2009) .