Harry Asana Akoh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History & Department Head for Social Studies
Ph.D. Georgia State University (International Human Rights History)
M.A. University of Cape Town, South Africa (Constitutional History)
B.A. University of Buea, Cameroon (Legal History)

Division of Social Sciences
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
1630 Metropolitan Parkway, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30310

Phone: 404-756-4716
Email: hakou@atlm.edu
Office: Science Lecture Building – 115

Courses Taught

Survey of World History I (to 1500)
Survey of World History II (since 1500)
United States History I (to 1865)
United States History II (since 1865)

Research Areas / Interests

International Human Rights History
U.S. Constitutional History
Transnational History
World History
African History

Current/Upcoming Projects / Activities / Scholarship

Research in progress (Article): A History of Nursing Education at Georgia State University and Grady Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

Select Presentations / Publications

How a Country treats its Citizens No longer Exclusive Domestic Concern: A History of the Alien Tort Statute Litigations in the United States for Human Rights Violations Committed in Africa 1980-2008. Beau Bassin: VDM Verlag. June, 2009. (ISBN 978-3-639-16941-6)

“Teaching Africa in Georgia State University.” Published in Bulletin, a publication Of Georgia State University Historians, December 2005.