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Dr. Alusine Jalloh has published extensively. His publications include:
• The United States and West Africa: Interactions and Relations (2008)
• Black Business and Economic Power (2002)
• African Entrepreneurship: Muslim Fula Merchants in Sierra Leone (1999)
• Islam and Trade in Sierra Leone (1997)
• The African Diaspora (1996)

Dr. Jalloh has also written for magazines and newspapers, including the Dallas Morning News. He has served as a consultant to several educational institutions, news media organizations, businesses, and religious groups. They include the Arlington Independent School District, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) in Dallas-Fort Worth, KERA 90. 1 (Public Radio) in Dallas-Fort Worth, KRLD-Radio in Dallas-Fort Worth, the Los Angeles Times, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, the World Conference on Religion and Peace in New York City, the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Exxon-Mobil Corporation.

Courses taught by Dr. Jalloh in the History Department at The University of Texas at Arlington:

Graduate courses: [ History 6322 ]
• West Africa and the Atlantic Diaspora: examines the involuntary migration of West Africans from their homeland to the Atlantic world through the slave trade. It also deals with the voluntary return of diaspora blacks to West Africa.
• African Americans and Modern Africa: deals with African American political , social and economic contributions to the making of modern Africa.

Undergraduate Courses: [ History 4374 - 4378 ]
• African History I – examines various themes such as culture, trade, slavery and politics in pre-colonial Africa.
• African History II – deals with the period of European colonization, the rise of African nationalism to the contemporary period.
• African Diaspora I – examines the major developments which have shaped the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean areas from the earliest times to 1800. Emphasis is on the comparative history of black diaspora communities and the linkages between Africans and their descendants in the diaspora.
• Africa Diaspora II – deals with the major developments that have shaped the history of Africans and their descendants in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean since 1800. Emphasis is on the comparative history of black diaspora communities and linkages between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic diaspora
• West Africa and the Atlantic Diaspora - examines the history of West Africa and how this region was integrated into the Atlantic world through the Atlantic slave trade. The course adopts an interdisciplinary approach that integrates traditional classroom instruction with field-based learning in West Africa. This learning method, combined with cultural immersion, challenges students to develop their academic and cross-cultural knowledge and skills. Approval of the instructor is required.