Doctor Tarik Richardson is an Africologist and Assistant Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana in the city of New Orleans, where he teaches courses on African American history and culture, Pan-Africanism, and Trans-Atlantic Blackness. His courses take a special interest in locating African and African American peoples as subjects of their own histories, highlighting authentic Black experiences, perspectives, and philosophies. Dr. Richardson’s courses are also concerned with the continuum and continuity of African and Diasporic thought and cultural expression.
Dr. Richardson has recently published a text on African folklore, "The Lion's Storyteller" with the Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. His research focuses on the cultural history of East Africa, and the concept of cultural memory within the African Diaspora. He has also published several research articles on issues concerning African historiography and philosophy. In addition to his academic work, he is the incumbent Mid-Atlantic regional research chair for the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization.
Tarik Richardson earned his PhD at Temple University’s Department of Africology and African American Studies. Prior to accepting the Assistant Professorship at Xavier University of Louisiana, Dr. Richardson taught in Temple University’s Department of Africology, and had also had the pleasure of studying at the University of Oregon as well as the State University of Zanzibar.
