Dr. Diedre L. Badejo is a professor of African World Literatures and Cultural History and chair of the Department of Pan-African Studies at Kent State University. Dr. Badejo received her bachelors degree form the University of Southern California in English and African American Literature, her masters' degree in African Area Studies and her doctorate in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her research and publications focus on oral literature, theatre, and festival drama in the African World. Dr. Badejo has traveled extensively in the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. She was a featured speaker for the Kentucky Humanities Council for four years, and worked as a humanities consultant and speaker for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, the Louisiana Humanities Council, the Rhode Island Humanities Council, and the Rhode Island State Libraries Services. Dr. Badejo has lectured nationally and internationally on such topics as cultural diversity in the curriculum, Africa feminism, Yoruba cosmology, literature, philosophy, and theatre in the African World. PROGRAMS -Living With Osun in Yoruba and African American Cultures -Icons of Women's Spirituality and Authority -Dreams for Teens and Teen Parents -African World Literatures and Cultural Histories -Africans and the African Diaspora: A Family Affair