New African American director at Iowa State University named

R. Tunde Adeleke, director of African American Studies at the University of Montana, Missoula, has been named the director of African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University.

Adeleke will also be a professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The appointment is effective Aug. 16, 2006. He replaces J. Herman Blake, who retired at the conclusion of the 2004-05 academic year. Gary Tartakov, professor of art and design, is the interim director of the African American Studies.

Adeleke has been a professor of history and director of African American Studies at the University of Montana, Missoula, since 2000. He has also taught history and African-American Studies at Loyola University (New Orleans), Tulane University, North Carolina State University and Ohio State University.

While at Montana, Adeleke has initiated and implemented the African American Studies minor and the program's outreach efforts. He is the author of several books including the forthcoming "In the Cause of Humanity": Martin R Delany's Civil War & Reconstruction Reader.

Adeleke received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.