Alumni Publishes Article on Online Transnational Education and Learning

Michael Achankeng Fonkem, Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Institute (HCAS) has published an article in the Journal of Comparative Studies & International Education on online teaching. The article is titled, “The Opportunities and Challenges of Online Instruction in Transnational Education and Learning.”

In addition, Achankeng received the Thabo Mbeki Award for Public Service and Scholarship at the 19^th Annual Africa Conference, University of Texas, Austin, in March. “Among other things, the Awards Committee in choosing him for this award noted his community services, his membership in organizations and societies that promote peace, his promotion of African culture, and his ability to merge practice with theories.”

Fonkem, is a professor in the Department of Human Services Leadership in the College of Education & Human Services at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He has authored numerous articles and was a Fulbright scholar in 1995-1996 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Previously he was in the diplomatic service in the Foreign Ministry of Cameroon. His teaching and research interests include refugees, migration and human services; social issues and solutions; and conflict analysis and resolution. Fonkem is an Executive Council Member of The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.  Earlier he received the Thabo Mbeki Award for Public Service and Scholarship at the 19^th Annual Africa Conference at the University of Texas, Austin.