Department of History and Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts

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Dr. Mario Azevedo

Professor
Email: mario.j.azevedo@jsums.edu
Phone: 601.979.2493
Location: Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, Office 338

DEGREES:
Ph.D. – History (Minor: African-American Studies), Duke University (1975)
M.P.H. – Epidemiology (Infectious Diseases)(Minor: Quantitative Methodology in Epidemiology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; (1998)
Certificate in Public Health – University of Michigan (1996)
Certificate in Epidemiology – University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1996)
M.A. – History (Minor: African History), American University (1971)
B.A. – History (Minor: French), Catholic University (1970)
Diploma – Philosophy and Theology, Major Catholic Seminary at Lourenco Marques, Mozambique (1965)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
African American History
African History
American History
Public Health in Mississippi and Africa

COURSES TAUGHT:

Undergraduate:
HIST 101: History of Civilization I
HIST 102: History of Civilization II
HIST 463: History of Public Health

Graduate:
HIST 502: Modern Africa
HIST 571: History of Public Health
HIST 545 Research Seminar
Hist 500 Contemporary Africa

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
African Studies Association
Editorial Board, Howard University (Journal of African Studies)
A.I. Committee Member, Jackson State University

PUBLICATIONS:

“Intergenerational Trauma Among African and African Americans” (Book Chapter, 2025)

“Refugee Instability, Economic Survivability and Political Integration in Uganda” (Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, in print, 2026)

Accepted for a book chapter: “A Revisionist View of the Role of Christianity: Mozambique’s Road Toward Independence” to be edited by Dr. Howard Camara, Howard University, African Studies Department

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