{"id":758,"date":"2013-11-12T17:20:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:39:36","slug":"azevedo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/azevedo\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mario Azevedo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/files\/2016\/09\/2014-11-21JSU_Azevedo_Mario-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: mario.j.azevedo@jsums.edu<br \/>\nPhone: 601.979.2493<br \/>\nLocation: Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, Office 338<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEGREES:<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. &#8211; History (Minor: African-American Studies), Duke University (1975)<br \/>\nM.P.H. \u2013 Epidemiology (Infectious Diseases)(Minor: Quantitative Methodology in Epidemiology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; (1998)<br \/>\nCertificate in Public Health &#8211; University of Michigan (1996)<br \/>\nCertificate in Epidemiology &#8211; University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1996)<br \/>\nM.A. &#8211; History (Minor: African History), American University (1971)<br \/>\nB.A. &#8211; History (Minor: French), Catholic University (1970)<br \/>\nDiploma &#8211; Philosophy and Theology, Major Catholic Seminary at Lourenco Marques, Mozambique (1965)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfrican American History<br \/>\nAfrican History<br \/>\nAmerican History<br \/>\nPublic Health in Mississippi and Africa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>COURSES TAUGHT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Undergraduate:<\/em><br \/>\nHIST 101: History of Civilization I<br \/>\nHIST 102: History of Civilization II<br \/>\nHIST 463: History of Public Health<\/p>\n<p><em>Graduate:<\/em><br \/>\nHIST 502: Modern Africa<br \/>\nHIST 571: History of Public Health<br \/>\nHIST 545 Research Seminar<br \/>\nHist 500 Contemporary Africa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfrican Studies Association<br \/>\nEditorial Board, Howard University (Journal of African Studies)<br \/>\nA.I. Committee Member, Jackson State University<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntergenerational Trauma Among African and African Americans\u201d (Book Chapter, 2025)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRefugee Instability, Economic Survivability and Political Integration in Uganda\u201d (Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, in print, 2026)<\/p>\n<p>Accepted for a book chapter: \u201cA Revisionist View of the Role of Christianity: Mozambique\u2019s Road Toward Independence\u201d to be edited by Dr. Howard Camara, Howard University, African Studies Department<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/files\/2026\/09\/Azevedo-Curriculum-Vitae-26.pdf\">FULL CURRICULUM VITA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Email: mario.j.azevedo@jsums.edu Phone: 601.979.2493 Location: Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, Office 338 &nbsp; DEGREES: Ph.D. &#8211; History (Minor: African-American Studies), Duke University (1975) M.P.H. \u2013 Epidemiology (Infectious Diseases)(Minor: Quantitative Methodology in Epidemiology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; (1998) Certificate in Public Health &#8211; University of Michigan (1996) Certificate in Epidemiology &#8211; University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3704,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/758\/revisions\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}