MURFREESBORO — Two
MTSU educators have been appointed to the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the
United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Professor Amy Sayward of the Department of History and associate
professor Sekou Franklin of the Department of Political Science and
International Relations were announced as members Aug. 3 by the federal
commission in Washington, D.C.
The commission is an independent, bipartisan agency with the
mission of informing “the development of national civil rights policy” and
enhancing “enforcement of federal civil rights laws,” according to www.usccr.gov.
Sayward, who serves as her department’s interim director of
general education, specializes in modern international history with a focus on
the 20th century and modern United States history with a focus on
the post-1945 era.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from St. Bonaventure
University in 1991 and her master’s and doctoral degrees from The Ohio State
University in 1993 and 1998, respectively.
Franklin’s areas of expertise are American politics and
government, pressure groups and political parties, African-American politics,
racial and ethnic politics, American and comparative social movements, citizen
participation and urban politics.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University
in 1994, his master’s degree from San Francisco State University in 1996 and
his doctoral degree from Howard University in 2001.
State advisory committees to the commission are responsible
for reports and recommendations on state and local civil rights issues in their
areas. These issues include but are not limited to justice, voting,
discrimination, housing and education.
Members of state advisory committees serve four-year terms
and do so without monetary compensation.
Sayward lives in Murfreesboro and Franklin lives in
Nashville. Other members of the 16-member Tennessee Advisory Committee hail
from Nashville, Cane Ridge, Madison, Mount Pleasant, Knoxville and Antioch.
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