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Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose, a clinical sociologist, professor, community leader, consultant and author, is a graduate of Morgan State University , Fisk University and the University of Iowa . She has more than thirty years of teaching experience, having taught at Case Western Reserve, Rutgers , and the University of Pennsylvania . Dr. Rodgers-Rose taught African American Studies at Princeton University for sixteen years, and most recently at Drew University . Dr. Rodgers-Rose is equally at home in the non-academic world, having served as a consultant to: Stanford University Center for Research and Development in Teaching; United States Army Equal opportunity Program; Educational Testing Services; Bell Core; bell Labs; and AT&T. She has lectured extensively throughout the United States on topics dealing with the Black woman, Black family, Black leadership, cultural diversity, youth motivation, school discipline, rites of passage for girls, parenting skill development and various aspects of male/female relationships. Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose is a founding member and past president of the Association of Black Sociologists and the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists. She has been honored by the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women with their highest award, the Noble/Women International Leadership Award . She was an Essence Magazine Woman of the Month; received the founder's award from the Association of Black Sociologists. In 2004, she was honored by the governor of New Jersey , the General Assembly and the cites of Newark , East Orange , Trenton and Camden for community service. She is a Fulbright Fellow to Africa , a past Distinguished Sociology Scholar, and a member of Delta Sigma theta Sorority. Dr. Rodgers-Rose is editor of the Black Woman , acclaimed as a pioneering, comprehensive social psychological book on Black women; co-editor of Every Black Woman Should Wear a Red Dress and River of Tears: The Politics of Black Women's Health with Delores P; Aldridge. She is also the co-author with her late brother, Dr. James T. Rodgers of Strategies for Resolving Conflicts in Black Male and Female Relationships . Dr. Rodgers-Rose is founder and CEO of the International Black Women's Congress, a non-profit, grassroots networking organization, whose mission is to bring forth exemplary models of African womanhood. Founded twenty-five years ago, the organization has received more than two million dollars to conduct intervention programs and address social needs in the African American community. In 1993, Dr. Rodgers-Rose was enstooled as Nana Obaapanyin Akosua Asantewaa Ofosua I of Aburi , Ghana . On October 19, 2002 , Dr. Rodgers-Rose was given a precious gift and a new lease on life when received a heart transplant. She is available to speak on a number of topics: The Black Family, Male/Female Relationships; The Black Woman; Black Leadership; Black History and Culture; and Personality and Identity. |
