Dr. Daniel Ayana
Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
DeBartolo Hall 541
phone: (330) 941-1609
Bio
Currently a Professor & director of Graduate Program, Daniel Ayana graduated with a PhD in African History from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaigne. Before joining YSU he taught at Illnois state University, Bloomington-Normal, and Addis Abebe University as a Lecturer from where he was admitted Graduate school in Urbana-Champaigne.
Research Interests
Intellectual and Environmental History, Environmental factors for Epidemics, Changes in the meaning of Ideas overtime, Democracy and the institutional Basis, Local Assemblies and Town Meetings, The Impact of Colonialism and Cold war on the rise of authoritarian regimes, Globalization, the rise of New Alliances and their impact the spread of Democracy.
Teaching Interests
Africa and the West, Population migrations, Rise and Fall of Empires, Pandemics in War & Peace times, Comparative history, centers of civilization and their spread, Nationalism, World War I & II, Decolonization, Rise & Fall of Communism, the Cold War and its impact, Globalization and New Realignments, Democracy and its slow spread.