Tukufu Zuberi

Professor Of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania

tukufu@upenn.edu

Field of Study: Demography, Sociology
 
Specialization: Estimates and Projections, Historical Demography, International Migration, Population and Development
 
Regional focus: Latin America and the Caribbean, United States and Canada, Western Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), University of Chicago, Sociology, 1988
 
Working languages: English
Portuguese (Brazil)
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA), Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)


Curriculum Vitae:
TukufuZuberiCV2020.pdf
Professional web page:
http://tukufuzuberi.com  
 
Professional Summary:

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.  


Dr. Zuberi has been a visiting Professor at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, the Universidade de Brasilia (UnB) in Brasilia, Brazil, and the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBa). He was the founding Director of the Center for Africana Studies (2002-2008). He served as the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania (2007-2013).  His research asks what it means to be a human, a citizen, and a person.  Beginning in 1988, he has asked this question as a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, as a television host on PBS, as a curator of museum exhibits and galleries, and as a documentary filmmaker.