Todd Allen

Todd Allen Office Phone: 724-847-6783
taallen@geneva.edu

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

Degrees Received

Courses Taught

Presentations/Publications

Book Chapter: "What Do These Stones Mean? Faith, Remembrance, and the Civil Rights Movement" in the book Black Christian Scholars and the Future of Black America by Anthony Bradley, Ed. (in progress)
“My Sister, My Brother: A Discussion of Race Relations on Christian College Campuses” (Video/Study Guide), Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana, 1998
Book Review: We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post Civil Rights Era by Robert C. Smith. In “Journal of Rhetoric and Public Affairs” 2:4 (Winter 1999) pp. 686-689.

Current Projects

Director of The Common Ground project, a small, community based non-profit that hosts an annual Civil Rights Movement bus tour.

Awards & Distinctions Received

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Slaves Narratives Seminar, Yale University, 2010
The New Pittsburgh Courier 50 Men of Excellence Award, 2009
NEH Fellowship, African American Civil Rights Struggles in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University, 2008
Network Exchange Program Grant, Lilly Fellows Program, 2007
Minority Opinion Magazine, Minority Achiever Award, 2007
Excellence in Teaching Award, Geneva College, 2006
40 under 40, Pittsburgh Magazine, 2005
Racial Justice Award, YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh, 2005
Civil Rights Humanitarian Award, Dr, Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, 2004
Peace Award, Beaver County Peace Links, 2003

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

Golf - Recorded a hole-in-one at Stonecrest Golf Course
Fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and Pittsburgh Steelers
Collecting sports memorabilia
Collecting memorabilia related to the African American experience, with particular emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement period of the 1950s-60s.