Dr. ‘Dimeji Togunde is Professor of Sociology and the John S. Ludington Trustees’ Professor of the Social Sciences at Albion College, Michigan. He is Chair of the Department of Anthropology/Sociology and Director of the Ethnic Studies Program. He teaches classes in family, population and environmental policies, social change & development, immigration and research methodology. One aspect of his research programs has brought to the fore new insights for understanding child labor dynamics, particularly, the contribution that child labor makes to the enculturation and training of children and to the economic survival of poor households in Nigeria. Some of his publications on child labor have appeared in West Africa Review (2005); Journal of Children & Poverty (2006); Africa Development (2006); and the International Journal of Sociology of the family (2007). His current research examines the effects of globalization and modernization on dating patterns and attitudes toward cohabitation & marriage in Nigeria. He also is co-editing a book “Across the Atlantic: African Immigrants in the United States” (with Emmanuel Yewah). Professor Togunde earned his Ph.D. degree in Development Sociology from Cornell University. His undergraduate and Master’s degrees were obtained from the then University of Ife, Nigeria now the Obafemi Awolowo University, where he was a Lecturer in the Department of Demography & Social Statistics between 1985 and 1989.

Email: Dtogunde@Albion.edu
http://www.albion.edu/anthsoc/faculty.asp