Rasheed J. Atwater is a PhD candidate in the Department of Africology at Temple University. He is a husband, father, son, and brother from Saginaw, MI. Atwater earned his Bachelor of Arts in Africology and History as well as his Master of Arts in Social Foundations of Community Education and a graduate certificate in African-American studies, both at Eastern Michigan University. While at Eastern Michigan University, he served eight years in the Michigan Army National Guard and served during the Flint, MI, water crisis. Atwater is a King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellow and was a critical historian for the Black Ypsilanti Historical Signage Project that commemorated the historical contributions of Black Ypsilantians. He is the inaugural SAGE Molefi Kete Asante Award recepient. Atwater’s Dissertation establishes a Maatian Manhood standard to harmonize families, communities, ecologies, and African men internally and externally.
Research Interests: The Afrocentric Paradigm, Afrocentric and Eco-Justice Education, African Family Structures, African Manhood, Environmental Philosophy, The praxis of Ma’at
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ama Mazama