A.B. Assensoh is Professor Emeritus of Indiana University and Courtesy Professor Emeritus of University of Oregon in Eugene, where he also serves officially as a Senior Advisor in the office of International Students. He earned his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in History from New York University (NYU) and earned his postgraduate Law (LL.M.) degree in December of 2015 from the University of Oregon School of Law. In 2005-2006, he held the Bentley Endowed professorial Chair at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). Trained initially as a professional Journalist, Dr. Assensoh is the author or co-author of several scholarly articles and not less than over two dozen books  in the areas of History, African Studies, civil rights and peace studies; he was the Book Review Editor Africa Today Journal (2008-2017), a 62-year old refereed Journal published by Indiana University Press and also the Co-Reviews Editor of Journal of African & Asian Studies, published by Brill Academic Press of Europe, which is headquartered in The Netherlands. Netherlands. A Fulbright-Hayes Scholar in Southeast Asia (1986), Professor Assensoh is married to Dr. Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh, a political scientist and a licensed Attorney, who serves as Vice-President of Equity and Inclusion at University of Oregon, USA.