Ladislaus M. Semali

Ladislaus M. Semali is a comparative and international education professor at the Pennsylvania State University, Learning Performance and Systems specializing in Comparative Ways of Knowing and Learning. In past several years, he has held positions in the Curriculum and Instruction Department, specializing in curriculum theory, media literacy education, comparativ and international education and non-Western educational epistemologies. Dr. Semali served as chair of Comparative and International Education, www.ed.psu./cied/ at Penn State and Co-director of the Inter-institutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK) (www.ed.psu.edu/icik), which is part of a global network comprised of thirty indigenous knowledge resource centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ICIK’s signature program that Dr. Semali directs is an international conference that convenes every three years to involve people in deliberations on indigenous ways of knowing and learning activities from around the world. This conference is informed by courses taught every semester and retreats held in the off years when the annual conference is not convened. Semali has extensive experience in organizing internships and workshops for students in Africa, and is currently directing research in East Africa on the UN Millennium Development Goals (a set of targets for cutting poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015), social networks, digital media, and the use of mobile devices for education development.

Publications

Sociological Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in Rural Populations
Sociological Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in Rural Populations
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2022. 303 pages.
Globally, poverty affects millions of people’s lives each day. Children are hungry, many lack the means to receive an education, and many are needlessly ill. It is a common scene...
Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2019. 25 pages.
This study examines the roles African women played in reducing household poverty through local enterprises that resulted in feeding their families, sending their children to...
Women Entrepreneurs Address Poverty and Social Change Through Empowering Grassroots Initiatives in Tanzania
Women Entrepreneurs Address Poverty and Social Change Through Empowering Grassroots Initiatives in Tanzania
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2019. 18 pages.
This chapter investigates the story of Jitahidi women in Tanzania to understand the dynamics of empowerment at the grassroots level. The stories chronicled in this chapter...
Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2019. 25 pages.
This study examines the roles African women played in reducing household poverty through local enterprises that resulted in feeding their families, sending their children to...
Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2016. 22 pages.
This study examines the roles African women played in reducing household poverty through local enterprises that resulted in feeding their families, sending their children to...
Women Entrepreneurs Address Poverty and Social Change through Empowering Grassroots Initiatives in Tanzania
Women Entrepreneurs Address Poverty and Social Change through Empowering Grassroots Initiatives in Tanzania
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2015. 23 pages.
This chapter investigates the story of Jitahidi women in Tanzania to understand the dynamics of empowerment at the grassroots level. The stories chronicled in this chapter...
Quest for Economic Empowerment of Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: ICTs Leapfrog the Digital Divide
Quest for Economic Empowerment of Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: ICTs Leapfrog the Digital Divide
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2013. 15 pages.
Microbusiness decisions of marketing food crops depend on critical information in a rapidly changing supply chain environment. Because rural women deal with mostly perishable...
Cases on Developing Countries and ICT Integration: Rural Community Development
Cases on Developing Countries and ICT Integration: Rural Community Development
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko, Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2012. 260 pages.
ICTs have the potential to make a huge impact on developing countries. Not only can ICTs be used to integrate rural communities into wider economic and social development, but...
Quest for Economic Empowerment of Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: ICTs Leapfrog the Digital Divide
Quest for Economic Empowerment of Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: ICTs Leapfrog the Digital Divide
Ladislaus M. Semali. © 2012. 12 pages.
This case describes field research investigations that were conducted in Tanzania from June 2008 to June 2009 to examine access to, and use of cell phones by women residing in...