Who am I?

Hi everyone,
My name is Dr. Yaw Frimpong-Mansoh. I was born and raised in Ghana. (“Yaw” is actually a middle name for a Thursday-born male in the Ashanti tribe in Ghana.) I completed my undergraduate degree in Ghana and did both my Masters and PhD degrees in Canada. I am joining NKU’s Dept. of SAP as Assistant Professor of Philosophy from California State University at Bakersfield, where I taught for four years. My specialization and teaching concentration are in the areas of Ethics (both theory and Applied), Health Care Ethics, Philosophy of Race, African and African-American Philosophies, and Political Philosophy. I am deeply committed to a civic engagement (which consists of an informal meeting, discussion and interaction among faculty, students, and laypeople) called Philosophers’ Café. To know more about the Café, I invite you to our upcoming meeting on Tuesday 9/25, 6: 00pm-7:30 @ Mammoth Café in Newport, KY. I am so far very impressed by the level of seriousness and ready-to-learn character of NKU students, though my enthusiastic approach to teaching was initially quite challenged by the shy and quiet character of some students in the classroom. To make my classes lively, fun and engaging, I do call on students to talk, so be ready for that if you are going to take a class from me!!!