Contact Information
Name: Dr. Sylvester Bowie (FERP participant)
Title: Professor Emeritus
Office Location: Mariposa 4008
Email: bowies@csus.edu
Office Phone: (916) 278-7165
Mailing Address: Sacramento State 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6090
Where to find me : Mariposa 4008 Phone (916) 278-7165 or email bowies@csus.edu
Information about Texts
Some texts might be available as ecopies. Explore this with the bookstore personnel
Please note that the bookstore might have some of the texts for SWRK 153 & 150 available for rental at about half the purchase cost. (contact the bookstore for more information Phone # 916 278-6447).
Somethings I have done in my travels
Ghana on Thanksgiving day (2017) and visited the Echoing Hills Village
Visiting Ghana June 2018 Echoing Hills Village Ghana June 2018 (Short video)
More visits to Echoing Hills Village
Visiting Echoing Hills June 2019
Courses that I am teaching this semester
Fall 2020 2021
SWRK 150 and SWRK 153
Spring 2021
(Mariposa 4008 Phone 916 278-7165)
Office Hours: Office Hours (Zoom only): Tuesday 1:00-2:00 PM & Wednesday 1:00- 2:00 PM (Zoom only-)
Students can drop in my office during my office hours without an appointment (on Zoom)
Professional Associations
The killing of George Floyd (selected readings) May 2020
President Nelsen's message to Campus
Sir Hilary Beckles of The University of The West Indies (UWI)
Ideas for action from Dr. Stacy Ault, Professor CSUS Division of Social Work
Dr. Ernest Uwazie, Chair Criminal Justice Department CSUS
Black Lives Matter some musings by Sylvester "Jim" Bowie
Sylvester Bowie on Reparations 2002
NASW Legislative Day 2019 event (my address)
Message for NASW, California Annual Conference 2019 (San Mateo )
NEWS worth reading, listening to and or watching
Where Shared Governance goes to die
Sharing at the Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Jamaica 2017
Research Projects/Interests
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