- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 15 min., 18 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Scientist and educator Diola Bagayoko was born on December 12, 1948, in Mali. He earned his B.S. degree in chemistry and physics from the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1973, his M.S. degree in solid state physics from Lehigh University in 1978, and his Ph.D. degree in theoretical solid state physics form Louisiana State University in 1983. The following year, Bagayoko became an assistant professor of physics Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was promoted to associate professor in 1989. In 1990, Bagayoko established Timbuktu Academy in Baton Rouge, a program and resource center based at Southern University that offers pre-college and undergraduate students a chance to pursue scientific fields. In 1999, Bagayoko was promoted to distinguished professor of physics. From 2002, he also taught courses on math and science education. Bagayoko published over eighty scientific papers on condensed matter physics and the properties of metals and over fifty concerning science education.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Diola Bagayoko
- Diola Bagayoko
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208629
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Diola Bagayoko.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
031518
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2012 August 18.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Physicist.
- Added Author
Bagayoko, Diola, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.