Ladislaus M. Semali

Ladislaus M. Semali is Professor of Education at the Pennsylvania State University, in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems. Academically, he specializes in adult literacy education, comparative and international education and non-Western place-based educational epistemologies. He has published extensively and with renowned sources such as International Review of Education, Journal of Social Anthropology, and Comparative Education Review. He is author of Literacy in Multimedia America (Routledge/Falmer), Postliteracy in the Age of Democracy (Austin & Winfield) and editor of What is Indigenous Knowledge? Voices from the Academy with Joe Kincheloe (Garland).

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...