Dominic Thomas
· Madeleine L. Letessier Professor And Chair of Digital HumanitiesUniversity of California, Los Angeles · French and Italian
Active 1970–2023
About
Dominic Thomas is the Madeleine L. Letessier Professor in the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies at UCLA. He holds the Gutenberg Chair in Ecology and Propaganda at the University of Strasbourg in France and is an Associate Member of the Centre of International History and Political Studies of Globalization at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His fields of interest include European Politics, Immigration, Racism, and Globalization, with a particular focus on Francophone Africa. He is a recognized scholar and commentator on European affairs, contributing to CNN and CNN International. Thomas has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited numerous works on contemporary African and European culture and politics, covering topics such as postcolonial Europe, racial advocacy, colonial culture, and the legacy of colonialism in France. His publications include books like 'Black France,' 'Museums in Postcolonial Europe,' 'La France noire,' and 'The Colonial Legacy in France,' among others. He also edits the Global African Voices series at Indiana University Press, focusing on translations of African literature into English, and has translated works by prominent authors such as Aimé Césaire and Sony Labou Tansi. His academic background includes a PhD from Yale University. Thomas has received numerous honors and awards, including the Gutenberg Prize from Cercle Gutenberg, France, and election as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Europe. He has held various fellowships and visiting positions at institutions worldwide, including Cambridge University, EHESS in Paris, Humboldt University in Berlin, and Seoul National University. His research and scholarly activities are centered on issues of race, colonial history, and cultural representation within European and African contexts.
Research topics
- Ecology
- Geography
- Environmental resource management
- Natural resource economics
- Economic growth
- Environmental planning
- Internal medicine
- Economics
- Water resource management
- Environmental engineering
- Environmental science
- Business
- Radiology
- Medicine
- Nuclear medicine
- Environmental protection
Selected publications
Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2021 · 12 citations
- Medicine
- Nuclear medicine
- Radiology
The economic consequences of conserving or restoring sites for nature
Nature Sustainability · 2021 · 59 citations
- Natural resource economics
- Environmental resource management
- Business
Evaluating watershed health in Costa Rican national parks and protected areas
Sustainable Water Resources Management · 2020 · 17 citations
Senior authorCorresponding- Environmental science
- Environmental protection
- Geography
Frequent coauthors
- 75 shared
Daniel A. Low
University of California, Los Angeles
- 58 shared
James Lamb
UCLA Health
- 31 shared
T Dou
Shandong First Medical University
- 27 shared
D O’Connell
University of California, Los Angeles
- 25 shared
Vassilis Sboros
Heriot-Watt University
- 24 shared
Minsong Cao
University of California, Los Angeles
- 19 shared
Nzhde Agazaryan
University of California, Los Angeles
- 19 shared
Hao Gao
Education
- 2005
Ph.D., MIS
University of Georgia
Awards & honors
- Gutenberg Prize, Cercle Gutenberg, France, 2022
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, 2022
- Elected to the Global Diplomacy Lab, 2022
- Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, French governm…
- Elected to the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), Septem…
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