Neal W. Sobania is the Executive Director of the Wang Center for International Programs and Professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. As a teacher he has taught a wider range of courses in African history and African studies, and as an international educator has held many elected positions at both the regional and national level. He has been involved with Ethiopia for nearly forty years, first as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, then a staff member, and now as an active scholar.