Latif A. Tarik

Dr. Latif A. Tarik is an Assistant Professor of History, and he joined Elizabeth City State University in 2018. He graduated from Norfolk State University in 1997 and he received a commissioned in the United States Army where he served for eleven years. Dr. Tarik received a Master of Education from Regent University in 2005 and has worked as a licensed social studies teacher in the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Dr. Tarik graduated from Howard University in 2016 and received a Doctoral of Philosophy in History with a specialty in African Diaspora History and a minor in Public History. Dr. Tarik’s tenure working at Elizabeth City State University has provided him with the opportunity to publish a course reader Black Freedom Struggles: Africana Reader (Kendall Hunt Publishing) to be used in college history courses. He traveled to Senegal in 2023 on a faculty development seminar grant with the Center of Overseas Research Center. Dr. Tarik is focused on keeping the cultural integrity, heritage, and educational opportunities for students at Elizabeth City State University and other HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Dr. Tarik served as the HBCU Faculty Advisor for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and Cultural Heritage in the Forest Program in the Summer of 2023.