Yoder, John Charles

"John Yoder grew up on an Iowa farm and rode his pony to the one-room country school he attended. Since then he has studied, conducted research, and taught in Europe and Africa. At Whitworth, Dr. Yoder teaches African history and politics, third world studies, peace studies, and political philosophy. John Yoder also has taught African history and politics at the University of Liberia and Cuttington University in Liberia (1987-88) and at Daystar University in Kenya (1998). He spent the summer of 2001 in Kenya teaching conflict resolution and organizing a peacebuilding conference in a rural Rift Valley region that had experienced significant ethnic violence.

From the description of John Yoder Papers 1919-1999. (Whitworth University). WorldCat record id: 712651333