He is the author of Return to the Kingdom of Childhood: Re-envisioning the Legacy and Philosophical Relevance of Negritude, Ohio State University Press, 2014. Dr. Thiam has published numerous articles in major journals in African And French Studies. Dr. Thiam’s teaching and research areas include Francophone literature and philosophy, race theory, colonialism and post-colonialism. He is an associate editor for Research in African Literatures and has set up and directed study abroad programs in Senegal for The Ohio State University and Linfield College.