Anne wortham biography

After a long career as an associate professor of sociology, Anne Wortham is retiring. Wortham has taught at Illinois State since , adding to a diverse set of experiences including service as a Peace Corps volunteer and as a journalist.

In , Wortham enrolled in Tuskegee University, where she obtained a degree in secondary education and planned to pursue social work.

In the summer of , while at Tuskegee, Wortham participated in an international community development project called Operation Crossroads Africa.

The project united American, Canadian, and African college students to construct community resources in Africa while fostering cross-cultural relationships.

Wortham then joined the Peace Corps in and served as a primary school teacher in Tanganyika, which is now Tanzania.

&#;I enjoyed the challenge of teaching students from British, Danish, Israeli, and Tanganyikan families, but who were ad