Lawson Bush V, Ph.D. is the Chair of Pan-African Studies department at Cal State LA. Rooted in Pan-Africanism, Nana Dr. Bush employs a Pentecostal-revolutionary pedagogy – teaching from and to the spirit to foster a liberatory praxis. His approach to teaching is reflected in his research as he aims to contemporaneously disrupt power relations and to build programs, institutions, and states on the best of African philosophies and practices. He has published 5 books, including The Plan: A Guide for Women Raising African American Boys from Conception to College and The Plan Workbook, and 36 academic articles. Most notably, he published the first-ever comprehensive theory concerning Black boys and men called African American Male Theory (AAMT). Nana is a traditional Akan priest and healer. He is the father or baba of many children, but he has 3 biological – two daughters, one a medical doctor, one in medical school, and a son in his second year at Howard University.