Professor John Dimandja is confused when his class begins snickering on the first day -- until he realizes it's because they weren't expecting him to be black.

John Dimandja is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Spelman College.  A native of Oxford, Ohio, John grew up in the US, Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  His professional career includes work as an analytical chemist at the NASA/Ames Research Center and the CDC prior to joining Spelman in 2002. 
An internationally recognized leader in the field of multidimensional gas chromatography, John has given over 250 lectures around the world in the past 20 years.  He enjoys cooking and travelling with his wife Ann, playing the piano (poorly) and golfing, now that his basketball days are over.

John Dimandja: The First Day Of Class

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