Dr. Abdimalik Buul

Dr. Abdimalik Buul is an award-winning professor, antiracist activist, progressive practitioner, and emancipatory educator. He is an innovative dynamic leader in San Diego and the state of California. He completed his B.A & M.A degree from San Diego State University (SDSU) in Sociology and Multi-Cultural Counseling. He holds an Ed.D with an emphasis in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California. He is a Professor and Transfer Center Director in the counseling department at San Diego City College. Dr. Buul is also a lecturer at SDSU where he teaches Restorative Practices and Conflict Transformation. He serves as a taskforce member on the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Equity Diversity and Action Committee.

As an active community leader, he serves on the following boards & roles:

• Board President Markaz al Madina
• Vice President Somali Community of San Diego
• African American Male and Educational Development Network (A2mend)
• United Taxi Drivers Union in San Diego
  
  

He was a faculty member at Southwestern College in the following roles:

• Coordinator of the Umoja program
• Faculty Chair of the Black Alliance
• Academic senate senator for the School of Counseling
• Chair of the Political Action Committee for SCEA.
  
  

Dr. Buul is the recipient of:

• 2019 Golden Apple award Faculty of the Year
• 2012 Ocean leaf emerging leader award.
  
  

He’s a published researcher and scholar practitioner who uses social justice and activism as his guiding pedagogy for change. His areas of expertise are:

• Antiracism
• Diversity Equity & Inclusion
• Curriculum trauma
• Black Males Success
• Restorative Justice Practices