Faculty Research Areas: Africa

Center for International Research faculty have expertise in many research areas about Africa, from medicine to performing arts.

Diane Ciekawy

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• Political Anthropology
• Religion
• The Anthropology of Healing
• Colonialism
• Human Rights
• Development and Underdevelopment
• Africa

Catherine Cutcher

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• Comparative and International Education
• International Development
• Anthropology & Sociology
• Cultural Studies
• Africa
• Swahili language and culture
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Diversity Studies (race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, language, culture, religion)

Geoffrey Dabelko

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• Environmental Studies
• Climate change, natural resources, and security as well as environmental pathways to confidence- and peace-building, with a special emphasis on water resources.

Araba Dawson-Andoh

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• Subject Librarian, African Studies and Social Sciences
• African Studies
• African/Asian Languages
• Development Studies
• Geography
• Media Arts & Studies
• Government Documents

Andrea Frohne

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• African art history
• Contemporary visual culture, traditional arts, and cinema of the African world
• Transnational, global, postcolonial, and indigenous knowledge theories

Gillian Ice

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• Aging with a focus on grandparent caregiving in sub-Saharan Africa. 
• Evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, geriatrics, cultural competence and global health

Brandon Kendhammer

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• Comparative Politics
• African Politics
• Democratization
• Muslim Politics
• Politics and Culture

Caroline Kingori

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• Sexual health, HIV/AIDS, stigma and other sexually transmitted infections
• Community based participatory research
• Comorbidity of HIV and non-communicable diseases
• Cervical cancer
• Pregnancy expectations and experiences

Uzoma Miller

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• Auto-Ethnography
• Intersections of African-derived music forms and their penetration in public spaces
• HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Place-Consciousness
• Africana Experiential Learning
• Inclusive Pedagogy

Ghirmai Negash

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• African literatures from the Horn of Africa and South Africa
• Critical theory
• Translation

Greg Obi

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• African Leadership Issues
• Comparative Leadership Paradigms
• Cultural Impact on Management Practices
• Gender and Minority Issues in Management
• Technology Impact on Higher Education Teaching

Yegan Pillay

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• The intersection of health psychology and mental health issues in the United States and a global context
• Licensed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa

Assan Sarr

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• Africa, modern period
• West Africa, the Gambia and Senegal River basins
• Social, political and environmental history; land tenure; peace and conflict

Thomas Smucker

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• Environment and development
• Rural livelihood systems
• Food systems and food security
• Adaptation to climate change
• Environmental governance
• African drylands

E. Edna Wangui

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• Gender
• Rural livelihoods and landscape change in East Africa

Paschal Younge

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• Author, musician, multicultural music educator
• African musical arts specialist, Ghanaian traditional music
• Dance historian
• Executive/music director, Azaguno Inc.