African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Consortium Faculty

	Anthropology
Barnes, Sandra	Cultural Anthropology, Sub-Saharan Africa; Political Anthropology; Religion; Historical Anthropology	sbarnes@sas.upenn.edu
Monge, Janet	Physical Anthropology of Swahili People, Neanderthals, Paleoanthroplogy, Skeletal Biology	jmonge@sas.upenn.edu
Schurr, Theodore	Biological History of, and Complex Diseases in African Populations	tgschurr@sas.upenn.edu
Kilbride, Philip	African Ethnology and Urban Problems, Women in Informal Economies, Family and Child Development in East Africa	pkilbrid@brynmawr.edu
Ngwane, Zolani	AIDS Prevention in South Africa, Intergenerational Politics of South Africa, Post-Apartheid Politics and Education	zngwane@haverford.edu

	Biology
Okekke, Iruku N.	Pathogenicity, Epidemiology and Antibiotic resistance of Intestinal E. coli	iokeke@haverford.edu
	Communication
Moehler, Devra	Political communication, development, comparative politics; African politics; political behavior; democratization	dmoehler@asc.upenn.edu


	Economics
Ball, Richard J.	Political Economy of Africa	rball@haverford.edu
Golub, Stephen	Economics, African International Competitiveness in Manufacturing, International Financing and Trade	sgolub1@swarthmore.edu
O'Connell, Stephen A.	Political Economy of Development and Foreign Aid, Sub-Saharan Africa, Macroeconomic Policy in Developing Countries, International Macroeconomics	soconne1@cc.swarthmore.edu

	Education
Wagner, Daniel	Cross-Cultural Studies of Cognition and Socialization, Education in Developing Countries	wagner@literacy.upenn.edu

	Engineering
Everbach, Carr	Environmental Engineering, Women's Studies, Public Policy, Mechanisms by Which Ultrasound Interacts With Biological Systems	ceverba1@swarthmore.edu

	English
Barnard, Rita	South African Literature, Post-Colonial African Literature	rbarnard@sas.upenn.edu
Beard, Linda-Susan	African-American, South African, and Post-Colonial Literatures, Women’s Studies, Spirituality	lbeard@ada.brynmawr.edu
Benston, Kimberly	African-American Literature, African-American Photography After WWII	kbenston@haverford.edu

	Environmental Studies
Giegengack, Robert		gieg@sas.upenn.edu

	Folklore
Ben-Amos, Dan	Folklore/African Folklore Specializations, Edo (Benin)	dbamos@sas.upenn.edu

	History
Babou, Cheikh	Colonial West Africa, Islam in Africa, History of Mourides	cheikh@sas.upenn.edu
Cassanelli, Lee	Social History, Ecology and Oral Traditions of east and Northeast Africa, The Horn of Africa (Ethiopia and Somalia from the 18th to 20th Century	lcassane@sas.upenn.edu
Feierman, Steven	East Africa: health and medecine, cultural history	feierman@sas.upenn.edu
Troutt-Powell, Eve	North Africa: Middle Eastern history	troutt@sas.upenn.edu
Gallup-Diaz Ignacio	Forced Migrations of Africans, Early Modern Atlantic World, Evolution of Complex Societies in the Americas.	igallupd@brynmawr.edu
Ngalamulume, Kalala	Medical and Social History of Senegal in the 19th and 20th Centuries	kngalamu@brynmawr.edu
Jefferson, Paul C.	African-American Intellectual History: Du Bois, Haynes, Johnson and Frazier	pjeffers@haverford.edu
Burke, Timothy J	Southern Africa, African Diaspora, Afro-Caribbean History, Comparative History of Colonialism, Family, Gender and Sexuality	tburke1@swarthmore.edu
Dorsey, Allison	African-American History, Feminism	adorsey1@swarthmore.edu

	History and Sociology of Science
Feierman, Steven	East Africa: health and medecine, cultural history	feierman@sas.upenn.edu
Kuklick, Henricka	Applied Social Sciences in Africa, Race and Culture	hkuklick@sas.upenn.edu

	Languages, African
Hailu, Yohannes	Amharic Language Instructor	yohan@sas.upenn.edu
Nwadiora, Chika	Igbo Language Instructor	nwachika@temple.edu
Mshomba, Elaine	Kiswahili Language Instructor	mshomba@sas.upenn.edu
Bolger, Beatrice	Kiswahili Language Instructor	b.bolger@usip.edu
Ofosu-Donkoh, Kobina	Twi Language Instructor, African Religions and Philosophy	kodonkoh@sas.upenn.edu
Thioune, Mbacke	Wolof Language Instructor	tmbacke@sas.upenn.edu
Awoyale, Yiwola	Yoruba Language Instructor	awoyale@ldc.upenn.edu
Mbeje, Audrey	African Languages Director, Zulu Language Instructor, African Languages and Culture	mbeje@sas.upenn.edu

	Law
Burke-White, William	International Law, International Relations, Post-Conflict Reconstruction	wburkewh@law.upenn.edu
Mayer, Ann		mayera@wharton.upenn.edu

	Linguistics
Liberman, Mark	Phonetic Evidence for Linguistic Structure, Phonology and Phonetics of Lexical Tone in West African languages, Application of Linguistics in Speech Recognition and Synthesis	myl@cis.upenn.edu

	Medicine, School of
Silberberg, Donald	Clinical Neuro-Sciences in the Developing World, Child Health and Development in Developing Countries	silberbe@mail.med.upenn.edu

	Music and Dance
Muller, Carol Ann	World Music and Culture, Ethnomusicology, South Africa	camuller@sas.upenn.edu
Arrow, Kim David	African-American Dance/Drum Ensemble	karrow1@swarthmore.edu
Friedler, Sharon	Traditions and Contemporary Dances of Ghana, Dance, Gender and Culture, Choreography	sfriedl1@swarthmore.edu

	NELC/EALC
Sharkey, Heather	History, Society and Culture of North Africa, Historical Reflections of religion in North Africa	hsharkey@sas.upenn.edu
Silverman, David	Translations of Old and Middle Egyptian Funerary Inscriptions, Art and Writing in Ancient Egypt	dsilverm@sas.upenn.edu
Wegner, Josef W	Egyptian Mortuary Complex and Middle Kingdom Settlement Patterns in South Abydos, Egyptian Culture and Archaeology	jwegner@sas.upenn.edu

	Nursing, School of
Gennaro, Susan	Conceptual Models of How Stress Influences Health. Health Promotion and Childbearing in Africa	gennaro@nursing.upenn.edu

	Philosophy
Miller, Jerry	Ethics, Post structuralism and Philosophy of Race, 20th Century Continental Philosophy	j1miller@haverford.edu

	Political Science
Allen, Michael	Political Economy of South Africa, International Political Economy, Africana Studies	mhallen@brynmawr.edu
Glickman, Harvey	African Politics, , International Politics, Ethnopolitical Conflict in Africa, Islamism in sub-Saharan Africa. U.S. response to Islamic Extremism	hglickma@haverford.edu
Mortimer, Robert A	African Politics, West Africa , State Systems and International Politics	rmortime@haverford.edu
Ross, Marc Howard	The Role of Culture in Ethnic Conflict and its Management, The Politics of Memory in Post-Apartheid South Africa.	mross@brynmawr.edu
Wing, Susanna	Comparative Politics, Women and Politics, Development Studies and Human Rights	swing@haverford.edu
Hopkins, Raymond F.	Food and Agricultural Policy, Foreign Aid, East Africa	rhopkin1@swarthmore.edu

	Religion
Hucks, Tracey E.	Comparative African-American Religion and History, Yoruba Religion, African-Derived Religions in North America and the Caribbean, Gender and Tradition	thucks@haverford.edu
Chireau, Yvonne	Diversity in African American Religions, Women and Gender in American Religion, The Intersection of Religion and Magic in Black Religious Experience	ychirea1@swarthmore.edu

	Romance Languages
Moudileno, Lydie	Francophone Literature from West and Central Africa, Post-Colonial Identity, African Cinemas, Contemporary Popular Genres	moudilen@sas.upenn.edu
Higginson, Francis	Twentieth Century French and Francophone Literatures, Relationships Between Music and Literature, Francophone African Crime	fhiggins@brynmawr.edu
Anyinefa, Koffi	Francophone Africa and the Diaspora, Literary Images of Africa; Nationalism, Exile and Literature; French and German Colonial Literatures	kanyinef@haverford.edu
Rice-Maximin, Micheline	Translation of African and Caribbean Poetry, Caribbean, African and Quebec Literatures in the 70s and Their Role in Hexagonal French Literature	mricema1@swarthmore.edu
Yervasi, Carina	Modern and Contemporary French and Francophone Literature, West African Francophone Cinema	cyervas1@swarthmore.edu

	Sociology and Demography
Fetni, Hocine	Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East and North Africa, Political Instability and Laws of Investment in North Africa, Law and Social Change in the Middle east and North Africa - Corporation of Islamic Law	hfetni@sas.upenn.edu
Kohler, Hans-Peter	Fertility and Related Behaviors in Both Developing and Developed Countries, Social Interactions and AIDS-related Behavior in Africa	hpkohler@pop.upenn.edu
Zuberi, Tukufu	African Demography and Sociology, African-American Immigration, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Family and Social Change, Migration, Mortality	tukufu@pop.upenn.edu
Osirim, Mary J	Women in the Third World, Women Entrepreneurs in Africa, Gender and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Political Economy	mosirim@brynmawr.edu
Washington, Robert E.	The Problems of Modernization in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia; Kenyan Activist Churches; "Colorism" in Kenya, Sports and Society	rwashing@brynmawr.edu
Ghannam, Farha	Contemporary Islamic Practices, Middle East and North Africa (Jordan and Egypt), Anthropology of the Body	fghanna1@swarthmore.edu
Piker, Steven	Anthropology of Religion, Psychological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Native Americans and Field Work.	spiker1@swarthmore.edu
Willie, Sarah Susannah	Racism and Racial identity, Social Inequality, Sociology Through Literature, Sex and Gender, Higher Education, Social Theory	swillie1@cc.swarthmore.edu

Faculty with Africa Interest

	Biology
Cheney, Dorothy	Behavior, Communication, and Cognition of Animals	cheney@sas.upenn.edu
Roos, David	Genetic Analysis of Parasite Biology, Mechanisms of Drug Action and Resistance	dross@sas.upenn.edu


	Economics
Behrman, Jere	Economic Development, Human resources and Poverty, North, East and Southern Africa	jbehrman@econ.sas.upenn.edu

	Education
Hall, Kathleen		kdhall@gse.upenn.edu
Maamouri, Mohamed	Literacy, North Africa, On-Line Assessment of Reading Process in Arabic Literacy	maamouri@ldc.upenn.edu

	Engineering
Sun, Joseph		sunj@seas.upenn.edu

	Environmental Studies
Giegengack, Robert		gieg@sas.upenn.edu

	Fels Institute for Government
Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie		marjorie@sas.upenn.edu

	Folklore
Abrahams, Roger D.	African-American Folklore, Proverb and Riddle Study, Children’s Folklore, Folklore Theory; and Festival and Ritual.	abrahams@sas.upenn.edu

	International Programs
Gee, Geoffrey		ggee@pobox.upenn.edu


	Law
Mayer, Ann		mayera@wharton.upenn.edu

	Library
Olson, Lauris	Social Sciences Bibliography	olson@pobox.upenn.edu

	Medicine, School of
Alpern, Elizabeth	Childhood Disabilities in Africa, Social Work Utilization in Pediatric Emergency Departments	alpern@email.chop.edu
Bisson, Gregory P		bisson@mail.med.upenn.edu
Gluckman, Stephen J.		stephen.gluckman@uphs.upenn.edu
Harvey, Friedman M.		hfriedman@mail.med.upenn.edu
Mahlet, Tadesse		mtadesse@cceb.upenn.edu
Ohene-Frempong, Kwaku	Sickle Cell Disease	ohene-frempong@email.chop.upenn
Rebbeck, Timothy		trebbeck@cceb.med.upenn.edu

	Music and Dance
Muller, Carol Ann	World Music and Culture, Ethnomusicology, South Africa	camuller@sas.upenn.edu
Arrow, Kim David	African-American Dance/Drum Ensemble	karrow1@swarthmore.edu
Friedler, Sharon	Traditions and Contemporary Dances of Ghana, Dance, Gender and Culture, Choreography	sfriedl1@swarthmore.edu

	NELC/EALC
Allen, Roger	Modern Arabic Fiction, Literatures in the Arab world	rallen@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

	Political Science
O'Leary, Brendan	Nationalism, National and Ethnic Conflict-Regulation, Democracy, Democratization and Electoral Systems	boleary@sas.upenn.edu

	Social Work, School of
Estes, Richard	International and Comparative Social Development, Strategic and Long Term Planning	restes@sp2.upenn.edu

	Sociology and Demography
Ewbank, Douglas	Child Survival, Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa	ewbank@pop.upenn.edu

	Urban Studies
Lamas, Andrew		atlamas@sas.upenn.edu

	Veterinary Medicine, School of
Morrison, Adrian	Role of the amygdale in the control of rapid eye movement (REM) onset and its maintenance.	armsleep@phl.vet.upenn.edu

	Wharton
Hoek-Smit, Marja	Housing, Finances and Planning, Eastern and Southern Africa	mhoek@wharton.upenn.edu
Kobrin, Stephen J.	International Political Economy; Globalization; Global Strategy, Impact of the Information Revolution	kobrins@wharton.edu
MacMillan, Ian	Organizational Competence, New Venture Management and Entrepreneurship	macmilli@wharton.edu
Pack, Howard	Effects of Foreign Aid on Development Expenditure, Diffusion of Technology in Developing Countries, Role of External Economies in Industrial Development	packh@wharton.upenn.edu

For inquiries please contact:
Dr.Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D, aadinar@sas.upenn.edu
(215) 898-6610