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

Shipley, Jesse

Performance, popular culture, music, and film in Ghana and recent African Diasporas.

jshipley@haverford.edu

Ngwane, Zolani

AIDS Prevention in South Africa, Intergenerational Politics of South Africa, Post-Apartheid Politics and Education

zngwane@haverford.edu

Schuetze, Christy

Anthropology of Africa; anthropology of religion; medical anthropology; globalization; anthropology of development; health and society; Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity; environmental anthropology; post-colonial economics and gender; state and traditional relations in governance

cschuet1@swarthmore.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

 

 

 

 

  Dance

 

  Friedler, Sharon

  Dance composition, history and theory of dance (with special interests in cross-cultural study, gender, and dance as a social change agent), modern dance technique, and traditional dances of Ghana.

sfriedl1@swarthmore.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

 

Lesnick, Alice

Collaboration and collaborative learning, moral education, and gender and schooling

alesnick@brynmawr.edu

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

Jaji, Tsitsi Ella

Transnational black cultural relations and exchanges, the relationship between music and literature, theorizations of listening, and Africana expressions of feminism

jaji@english.upenn.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

Mwaya, Monda

Chichewa  Language Instructor

mondamwa@yahoo.com

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

Winterton, Matthew

Malagasy Language Instructor

mattwinterton@gmail.com

Taraore, Ibrahima

Maninke Language Instructor

bamba777@gmail.com

Dinar, Ali

Sudanese Arabic Language Instructor

aadinar@sas.upenn.edu

Zemichael, Ermias

Tigrinya Language Instructor, African Religions and Philosophy

ermias@sas.upenn.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

Zulu Language Instructor, African Languages and Culture, African Languages Director,

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

 

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

Imoagene, Onoso

Study of African second generation and its' relation to race, , class, culture, and gender in the U.S. and U.K

 imoagene@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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 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

 

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