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Indiana University Bloomington

Graduate Students

Indiana University alumnae with Africa-focused Ph.D.s or with master’s degrees in African Studies are employed in institutions of higher education, in non-governmental and non-profit organizations, and in government across the United States and in Africa. Current African Studies students are enrolled in a range of departments and professional schools at Indiana University, as shown below.

African Studies

Samantha Ball

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Adama Dabo

adabo

Abdoul Diakite

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Landon Jones

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Jack Kinsey

jrkinsey

Sindisiwe Lekoba

slekoba

Mpolokeng Lesetla

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Margaret Mwingira

mpmwingi

Julie Rawe

jrawe

Logan Whalen

lrwhalen

Bernard Woma

bwoma

African Studies / Library and Information Science

Jonathan A. Clemons

jonclemo

Sarah Keil

syehle

African Studies / Public and Environmental Affairs

Jennie Demille

jdemille

Stephanie Johnson

johnstca

Elizabeth Pollard

eapollar

African American and African Diaspora Studies

Nana Amoah

namoa

Anthropology

Catherine Bishop
(joint degree with Geography)

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Ama Boakyewa

oboakyewa

Lewis Bradford

lewbradf

Julie Johnson Searcy
(joint degree with Communication and Culture)

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Arwen Kimmell

akimmell

Sarah Monson

smonson

Fileve Palmer

ftpalmer

Elizabeth Pfeiffer

elpfeiff

Katherine Wiley

katwiley

Art History

Rebecca Fenton

rcfenton

Jessica Hurd

jehurd

Baqie Muhammad

bmuhamma

Brittany Sheldon

basheldo

Emily Wood

ecwood

Comparative Literature

Megan Arenberg

marenber

Mustapha Ndour

mndour

Adrien Pouille

admpouil

Moussa Thiao

mthiao

Natasha Vaubel

nvaubel

Education

Norihide Furukawa

norifuru

Candice Grant

cjgrant

Nichole Richards

richarnl

Justin Wild

jcwild

Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Assefa Dibaba

atdibaba

Carinna Friesen

cfriesen

Cheikh Lo

chelo

Jude Orakwe

jorakwe

Angela Scharfenberger

ascharfe

History

Natalie Gwishiri

nmgwishi

Frederic Pratt

frpratt

Craig Waite

cwaite

Fabio Zoia

fzoia

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Goodwill Apiyo

gapiyo

Kwesi Brown

kwebrown

Linguistics

Jonathan Anderson

andersjc

Boubacar Diakite

bdiakite

Fabienne Diouf

fdiouf

Kristopher Ebarb

kebarb

Abbie Hantgan

ahantgan

Abdulwahid Mazrui

ammazrui

Beatrice Okelo

bokelo

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Muhammed Al Munir Gibril

mgibrill

Nana BentilMawusi

nbentilm

Hannah Essien

hessien

Political Science

Ryan Conway

rtconway

Kirk Harris

kirkharr

Carolyn Holmes

ceholmes

Terrence Thorpe

trthorpe

Josef Woldense

jwoldens

SPEA

Gregory Yeich

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