African Studies - Graduate Student Directory

Since 1961, over 400 African Studies students have graduated with an Africa-focused Ph.D. African Studies students are enrolled in a range of different departments at Indiana University. Below is a current list of graduate students in African Studies, their departments, and contact information.

African Studies

Virginia Bunker

Virginia Bunker is in her second year of the African Studies M.A. She graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in International Studies and minors in French and Cultural Anthropology. Before coming to Indiana University she coached track and field at her high school in Alexandria, Virginia, and interned with a local DC nonprofit organization to organize its Africa service initiative. Virginia is currently studying Twi and researching 'sport for development and peace' programs and discourse in Ghana.

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Janice Levi

Nesrin Omer

Julie Rawe

Summer Tritt

Summer is currently writing her MA thesis on digital libraries in Ghana. She received her MLS from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2009 and is the History and Political Science Librarian and Coordinator of Government Documents at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She also holds a BA in International Relations from Old Dominion University.

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Anthropology

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Leanne Atkins

Bryn Bakoyema

Ama Boakyewa

Jennifer Chizek

Sarah Cluff

Arwen Kimmell

Angela Martin

Fileve Palmer

Elizabeth Preiffer

Katherine Wiley

is working on her PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology. Her research interests include economic anthropology, material culture, Islam, gender, globalization, and Mauritania. Prior to coming to IU she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mauritania and spent a year in Tanzania.

Art History

Abigail Amols

Jeremy Brooke

Paul Davis

Jessica Hurd

Kitty Johnson

Baqie Muhammad

Comparative Literature

Olayinka Agbetuyi

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Lindsey Campbell-Badger

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Adrien Pouille

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Natasha Vaubel

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Criminal Justice

Cindy McNair

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Education

Atieno A Adala

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Kwame Dwamena Dakwa

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Diane Dormant

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Norihide Furukawa

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Angela Stone-MacDonald

Angela is PhD student in Special Education. She specializes in special education in Tanzania, the role of culture in access to education, and culture and design of curriculum.

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Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Kwesi Brown

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Coleen Haas

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Austin Okigbo

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Katherine Roberts

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Paul Schauert

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Angela Scharfenberger

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Cullen Strawn

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History

Ebenezer Ayesu

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Carol L Bennett

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R David Goodman

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Muziwandile Moses Hadebe

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Jennifer Hart

Jennifer Hart is a PhD Candidate in African History in the History Department. Jennifer received her M.A. in African History from Indiana University and is currently completing her PhD dissertation on the social and cultural history of urban transportation in late-colonial and postcolonial Accra, Ghana. Her other research interests include urban history, the history of Christianity and Islam, and comparative colonial history.

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Vaughn Love

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Frederic Pratt

Fred is a 2nd year graduate student in the History department. He received a BA in history from Vassar College in 2005. Currently he is researching commercial and educational cinema in colonial Ghana.

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Kate Schroeder

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Craig Waite

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School of Library and Information Science

Sarah Keil

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Jeremy Kenyon

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Linguistics

Jon Anderson

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Boubacar Diakite

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Jessica Dilsaver

Fabienne Diouf

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Christopher Green

Chris is a PhD candidate in Linguistics focusing on syllable and moraic phonology and tonology in African languages, with an emphasis on Bamana. Chris received his M.A. in Linguistics from Indiana University and his Bachelors degrees from Florida State University in Saxophone Performance and Biochemistry. His other research interests include phonological paradigms, political discourse analysis, and functional language disorders.

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Abbie Hantgan

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Abdulwahid Mazrui

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Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Muhammed Al-Munir Gibril

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Hannah Essien

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Political Science

Ryan Conway

Megan Hershey

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Carolyn Holmes

Carolyn Holmes is a 3rd year graduate student, studying issues of transitional justice and legitimacy in South Africa. She received her BA in Political Science with a minor in African History from DePauw University in 2006. Working with issues that combine her regional focus and her interest in political philosophy, Carolyn's research involves the critical examination of post-colonial/third-world democracy. She is currently studying both isiZulu and Afrikaans as part of her research.

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Khalfan Mohammed

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Terrence Thorpe

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Josef Woldense

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Psychology

Diondra Igboegwu

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School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Erick Amick

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School of Journalism

Ammina Kothari

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School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Emily Giovanni

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Mary Morris

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Justin Wild

Beatrice Willie

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Second Language Studies

Nasra Ahmed

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