Faculty Director
lmadurei@wisc.edu
(608) 262-2093
1470 Van Hise
Luís Madureira’s research interests include Luso-Brazilian colonial and postcolonial studies, Modernism and Modernity in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean, early modern and colonial studies, and theatre and performance in Africa.
Aleia McCord
Associate Director
aleia.mccord@wisc.edu
608.262.4461
Ingraham Hall, Room 205
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Aleia McCord studies the relationships between energy and health in east Africa using mixed methods from the social and natural sciences. Her most recent work examined the economic, social, and environmental impacts of micro-scale anaerobic digesters in Uganda.
You can contact her for graduate certificate and PhD minor, undergraduate advising, partnerships, grants and funding, visiting scholars, office operations.
Diana Chioma Famakinwa
Assistant Director
famakinwa@wisc.edu
608.262.2380
Ingraham Hall, Room 205
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Diana completed her Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration on comparative and international education and African studies.
You can contact her for Africa at Noon, FLAS, and Mandela Washington Fellowship
Emilie Songolo
African Studies Bibliographer
emilie.songolo@wisc.edu
608.265.4740
Memorial Library
Room 278F
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
Emilie is the Senior Librarian for African, Global, and Francophone Studies, as well as the Head of International and Area Studies for libraries. She is the chair of the Africana Librarian’s Council Title 6 group and the curator of an extensive collection of African commemorative fabrics, which includes more than 500 physical hundred pieces.
You can contact her for library collections, research, African Studies digital collection.
Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite
Outreach Coordinator
outreach@africa.wisc.edu
Ingraham Hall, Room 205
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison WI, 53706
Olayinka defended her dissertation in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration on comparative and international education and a minor in Curriculum and Instruction. Her research looks at the implications of equivocal language policies on reading pedagogy in multilingual classrooms in Nigeria.
You can contact her for Outreach Scholars program, Discovery Boxes, and Day in Africa event.
Carly Lucas
Communications Coordinator
connect@africa.wisc.edu
Ingraham Hall, Room 205
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Carly is a PhD candidate in the History Department who researches the intellectual history of socialist and anti-neocolonial thought at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
You can contact her with general inquires, newsletter, features, and social media.
Eden Foster
Communications Intern
asp@africa.wisc.edu
Ingraham Hall, Room 205
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Eden is an undergraduate student majoring in Political Science, International Studies, and Philosophy with certificates in French, Global Health, and African Studies.
You can contact her for general inquires, features, and social media.
Karen Sage
Financial Specialist
klsage@wisc.edu
Karen works with both our Program and the Center for East Asian Studies. As an IRIS financial specialist, Karen is responsible for ensuring that all of our students, staff, faculty, and invited guests receive the financial services they need to do their work.