Ayodeji is a Ph.D. student in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses generally on the history of health, infectious diseases, and environmental and social change in Africa. …
Africa in Our Lives
Africa in Our Lives: Kevin Wamalwa
Kevin Wamalwa is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and African Cultural Studies. He was a Mellon Public Humanities Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic year, and he is currently a Teaching Fellow for Africa 277: An …
Appreciating African Studies Teaching Fellows: Vincent R. Ogoti
The African Studies Teaching Fellows program gives students the opportunity to develop and teach an online course for the International Studies major. As part of the program, fellows receive pedagogical training and support as well …
Africa in Our Lives: Jibril Gabid
Jibril Gabid is a Ph.D. student in the Department of African Cultural Studies, UW-Madison. He graduated from the University of Ghana with a double major in Arabic and Psychology. He also earned an M.A. in …
Africa in Our Lives: Cecilia Kyalo
Cecilia Kyalo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Mississippi and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nairobi (Kenya). What brought you to Madison? …
Africa in Our Lives: Leif Brottem
The African Studies Program is excited to (re)introduce Professor Leif V. Brottem. Leif is a faculty affiliate at UW-Madison for the 2021-22 academic year, and an alum of the Geography Department at UW, where he …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: CYNTHIA HOWARD
The African Studies Program is excited to introduce Cynthia Howard, a short-term scholar, joining us from her masters of philosophy (MPhil) program at the University of Ghana, where she studies molecular cell biology of Infectious …
Africa in Our Lives: Fauziyatu Moro (Fauzi)
The African Studies Program is excited to introduce Fauzi, a PhD student in the History Department. She received her master’s from the History Department at University of Ghana where she researched migrant Sissala women in …
The 2021 Jordan Prize Winner
Justyn Huckleberry is a Ph.D. candidate in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and an editor for Edge Effects online magazine. Her current research focuses on how people experience and remember conservation and extractive-industry displacement. …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: VINCENT OGOTI
Vincent Ogoti is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of African Cultural Studies, where he is completing a dissertation on African Theatre. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and he was also a Fulbright …