Diana Chioma Famakinwa

Diana Chioma Famakinwa joined the African Studies Program from UW–Madison’s School of Education, where she completed her Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, with a concentration on comparative and international education and African studies. She has held administrative, research, and teaching positions with various units across campus and has a long track record of successfully managing a variety of international projects in nonprofit and university settings in Madison and beyond. Diana has experience living and researching in Nigeria, where she conducted an ethnographic case study of diaspora-homeland collaborations at Nigerian universities as a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellow in 2018-2019. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of international education and African diaspora studies, she enjoys (re)connecting with members of the African studies community and promoting engagement with African languages and cultures.