Executive Committee
Sylvia Macauley
California State University at Northridge (Board President)
Sylvia Macauley is Professor of History and former Chair of the Africana Studies department at California State University at Northridge (CSUN).
Cinder Cooper Barnes
Montgomery College (Board Vice President)
Cinder Cooper Barnes is presently a full-time faculty member in the English department at Montgomery College, where she designs and integrates decolonized curricula and pedagogical strategies into course material and serves as the director of the Global Humanities Institute. As part of her professional responsibilities, she serves as the college’s Fulbright Scholars liaison, writes proposals and grants; introduces and develops various programs promoting internationalization of the curriculum for faculty.
Rita Kiki Edozie
University of Massachusetts – Boston (Board Secretary)
Professor of Global Governance, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, and Associate Dean, McCormack Graduate School
Hillary Hungerford
Utah Valley University (Treasurer)
Hilary Hungerford is an associate professor of Earth Science at Utah Valley University, a dual-mission institution with both community college and university components.
Directors
Emilie Diouf
Brandeis University
Emilie Diouf is an Assistant Professor of English, African American and African Studies, Women and Gender Studies at Brandeis University.
Jude Fokwang
Regis University
Jude T. Fokwang is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Development Practice at Regis University, Denver, USA since 2013. He holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of Toronto (2007) and has held previous teaching positions at the University of Cape Town & Rhodes University in South Africa, Trent University and the University of Toronto in Canada.
Bright Gyamfi
Rutgers University
Bright Gyamfi is an Assistant Professor of History at the Rutgers University, and a former Presidential Fellow at Northwestern University.
Brad Hounkpati
University of Georgia
Brad Hounkpati, a Fulbright Scholar, is an entomologist specialized on West African Ladybeetles. He holds a PhD in Entomology, from the University of Georgia. He served as an Agricultural Engineer at Nouvelle Société Cotonnière du Togo (West Africa). Prior to his Fulbright experience, he was previously Assistant Technical Coordinator for the program of Natural Resource Management at U.S. Peace Corps in Togo.
Wunpini Mohammed
Cornell University
Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed (PhD, The Pennsylvania State University) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University.
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Jacquelin-Bethel Mougoué an Associate Professor of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the USA, with affiliations in the Department of History and the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies. She holds a doctorate in African History from Purdue University, a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from Purdue University, and a Certificate in Oral History from the University of California, Berkeley, California.
S.N. Nyeck
University of Colorado – Boulder
S.N. Nyeck holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles with a specialization in international relations and comparative politics.
Rogers Orock
Lafeyette College
Rogers Orock holds a PhD in Anthropology from Aarhus University in Denmark (2014). He teaches Africana Studies at Lafayette College and his research and teaching have focused on elites, power, and political imagination in Central and West African societies (Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria).
Ignatius G.D Suglo
University of Richmond
Ignatius G.D. Suglo is a media and cultural historian and a scholar of global media.
Ismael Montana
Northern Illinois University (Past President)
Ismael Montana has been closely involved with WARA’s various research and resource environment since 2007.