Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
Associate Professor, The Media School
Research + Teaching Interests
twentieth and twenty-first century African and African American/African Diaspora literatures and cultures; global postcoloniality; African cinema and contemporary global cinemas; postcolonial intellectual history; nonfictional prose; literary and cultural theory
Regional Expertise
Nigeria
Clinical Professor, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Research + Teaching Interests
international and sustainable development; democratization; state reconstruction in Africa; U.S. and African / Third World relations; Islamist terrorism and the Nigerian state
Regional Expertise
Nigeria; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Associate Professor, Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
Research + Teaching Interests
textile analysis, design, and product development; Africa and African Diaspora; socio-cultural textiles and apparel; non-western histories of dress; migration and globalization; fashion theory and symbolic interaction
Regional Expertise
Mali
Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Research + Teaching Interests
Arabic linguistics with special emphasis on phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education
Otting Chair, Special Education, School of Education
Research + Teaching Interests
augmentative and alternative communication for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Senior Lecturer, Kelley School of Business
Research + Teaching Interests
literary criticism and cultural history; African American literature; racial politics of cultural memory
Director, African American Dance Company
Professor of Practice, Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance
Professor of Practice, African American and African Diaspora Studies
Research + Teaching Interests
African-rooted dance and theater, and aesthetics
Regional Expertise
Guinea
Professor, Linguistics
Research + Teaching Interests
Bantu languages; tense/aspect/modality systems; morphology; comparative linguistics; lexical semantics of verbs
Regional Expertise
Malawi
Associate Professor, French and Italian
Research + Teaching Interests
media (literature, cinema, telephone, radio, internet) and cultural studies (popular cultures, reception); audio-visual mediation of orality (speech, gesture); Francophone cultures in Africa and North America
Regional Expertise
Burkina Faso; Senegal
Lecturer, IU Language Workshop
Program Manager, IU Language Workshop
Research + Teaching Interests
African political history of 19th and 20th C.; Muslim West Africa; Western Sahel; Futanke; identity formation, political alliance, and warfare from the precolonial period to the moment of colonial conquest; Arabic sources of history written by African writers; former Arabic language analyst in U.S. Navy. Teaching areas: Military Engagement and Global Power Competition in Africa; Islam in Africa; Identity in African History; The Trans-Saharan World from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period; The Atlantic Slave Trade; Trade and Commodities in World History
Regional Expertise
Senegal
Associate Professor, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Research + Teaching Interests
African politics; non-governmental organizations; service provision, governance, and state development; energy and international development
Regional Expertise
Kenya; Uganda; Djibouti; Senegal
Richards S. Melvin Professor, Mauer School of Law
Research + Teaching Interests
law and education; race, American society and the law; torts and criminal law
Regional Expertise
Ghana; South Africa
Director, African Studies Program
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Research + Teaching Interests
circulation and value; material and visual culture; photography; gender and Islam; Senegalese diaspora in the U.S.
Regional Expertise
Senegal
Instructor and Coordinating Opera Coach, Jacobs School of Music
Member of Tunaweza Kimuzikia project promoting exchange among educators, scholars, and performers in Kenya and the U.S.
Regional expertise
Kenya
Professor, Linguistics
Research + Teaching Interests
phonology; semitic linguistics; African American English; general linguistics
Associate Professor, Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education
Research + Teaching Interests
complexities of diversity; pragmatic theory of care; theories of identity and their connection to methodological theory
Regional Expertise
Uganda
Associate Professor, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Associate Director, Institute for Development Strategies, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Research + Teaching Interests
economic development; globalization and entrepreneurship; private sector development in conflict / post-conflict recovery and political instability
Regional Expertise
Rwanda
African Studies Librarian, Herman B Wells Library
Research Interests
collection development; bibliography; African literature; comparative feminisms
Regional Expertise
West Africa; Equatorial Africa
Professor, Geography
Research + Teaching Interests
humanitarianism and displacement; refugees and internally displaced people; ethnic conflict; state formation; Congolese refugees in the U.S.
Regional Expertise
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lecturer, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Research + Teaching Interests
farmer adaptation; agricultural ecosystems; soil fertility management; rural livelihoods
Regional Expertise
Senegal; The Gambia
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Health Science
Research + Teaching Interests
My research interest is obesity prevention in minority and under-served children and families through interventions that promote healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.
Regional Expertise
Nigeria
Associate Professor, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Research + Teaching Interests
public administration; organization theory; organizational behavior; governance; research methods
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business
Research + Teaching Interests
entrepreneurship; business strategy; corporate entrepreneurship and turn-around management
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Research + Teaching Interests
feminist postcolonial science studies; feminist science studies; science and technology studies; feminist and critical race legal theory; transnational/postcolonial feminisms; feminist research methodologies; human rights and intellectual property law
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Associate Dean, Collection Development and Archival Collections, Herman B Wells Library
Research Interests
African literature; travel writing by Africans; bibliography; African crime novels
Regional Expertise
Uganda; Nigeria; Zimbabwe; South Africa
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Research + Teaching Interests
performance and civic life; intertextuality; colonial and postcolonial formations; theater, music, and poetry; Algerian diaspora in France
Regional Expertise
Algeria
Professor, The Media School
Associate Dean, The Media School
Research + Teaching Interests
mass media and communication; influence of visual content and message packaging on comprehension
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Associate Professor, Art History
Research + Teaching Interests
medieval Islamic visual culture; nineteenth-century Islamic arts; the image of architecture in paintings, sculpture, and applied arts; Orientalism, historiography and the master-narrative(s) of Islamic art
Regional Expertise
Morocco; Egypt
Professor, American Studies
Research + Teaching Interests
Caribbean literature; interconnections between art, history, literature and performance; depictions of slavery in literature and museums; national and cultural identities; food and cultural memory
Regional Expertise
Caribbean
Professor, Anthropology
Director, Human Origins and Primate Evolution Lab
Research + Teaching Interests
functional morphology and ecology of hominids and apes
Regional Expertise
Tanzania; Uganda
Associate Professor, Journalism, The Media School
Research + Teaching Interests
influence of digital imaging technology on news photo credibility and audience understanding of photo journalism ethics; photojournalism; graphic communication and publication design; role of mass media in society; reporting of HIV/AIDS and health care
Regional Expertise
Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania; Ethiopia; Morocco
Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education
Director, Center for International Education, Development and Research, School of Education
Research + Teaching Interests
democratic citizenship education in comparative, international, and cross-cultural contexts
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Professor, History
Regional Focus
South Africa; the U.S.
Research + Teaching Interests
intersection of labor history and the struggle for racial justice in the U.S. South and twentieth century South Africa; South African labor relations and the state; civil rights
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Professor, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
school health promotion programs; school health education; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention
Regional Expertise
Ghana
Clinical Professor, School of Optometry
Chief of Pediatric and Binocular Vision Service, School of Optometry
Director of Residencies, School of Optometry
Research + Teaching Interests
pediatric optometry; amblyopia; binocular vision disorders
Regional expertise
Rwanda
Associate Professor, History
Research Interests
historical intersections of western India and southeastern Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; histories of Indian Ocean pearl fisheries; history of eucalyptus within the Portuguese Empire’s Atlantic and Indian Ocean spheres
Regional Expertise
South Africa; Mozambique
Professor, Political Science
Research + Teaching Interests
comparative political economy and public policy, with focus on the politics of state formation, public goods provision, and citizenship in Africa and the U.S.
Regional Expertise
Ghana; Côte d’Ivoire; Kenya; Uganda
Professor, Cinema and Media Studies, The Media School
Director, Black Film Center/Archive, The Media School
Research + Teaching Interests
diasporic and émigré cinematic formations; Latin, African, and postcolonial cinemas; transnational migration; documentary practice
Regional Expertise
Burkina Faso
Associate Professor, Art History
Tanner-Opperman Chair in Honor of Roy Sieber
Research + Teaching Interests
African and African diaspora art; aesthetics and culture; graphic writing systems; rock painting; Afro-Latin American and Caribbean visual culture, art and aesthetics; theories of the avant-garde; contemporary theory
Regional Expertise
West Africa; Central Africa; the Americas
Laura and Raymond Wielgus Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Art of the Americas at Eskenazi Museum of Art
Regional Expertise
Ghana
Professor, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
public health policy and systems; policy behaviors (especially by public institutions) and their measurement
Regional Expertise
Kenya; Nigeria; Botswana
Professor, School of Public Health
Director, Graduate Education for Applied Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
design and evaluation of theory-based and empirically-grounded behavior programs; social and behavioral determinants of health
Regional Expertise
Mali; East Africa
Professor, History
Research + Teaching Interests
popular cultural practices and politics; gender, sexuality, Africa and nation; relationship between the technology of radio and the shifting politics of southern Africa
Regional Expertise
Angola; South Africa; Zimbabwe
Assistant Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Director, Arabic Language Program, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Research + Teaching Interests
second language acquisition; discourse level analysis of the speech act of refusal in Egyptian Arabic; intercultural pragmatics and communication
Regional Expertise
Egypt
Associate Professor, History
Research + Teaching Interests
histories of conflict, militarization, and humanitarianism; history of World War I and its aftermaths; labor history
Regional Expertise
Tanzania; Kenya; Uganda
Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Director, Portuguese Program
Research + Teaching Interests
transatlantic Luso-Brazilian Studies; twentieth and twenty-first century Brazilian literature; contemporary Latin American narrative
Regional Expertise
Brazil
Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research + Teaching Interests
paleolandscapes and paleoenvironmental contexts of hominid evolution
Regional Expertise
Tanzania
Associate Professor, School of Education
Research + Teaching Interests
cognitive and socialization factors in language learning and strategies of foreign language students; collaboration; constructivist approaches and resistance factors in teacher development
Regional Expertise
Cameroon; Senegal; Azerbaijan
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
breast-feeding and child health; pre-school children’s health; role of the family in child development; immigrant families’ health; culture and health
Regional Expertise
Ghana
Professor, Linguistics
Research + Teaching Interests
African languages, especially endangered languages; political discourse analysis; the politics about languages in Africa; multilingualism and language contact, pragmatics of prosody, ethnopragmatics
Regional Expertise
Ghana
Special Advisor to the President, Indiana University
Professor Emeritus, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Former Director, African Studies Program
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
vector-borne emerging infectious diseases (VBEIDs) in the context of outdoor recreation, travel and tourism
Regional Expertise
Nigeria; Caribbean
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Research + Teaching Interests
environmental anthropology; agrarian studies; agro-ecological systems; political ecology; trade and development; anthropology of knowledge
Regional Expertise
Madagascar
Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Research + Teaching Interests
gender, sexuality, Afro-Caribbean spirituality, and Yoruba traditional religion in folklore, literature, and ethnography
Ruth N. Halls Professor, French and Italian
Research + Teaching Interests
twentieth and twenty-first century French-language writing in France, the Caribbean, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa; literary theory; the poetics and politics of fiction; postcolonial and transfrontier approaches to literature
Assistant Professor, International Studies
Research + Teaching Interests
gender and sexual violence; relationships between civilians and guerrilla groups; war and post-war economy; state-building processes
Regional Expertise
South Sudan; Ethiopia; Sierra Leone
Clinical Associate Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business
Faculty Chair, Kelley Direct M.B.A. and M.S. programs, Kelley School of Business
Research + Teaching Interests
international management; global consulting; economic foundations; managerial economics and macroeconomics; healthcare economics and business strategies
Regional Expertise
South Africa; Botswana
Associate Dean of Academics, Professor of Business Law, Charles M. Hewitt Professor
Research + Teaching Interests
employment discrimination; retaliation protections; business and human rights; governance approaches to transnational business and legal issues; marketing law and commercial speech
Regional Expertise
South Africa
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Associate Dean, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
sexual health and behaviors; HIV/AIDS education and prevention; health care management
Regional Expertise
Kenya; Uganda; South Africa
Associate Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Research + Teaching Interests
music and religion; mask performance; ritual; identity; popular music; immigration; transnationalism; diaspora; music and health; Ivorian immigrants in the U.S.
Regional Expertise
Côte d’Ivoire; Mali; Guinée
Associate Professor, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, School of Education
Research + Teaching Interests
language awareness and the flows of English literacy practices across global boundaries; literacy theory; language learning and cross-cultural experience in non-Western contexts
Regional Expertise
Democratic Republic of Congo; Rwanda
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Research + Teaching Interests
Indian Ocean Studies – urbanism, subsistence, trade and exchange, migration, state formation, East Africa, pastoralism, maritime cultures Archaeological Methods – ethnoarchaeological analogy, zooarchaeology, archaeomalacology, ichthyoarchaeology, behavioral ecology, foodscapes, economic and urban modeling.
Regional Expertise
Tanzania; Zanzibar
Lecturer, Management and Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business
Research + Teaching Interests
international business; strategic planning; management of technology and innovation
Regional Expertise
Ghana; Kenya; South Africa
Associate Professor, Biology
Advisor, AMPATH
Advisor, Medical School Exchange with Moi University
Research + Teaching Interests
chronic disease and food systems; human pathology; human physiology; comparative animal physiology; captive management of animals
Regional Expertise
Kenya
Assistant Professor, O’Neil School
Research + Teaching Interests
Globalization, NGOs, Organizational Theory and Behavior, Nonprofit Theory and Management, Philanthropy, Development, Cultural Sociology, Religion
Regional Expertise
Senegal
Chief Curator, Mathers Museum of World Cultures
Regional Expertise
Nigeria
Director, Global Gateway for Teachers, School of Education
Regional Expertise
Kenya; Tanzania
Associate Professor, International Studies
Research + Teaching Interests
politics of natural resources; non-state goods provision; strategies of governance in regions of limited state presence; conflict events reporting
Regional Expertise
Mozambique; Democratic Republic of Congo; Zambia
Assistant Professor, The Media School
Research + Teaching Interests
health risk and crisis communication; strategic communication; development communication
Regional Expertise
Ghana; South Africa
Chancellor's Professor, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
measurement and evaluation of school and public health education programs; factors associated with health behaviors; health promotion
Regional Expertise
Egypt
Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Research + Teaching Interests
Portuguese and Brazilian literatures and cultures; comparative Lusophone and Hispanic studies
Regional Expertise
Brazil; Portugal
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Research + Teaching Interests
ancient Egyptian language and literature; history of Graeco-Roman Egypt; ancient Egyptian transportation and trade
Regional Expertise
Egypt
Senior Lecturer, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Research + Teaching Interests
development of simulation models for sustainable management of indigenous community forests; experimental designs in tropical forestry research; service learning and classroom action research; statistical analysis
Regional Expertise
Kenya
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Human Biology
Research + Teaching Interests
primate ecology and evolution; environmental endocrinology, conservation biology and sustainability; evolutionary medicine and EcoHealth; nutritional anthropology
Regional Expertise
Uganda
John S. Hastings Professor, Mauer School of Law
Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Mauer School of Law
Research + Teaching Interests
constitutional design; Native American law; constitutional treatment of difference; relationship between constitutionalism and political violence
Regional Expertise
Liberia; South Sudan
Walter W. Foskett Professor, Mauer School of Law
Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Mauer School of Law
Research + Teaching Interests
comparative constitutional law; feminist jurisprudence; property law
Regional Expertise
Liberia; South Sudan
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Research + Teaching Interests
legal issues in recreation and sport settings related to risk management, program delivery, and participant conduct; using recreational sport to help solve community health issues for youth
Regional Expertise
Ghana
Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies