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As a student interested in African Studies, you have a network of advisors who can assist you. They include our Director of Undergraduate Studies, who can answer specific information about your African studies coursework, our specialist for questions regarding African languages, and the team of undergraduate advisors in the Hamilton Lugar School. Our advisors can help you plan your degree, balance your coursework, and combine African Studies coursework with your Major or another Minor or work toward an accelerated Masters’ program in African Studies.

African Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)

For information on our degrees, courses, course permissions, graduation checks and more, the DUS can offer you specific and detailed information.

Nana Amoah-Ramey

Assistant Professor, African Studies Program
Director of Undergraduate Studies, African Studies Program
Assistant Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies
Associate Editor, Africa Today Journal
Akan Language and West African Cultures

Phone:: (812) 856-1012
Email:: namoa@iu.edu

Research + Teaching Interests
African American & African Diaspora Literature; African Popular Music and Cultures; Gender Roles and Representations; African Language Pedagogy (Akan/Twi); Globalization and Post Colonialism

Regional Expertise
Ghana; West Africa

African Languages Minor Advising

For information specifically about the African Languages Minor, students can meet with either the DUS or with Dr. Omar.

Alwiya Omar

Clinical Professor, Kiswahili, African Studies Program
African Languages Coordinator, African Studies Program
Director, National African Languages Resource Center (NALRC)

Phone:: (812) 855-3323
Email:: aomar@iu.edu

Research + Teaching Interests
Kiswahili language and culture; pragmatics; second language acquisition

Regional Expertise
Tanzania

Hamilton Lugar School Undergraduate Advisers

For general information, and how to combine an African Studies degree with your chosen majors, look to HLS advisor! Please schedule an advising appointment through the Student Appointment Scheduler in One.IU.

Olga Bueva

Advisor for all undergraduate programs at HLS, Cybersecurity and Global Policy, and Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Phone:: (812) 855-5298
Email:: obueva@iu.edu

Elizabeth McHugh

Advisor for all undergraduate programs at HLS, Cybersecurity and Global Policy, and Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Phone:: (812) 855-2133
Email:: elimchug@iu.edu

Dale Spicer

Advisor for all undergraduate programs at HLS, Cybersecurity and Global Policy, and Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Phone:: (812) 855-4719
Email:: daespice@iu.edu

Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Advisor for the African Studies Program

Tavy Aherne

Associate Director, African Studies Program
Outreach Coordinator, African Studies Program
FLAS Advisor, African Studies Program
Adjunct faculty, African Studies Program

Phone:: (812) 855-5081
Email:: taherne@iu.edu

Research + Teaching Interests
Fulbhe and Bamana arts, artists and aesthetic systems; African textiles; artists as activists; African film and photography; post-colonial theory; museum studies; teaching pedagogies and research methodologies

Regional Expertise
Ghana; Guinea; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe

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