Graduate Student Directory
Since 1961, over 400 African Studies students have graduated with an Africa-focused Ph.D. African Studies students are enrolled in a range of different departments at Indiana University. Below is a current list of graduate students in African Studies, their departments, and contact information.
African Studies
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Virginia Bunker, vabunker [AT} indiana.edu, Virginia Bunker is in her second year of the African Studies M.A. She graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in International Studies and minors in French and Cultural Anthropology. Before coming to Indiana University she coached track and field at her high school in Alexandria, Virginia, and interned with a local DC nonprofit organization to organize its Africa service initiative. Virginia is currently studying Twi and researching 'sport for development and peace' programs and discourse in Ghana.
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Abdoul Diakite, diakitea [AT] indiana.edu
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Janice Levi
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Nesrin Omer, nsomer [AT] indiana.edu
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Julie Rawe, jrawe [AT] indiana.edu
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Summer Tritt, stritt [AT] indiana.edu, Summer is currently writing her MA thesis on digital libraries in Ghana. She received her MLS from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2009 and is the History and Political Science Librarian and Coordinator of Government Documents at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She also holds a BA in International Relations from Old Dominion University.
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Bernard Woma, bwoma [AT] indiana.edu
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Anthropology
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Tadewos Assebework, tassebew [AT] indiana.edu
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Leanne Atkins, lbatkins [AT] indiana.edu
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Bryn Bakoyema, bbakoyem [AT] indiana.edu
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Ama Boakyewa, oboakyew [AT] indiana.edu
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Jennifer Chizek
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Sarah Cluff, scluff [AT] indiana.edu
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Arwen Kimmell, akimmell [AT] indiana.edu
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Angela Martin, angmarti [AT] indiana.edu
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Fileve Palmer, ftpalmer [AT] indiana.edu
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Elizabeth Preiffer, elpfeiff [AT] iupui.edu
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Katherine Wiley, katwiley [AT] indiana.edu is working on her PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology. Her research interests include economic anthropology, material culture, Islam, gender, globalization, and Mauritania. Prior to coming to IU she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mauritania and spent a year in Tanzania.
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Art History
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Comparative Literature
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Criminal Justice
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Education
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Atieno A Adala, aadala [AT] indiana.edu
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Kwame Dwamena Dakwa, kdd [AT] indiana.edu
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Diane Dormant, dormant [AT] indiana.edu
Norihide Furukawa, norifuru [AT] indiana.edu
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Angela Stone-MacDonald, akstone [AT] indiana.edu, Angela is PhD student in Special Education. She specializes in special education in Tanzania, the role of culture in access to education, and culture and design of curriculum.
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Folklore & Ethnomusicology
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History
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Ebenezer Ayesu, eayesu [AT] indiana.edu
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Carol L Bennett, calbenne [AT] indiana.edu
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R David Goodman, rigoodma [AT] indiana.edu
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Muziwandile Moses Hadebe, mmhadebe [AT] indiana.edu
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Jennifer Hart, jeahart [AT] indiana.edu, Jennifer Hart is a PhD Candidate in African History in the History
Department. Jennifer received her M.A. in African History from
Indiana University and is currently completing her PhD dissertation on
the social and cultural history of urban transportation in
late-colonial and postcolonial Accra, Ghana. Her other research
interests include urban history, the history of Christianity and
Islam, and comparative colonial history.
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Vaughn Love, vllove [AT] indiana.edu
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Frederic Pratt, frpratt [AT] indiana.edu, Fred is a 2nd year graduate student in the History department. He received a BA in history from Vassar College in 2005. Currently he is researching commercial and educational cinema in colonial Ghana.
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Kate Schroeder, katschro [AT] indiana.edu
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Craig Waite, cwaite [AT] indiana.edu
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School of Library and Information Science
(SLIS)
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Linguistics
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Jon Anderson, andersjc [AT] indiana.edu
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Boubacar Diakite, bdiakite [AT] indiana.edu
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Jessica Dilsaver
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Fabienne Diouf, fdiouf [AT] indiana.edu
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Christopher Green, greencr [AT] indiana.edu, Chris is a PhD candidate in Linguistics focusing on syllable & moraic phonology and tonology in African languages, with an emphasis on Bamana. Chris received his M.A. in Linguistics from Indiana University and his Bachelors degrees from Florida State University in Saxophone Performance and Biochemistry. His other research interests include phonological paradigms, political discourse analysis, and functional language disorders.
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Abbie Hantgan, ahantgan [AT] indiana.edu
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Abdulwahid Mazrui, ammazrui [AT] indiana.edu
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Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(NELC)
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Political Science
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Ryan Conway
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Megan Hershey, mjhershe [AT] indiana.edu
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Carolyn Holmes, ceholmes [AT] indiana.edu Carolyn Holmes is a 3rd year graduate student, studying issues of transitional justice and legitimacy in South Africa. She received her BA in Political Science with a minor in African History from DePauw University in 2006. Working with issues that combine her regional focus and her interest in political philosophy, Carolyn's research involves the critical examination of post-colonial/third-world democracy. She is currently studying both isiZulu and Afrikaans as part of her research.
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Khalfan Mohammed, khmohamm [AT] indiana.edu
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Terrence Thorpe, trthorpe [AT] indiana.edu
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Josef Woldense, jwoldens [AT] indiana.edu
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Psychology
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School of
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER)
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School of Journalism
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School of Library and Information Science (SLIS)
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School of
Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
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Second Language Studies
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