Current Graduate Students
Mikelle Antoine. Mikelle is an ABD currently conducting research in Ghana on the conversion of Asante women to Islam.
Joseph Davey is finishing course work and planning a dissertation about Nigeria.
Marieme Diawara. Marieme is completing her dissertation research in Senegal on the social and medical dimensions of the Muslim pilgrimage, thanks to a Compton Peace Fellowship.
Danson Esese. Danson is returning from his dissertation research in western Kenya on agricultural development, land use and government intervention, thanks to a Compton Peace Fellowship.
Leslie Hadfield. (FLAS recipient) Leslie is conducting dissertation research on aspects of the community development programs of the Black Consciousness Movement in King William's Town, South Africa, 1969-1977, with funding from a Fulbright IIE fellowship.
Getahun Haile Mesfin. Getahun is currently completing his doctoral exams and preparing to do a dissertation on the Ethiopian Parliament under Haile Sellassie.
Mona Jackson. Mona has recently returned from her Fulbright in South Africa. She is writing a dissertation on the role of Adams College (KwaZulu-Natal) in molding an African middle class (1909-1948).
Jill Kelly. (FLAS recipient) Jill is currently completing course work and planning a dissertation in South African history.
Harry Odamtten is taking his qualifying examinations and plans his dissertation work on Pan Africanism in Ghana.
Bala Saho is finishing course work and planning a dissertation about The Gambia.
Assan Sarr. Assan is conducting dissertation research on changing notions of land ownership in The Gambia with funding from a Compton Peace Fellowship.
Ibra Sene. Ibra is currently completing his research in Senegal and France on the prison of Saint-Louis and the penitentiary system under the French colonial regime, thanks to an SSRC fellowship. He has accepted a position at the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio.
Shannon Vance. Shannon is currently teaching at King College in Bristol, Tennessee, while writing up her dissertation on Galandou Diouf and the town of Rufisque in Senegal.
Richard Yorku is preparing for his qualifying examinations and plans his dissertation work on Indigenous Slave Systems in Ghana.