SIS Faculty Conducting Research on Africa

Instructor

Assistant Professor

Dr. Maria De Jesus brings to AU a wealth of research and teaching experiences in the area of health inequalities, with a particular focus on cross-cultural communication and health promotion. While serving as a Yerby post-doctoral fellow at the Harva... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Esser has conducted research in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Mexico. He studies foreign aid and local governance in the Global South, in particular in conflict cities, as well as global health policy emergence and funding. He also purs... [More]

Assistant Professor

LeVan focuses on comparative political institutions, democratization, and African security.  His influential critique of power sharing in Africa appeared in the January 2011 issue of "Governance," and his he has also published articles on the Departm... [More]

University Professor

James Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs, and was the founding Chair of Comparative and Regional Studies at American University. He has also been named Honorary Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. Previously... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on the politics of population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, and she also studies the determinants of birth timing in the United States. Her most recent work on Africa explored the process of... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Professor Caleb Rossiter returned to full-time teaching in SIS in the fall of 2009 after a two-year break, during which he served as counselor to the chairman of a congressional foreign policy subcommittee. During that period, he also taught a semina... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Shepler's research interests include youth and conflict, reintegration of former child soldiers, post-conflict reconstruction, refugees, education and economic development, NGOs and globalization, transitional justice, and childhood studies. In a... [More]

Assistant Professor

Krista Tuomi is an Assistant Professor in the International Economic Relations program. Prior to this post, she lectured at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she focused on growth theory, game theory and macroeconomic policy. She also ... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Patrick Ukata is the Director of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) project here at American University (AU). AU signed a five-year management and consultancy agreement in January of 2004 to assist with the development and building of a pri... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Thespina (Nina) Yamanis’ professional interests are in identifying the mechanisms that link social and economic conditions to global health disparities and in designing community-based interventions to improve health among the most vulnerable gro... [More]