Discover how Professor Ann Biersteker’s (PhD ’84) interest in and pursuit of Kiswahili continues to influence many. “Ann Biersteker and Others Who Truly Loved and Love Kiswahili” by Austin Bukenya
Alumni
Alum Tarek Ziadna Accepts New Position
Tarek Ziadna (PhD ’18) has accepted a position as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Buffalo, where he will teach Arabic and direct their Arabic program.
Alumna Carmen McCain Takes Position with University of London
PhD alumna Carmen McCain (’14) has announced that she has accepted an offer in the African Languages, Cultures, and Literatures section of the School of Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics at SOAS, University of London. The …
Adeola Agoke Awarded Language Institute Grant
Adeola Agoke has been awarded a Language Institute Grant to Support Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning. The award will enable her to develop a “Dictionary of African Language Pedagogy,” which will provide proficiency-based and …
Alum Lawrence Andrea Concludes Pulitzer Center Assignment
Lawrence Andrea, a 2020 graduate, earned a spot as an international reporting fellow for the Pulitzer Center that same year. Recently, Andrea concluded his work exploring and documenting post-asylum life for refugees in Greece. His …
Alum Lowell Brower in the News
Lowell Brower, who earned his BA in African Languages and Literature, is now the Head Tutor / Director of Undergraduate Studies and a Lecturer for the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard. …
Kathryn Mara Reviews Seminega’s “No Greater Love”
Kathryn Mara, Ph.D. ’20, reviews Tharcisse Seminega’s No Greater Love: How My Family Survived the Genocide in Rwanda in the latest issue of African Studies Review. Mara was awarded an Albert Markham Postdoctoral Fellowship for her …
ACS Alumni Panel Focuses on Alternatives to Academic
On Thursday, February 11, three African Cultural Studies alumni shared their individual journeys toward successful acquisition of rewarding employment in diverse fields. They discussed their transferable skills and explained and explored how these skills apply …
In Memoriam: Emerita Professor Magdalena Hauner Remembers Alumnus E. Kezilahabi (1944-2020)
Euphrase Kezilahabi, one of the foremost writers in the Swahili language, and our alumnus, passed away on January 9, 2020 in Dar es Salaam. He was 75 years old. His path-breaking oeuvre included poetry, novels, …