Dr. Kevin J. Hales is an internationally respected educator, public scholar, author, filmmaker, consultant, and podcaster. With an extensive academic background in communication studies and Africology, Dr. Hales offers a unique perspective on the lives of everyday African-descended people worldwide. Hales studies ethnicity (“race”), Africanity, social justice, rurality, intercultural communication, and nonverbal communication. Professor Hales […]
Sharlene S. Lansiquot, is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia’s (Okanagan) School of Nursing. She completed undergraduate coursework through The City University of New 91ɫ and has a BA in Psychology with a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies from New 91ɫ. Sharlene completed some of her nursing prerequisites […]
Dr. Karine Coen-Sanchez is an independent sociologist whose interdisciplinary research examines institutional governance, race, migration, identity, and public policy. She is the developer of Human Systems Mediation™, an original interdisciplinary framework that explains how governance systems, organizational cultures, and human experience interact to shape policy implementation and institutional outcomes. Her scholarship has also contributed conceptual […]
Dr. Oladotun Larry Anifowose is a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial finance and time series econometrics/ post doctoral research fellow with over a decade of teaching, research, and academic leadership experience. My research focuses on financial inclusion, inclusive growth, public finance, and development economics, with particular emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa, BRICS, and ECOWAS countries. I have […]
Dr. Shaurya Prakash is an Assistant Professor in the Programme of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, at Assam down town University, Guwahati, Assam, where he has been serving since January 2026. He is a scholar and practitioner with expertise in occupational stress, burnout, women's welfare, community health, mental health, and social work […]
Sara Gallagher is a scholar of Black American literature and history, specializing in Black life in the Midwest and Western United States. She is the author of Black Wests, a study of Black settlement, cultural production, and regional identity in the American West. Her current research project, Unsettling the Heartland, examines Black migration, homesteading, and […]
Dr. Magdaline Nkando is the Founder and Lead of Kujua Collective, an African-led platform advancing knowledge systems transformation and Learning Justice. Her work focuses on how knowledge is produced, governed, and applied within institutions, and how this shapes development outcomes. She is developing Learning Justice as an emerging governance methodology, alongside the Learning Justice Framework […]
Dr. Praveen Naik Bellampalli is an Assistant Professor at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore. He is a rural development scholar with expertise in Rural Studies, Tribal Studies, Migration, Livelihoods, and Rural Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Rural Development from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), focusing on migration, agrarian distress, and livelihood […]
Dr. Christiane Ndedi Essombe (she/her) holds a Master's of public health from the University of Montreal School of Public Health and a PhD degree in psychology from the University of Cape Town. She has researched structural inequities for over ten years in several countries that include Tanzania, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa and Canada. Her current […]
Borauzima Feza Esther is a Congolese researcher and lecturer, holding a Master’s degree in Political science from the Université Officielle de Bukavu and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the Université Catholique de Louvain. She is currently pursuing a doctoral program at the University of Mons within the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, […]