Baloyi Magezi Elijah is a C2 NRF rated Full professor (UNISA) of Practical Theology and holds PhD in Practical Theology from University of Pretoria. Currently appointed as a member of NRF Evaluation and Rating Specialist Committee. A former Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology and a former chair of the Board […]
Joan Osa Oviawe, PhD is a scholar–practitioner whose work focuses on African education systems, governance, gender, and the African diaspora. Her research examines the intersections of institutional reform, social justice, and community development in Africa and its global diasporas. She has held appointments as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for African Development and as […]
Joshua Nortey is a Research Associate with the Indigenous Collaboration, Equity, and Inclusion (ICEI) portfolio at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute and Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. He holds a Master of Arts in Sociology with a specialization in Gerontology from Lakehead University. His research focuses on health equity, anti-Black racism, systemic […]
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 and Founder and Executive Director of the Coen-Sanchez Research & Policy Institute (CSRPI), a federally incorporated Canadian not-for-profit research institute advancing interdisciplinary research, public policy, governance, and institutional equity. Her research examines institutional governance, race, migration, identity, and public policy. She is the developer of Human Systems Mediation™, […]
Dr. Oladotun Larry Anifowose is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Entrepreneurship, School of Logistics and Innovation Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria, and an Associate Fellow of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diaspora at 91ɫ, Canada. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University […]
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 […]