Diaspora engagement | The Harriet Tubman Institute /research/tubman The Harriet Tubman Institute at 91亚色 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:32:21 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 Doreen Ameonu /research/tubman/profile/doreen-ameonu/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:32:18 +0000 /research/tubman/?post_type=profile&p=9741 Doreen Ameonu is a Ghanaian development policy and strategic communications professional pursuing an MA in Development Studies at 91亚色. She brings over five years of experience working across government, diplomacy, strategic partnerships, and diaspora engagement, with a focus on youth, education, culture, and community development. Before joining 91亚色, Doreen worked with the UK Government in Ghana, where she managed diaspora engagement initiatives, strengthened UK鈥揋hana cultural partnerships, and created platforms connecting diaspora communities with opportunities in trade, investment, and development. She is particularly interested in the ways African and diasporic communities shape development, policy, identity, and social change across borders. At Tubman, she hopes to contribute her professional experience and perspective as a Ghanaian and African graduate student while learning from the Institute鈥檚 diverse community of scholars, students, and practitioners.

Keywords: Development Policy and Social Change, Diaspora Engagement, African and Diasporic Communities

]]> Delessa Neger /research/tubman/profile/delessa-neger/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:56:31 +0000 /research/tubman/?post_type=profile&p=9476 Dr. Delessa Bulcha Neger is a senior university leader, economist, and partnerships strategist with extensive experience across African higher education. He has served as President of Dambi Dollo University, Vice President at Wollega University and Oromia State University, and Senior Advisor at Ethiopia鈥檚 Ministry of Science & Higher Education. His work focuses on development economics, specifically public revenue, African higher education governance, internationalization, and diaspora engagement. Dr. Neger currently advises CAFOR鈥揂frican Union on partnerships and resource mobilization and serves as Strategic Advisor at AYA Innovation (USA). He has supervised numerous graduate theses published on economic policy and growth and actively supports Africa鈥揼lobal academic collaboration. Additionally, he is serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Gondar and Bule Hora University. He is a member of the editorial board of some journals. Based in Toronto, he is committed to contributing to the Tubman Institute鈥檚 research and community-engaged initiatives.

Keywords: African higher education, University leadership, Development economics, Public revenue, Internationalization, Diaspora engagement, Partnerships & resource mobilization, African Union, CAFOR, Institutional governance, Community鈥慹ngaged research, South鈥揝outh collaboration, Economic policy, Academic supervision (MA/PhD), Research and publications, International academic partnerships, Adjunct professor, Editorial board member, Africa鈥揼lobal collaboration, Knowledge mobility, Sustainable development

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