Accomplished, versatile interdisciplinary educator
WHAT I TEACH...
As an accomplished and versatile interdisciplinary educator, I have built an outstanding record of developing and implementing innovative curricula within vibrant, multicultural settings. Recognized by both colleagues and students for my sincere care and dynamic instructional style, I bring seasoned teaching experience at both the graduate and undergraduate levels across anthropology, sociology, politics, development studies, gender, and African studies.
Beyond the classroom, I am an active researcher and award-winning ethnographic filmmaker, dedicated to exploring complex themes such as gender, traditional leadership, democratization, youth identities, voluntary associations, urban life, ritual, and historical anthropology.
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
This course introduces you to the discipline of sociocultural anthropology through a variety of core themes and issues anthropologists frequently deal with. As an introductory course, it is far from exhaustive but the specially selected topics, debates and subfields within the discipline are highlighted in ways that demonstrate the credentials of anthropology as a ‘holistic’ science.
Ethnographic Research Methods
"Ethnographic Methods" is designed in a way that combines seminars and field immersion in order to give students in-depth exposure to core techniques on research design, how to use participant observation, interviewing techniques, and skills on how to manage the research process.
Anthropology of Religion
In many parts of the world, many people inhabit a world full of spirits, witches, mischievous devils, ancestors, malevolent and benign forces, gods and angels – entities that are believed to play powerful roles in human affairs. The anthropological study of religion is an attempt to render these worlds comprehensible to outsiders.
Visual Anthropology
Visual anthropology is a sub-discipline that explores the broad range of “things” made to be seen. It explores both film and photography as genres of representing “reality”, anthropological knowledge and cultural processes. It also tackles the questions raised by cross-cultural representation.
My Teaching & Service Profile in Numbers
Dedicated teacher, mentor and colleague