Names and contact information for individuals active in scholarship and development work related to higher education in Africa. This list is short in Africa-based scholars. We thus especially encourage African-based experts, researchers and scholars to enlist.

Please contact us with additions or changes to this list. Please include: organizational affiliation; country of current residency; e-mail; and any relevant geographical and thematic expertise. Entries may be edited for consistency.

Aarts, H.
Center for International Cooperation in the Development of Education, Maastricht University
THE NETHERLANDS
han.aarts@mundo.unimaas.nl
Geographical expertise: Africa, Latin America
Thematic expertise: Higher education, international cooperation, universities

Alexander, F. King
Educational Organization and Leadership
U.S.A.
Falexndr@uiuc.edu

Altbach, Philip G.
The Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
U.S.A.
altbach@bc.edu
Geographical expertise: International
Thematic expertise: Comparative higher education, international higher education, student activism

Assie-lumumba, N. T.
African Studies and Research Center, Cornell University
U.S.A.
Na12@cornell.edu
Geographical expertise: Francophone Africa

Austin, Ann E.
Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
U.S.A.
aaustin@msu.edu
Geographical expertise: South Africa and collaborative work with several other universities
Thematic expertise: Organizational change in higher education institutions, higher education transformation, academic staff (faculty) professional issues and professional development, teaching and learning

Bawa, Ahmed
Ford Foundation
SOUTH AFRICA
Geographical expertise: Africa
Thematic expertise: higher education research, management

Bianchini, Pascal
Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire, University of Bordeaux
FRANCE
bianchini@sciencespobordeaux.fr
Thematic expertise: Sociology of Education, Student politics (Senegal, Burkina Faso)

Biraimah, Karen L.
University of Central Florida
U.S.A.
biraimah@mail.ucf.edu
Geographical expertise: Nigerian higher education

Booth, Margaret Zoller
Educational Foundations and Inquiry, Bowling Green State University
U.S.A.
boothmz@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Research interest: Swaziland

Bor, W. van den
Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Center
THE NETHERLANDS
Geographical expertise: Africa, Asia, Botswana, Caribbean, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland
Thematic expertise: Agricultural education, higher education, integrated development, rural development
Current research: Staff and faculty development for higher education in agriculture in developing countries

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Unit for Comparative and International Education, Institute for Educational Research
NORWAY
birgit.brock-utne@ped.uio.no; http://www.uio.no/~bbrock/; http://www.uio.no/~bbrock/EduDev.html
Geographical expertise: Historically black universities in South Africa, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Research interest: African higher education, among others. Recently published a book entitled Intellectual Recolonization of Africa

Brunner, Jose Joaquin
jbrunner@fundch.cl

Bustin, Edouard
African Studies Center, Boston University
U.S.A.
http://web.bu.edu/AFR/GRAF.html

Chacha, Christopher M.
Social Work Department, Alabama A&M University
U.S.A.
cchacha@aamu.edu
Geographical expertise: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Germany
Thematic expertise: curriculum development, social work, social research, basic and applied statistics, community development, counselling, cultural diversity issues, service utilization, social policy analysis, and training techniques

Chege, Michael
Center for African Studies, University of Florida
U.S.A.
mchege@africa.ufl.edu
Research interest: Various Issues of higher education in Africa especially state politics and finance

Cloete, Nico
Executive Director, Center for Higher Education Transformation
SOUTH AFRICA
Thematic expertise: higher education research, management, governance

Colclough, Chris
IDS, University of Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
Geographical expertise: Africa
Thematic expertise: education finance, gender issues, research

Colley, Kabba E.
Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing
U.S.A.
kcolley@qc1.qc.edu
Research interest: Gambia

Cossa, Jose
Loyola University Chicago
U.S.A.
jcossa@luc.edu
Geographical expertise: International
Thematic expertise: Comparative and International Education; Politico-economic
theories; System Transfer (an area of Comp. Ed.); African Renaissance;
Organizational Leadership (e.g., leadership emergence patterns, models,
theories, etc.); and Christian higher education.
Research interest: Politico-economic theories; educational policy and
manifestations of these theories and policies in political (specially
presidential) addresses.

Court, David
The World Bank
U.S.A.
dcourt@worldbank.org
Geographical expertise: Overall aspects of African higher education

Court, Julius
Program Officer, Office of the Rector, United Nations University
JAPAN
court@hq.unu.edu

Cummings, William
U.S.A.
wkcum@usa.net
Geographical expertise: Ethiopia

Curran, Chris
National Distance Education Center, Dublin City University
IRELAND
curranc@dcu.ie

Davis, Charles
Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick
CANADA
cdavis@unbsj.ca; http://business.unbsj.ca/users/cdavis
Geographical expertise: Africa, especially Eastern and Francophone Africa
Thematic expertise: Science, technology, research

Ekong, Donald
The Ford Foundation
SOUTH AFRICA
d.ekong@fordfound.org

El-Khawas, E.
School of Education, George Washington University
U.S.A.
elkhawas@gwu.edu

El-Tom, Mohamed E. A.
Teachers College
U.S.A.
meltom41@hotmail.com
Research interest: Sudan

Ezzine, Mourad
The World Bank
U.S.A.
mezzine@worldbank.org

Fielden, J.
CHEMS
UNITED KINGDOM
j.fielden@acu.ac.uk

Fine, Ben
Department of Economics, SOAS
UNITED KINGDOM
bf@soas.ac.uk
Research interest: African education

Fowdar, Narud
School of Accounting and Economics, Napier University
UNITED KINGDOM
n.fowdar@napier.ac.uk
Research interest: Comoros, Reunion, and Seychelles

Gboyega, Alex
Department of political science, University of Ibadan
NIGERIA
alexgboyega@skannet.com
Thematic expertise: Higher Education policy (Nigeria)

Hayward, Fred M.
U.S.A.
hayward.fred@att.net
Geographical expertise: South Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Malawi, Namibia
Academic focus: Higher education development and planning, international education

Heimer, Franz-Wilhelm
Centro de Estudos Africanos, ISCTE, Av. das Forças Armadas
PORTUGAL
franz.heimer@iscte.pt; http://www.cea.iscte.pt
Geographical expertise: Angola and Mozambique
Thematic expertise: Political science, sociology, comparative education

Holm-Nielson, Lauritz
Department of Human Development, The World Bank
U.S.A.
Lholmnielsen@worldbank.org
Thematic expertise: Science, technology, research

Hoogen, J. P. M. van den
Liaison Office, Wageningen Agricultural University
THE NETHERLANDS
jan.vandenhoogen@bureau.dpw.wau.nl
Geographical expertise: Botswana, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Thematic expertise: Curriculum development, educational planning, higher education, institution building, management, rural development, and SADC
Current research: Institution building in higher education for agriculture in developing countries and international cooperation

Howard, W. Stephen
African Studies Program, Ohio University
U.S.A.
howard@ohio.edu
Geographical expertise: Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland

Ilon, Lynn
Comparative and Global Studies in Education, State University of New York at Buffalo
U.S.A.
ilon@acsu.buffalo.edu; Ilon@buffalo.edu
Thematic expertise: Educational economics

Ishengoma, Johnson M.
Faculty of Education, University of Dar es Salaam
ishe2004@yahoo.com
Thematic expertise: Research interests: Financing and cost sharing in higher education; comparative higher education; equity, access, and quality assurance

Jaygbay, Jacob
U.S.A.
jaygbayj@battelle.org
Research interest: Academic profession

Johnstone, Bruce
Graduate School of Education, University of Buffalo
U.S.A.
Dbj@acsu.buffalo.education
Thematic expertise: Financing higher education

Kastbjerg, Gunnar
The International Association for Consciousness Based Leadership and Education (Pavamana f.m.b.a)
DENMARK
gk@pavamana.com
Geographical expertise: Ethiopia, Eastern Europe, Turkey
Thematic expertise: Strategic, performance-based financing of higher education (PBF funding); income generating activities and entrepreneurial universities; training of entrepreneurs; development of National Business Educations at postsecondary level; quality management programs for business colleges; development of HRD terms of reference for EU-funding applications.

Katunguka, Samwiri
Makerere University
Geographical expertise: East Africa
Thematic expertise: higher education management, ICT

Kluijskens, J.
Office of Foreign Relations, Leiden University
THE NETHERLANDS
Geographical expertise: Africa south of the Sahara, southern Africa, west Africa
Thematic expertise: Colonization, development theory, higher education, institution building, philosophy

Kluyfhout, E.
Centre for Development Cooperation Services, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
e.kluyfhout@dienst.vu.nl
Geographical expertise: Asia, East Africa, Latin America, Southern Africa
Thematic expertise: Communication, higher education, information policy, information technology
Current research: Information policy planning in higher education

Kraker, J. de
Wageningen University & Research Centre Laboratory of Theoretical Production Ecology
THE NETHERLANDS
joop.dekraker@staff.tpe.wau.nl
Geographical expertise: Benin, Zimbabwe
Thematic expertise: Crops, higher education, plant protection

Lasebae, Aboubaker
School of Computing Science, Middlesex University
UNITED KINGDOM
A.Lasebae@mdx.ac.uk; http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/staffpages/alasebae
Research interest: Libya

Lebeau, Yann
Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, The Open University, London WC1X 8BP
ENGLAND
http://www.open.ac.uk/personalpages/y.lebeau/index.htm
Research interest and expertise: Nigerian higher education

Levey, Lisbeth A.
Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
Thematic expertise: Information science and library development

Levy, Daniel
State University of New York at Albany
U.S.A.
Dcl05@cnsibm.albany.education
Thematic expertise: Private higher education

Limb, Peter
Africana Library, Michigan State University Libraries
U.S.A.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/coll/main/africana
Thematic expertise: African bibliography, literature, information development

Lobban, Richard A., Jr.
Rhode Island College
U.S.A.
rlobban@ric.edu; rlobban@efortess.com
Research interest: Cape Verde

Lulat, Y.
U.S.A.
lulat@juno.com
Research interest: History of African higher education development, higher education development and educational planning, comparative and international higher education development

Lyakurwa, William
Executive Director, AERC
Geographical expertise: Africa
Thematic expertise: economics, capacity building

Maassen, P.
Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS); University of Twente
THE NETHERLANDS
p.a.m.maassen@cheps.utente.nl

Mabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng
Department of Educational Administration; Michigan State University
U.S.A.
mabokela@msu.edu
Research interest: Institutional transformation and change, organizational culture and its impact on historically marginalized groups, women and leadership in higher education, higher education policy in South(ern) Africa

Maiga-Toure, Aminata
The World Bank
U.S.A.
amaiga@worldbank.org

Manuh, Takyiwaa
Professor, University of Ghana
GHANA
Thematic expertise: higher education research

Mario, Mouzinho
Eduardo Mondlane University
MOZAMBIQUE
Thematic expertise: higher education research, management

Matos, Narciso
International Development; Carnegie Corporation of New York
U.S.A.
nma@carnegie.org
Thematic expertise: African higher education policy, governance, management, administration

Millot, Benoit
The World Bank
U.S.A.
bmillot@worldbank.org
Research interest: Tunisia

Mohamedbhai, Goolam
President, International Association of Universities
Chairman, Africa Regional Committee of UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research & Knowledge
MAURITIUS Geographical expertise: Geographical Expertise: Africa
Research interest: Institutional governance, reform in higher education, quality assurance, regional and international collaboration

Moja, Teboho
Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology, New York University
Teboho.moja@nyu.edu
Geographical expertise: South Africa
Research interest: Policy development

Moock, Joyce Lewinger
Associate Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
U.S.A.
Geographical expertise: Africa, East Africa
Thematic expertise: higher education mission, capacity building, education and society

Moock, Peter
World Bank
U.S.A.
Geographical expertise: Africa, Asia
Thematic expertise: higher education research, finance

Munene, Irungu
SUNY Research Foundation
U.S.A.
imunene@avu.org
Thematic expertise: Student activism

Musisi, Nakanyike
Director, Makerere Institute for Social Research, Makerere University
Geographical expertise: East Africa
Thematic expertise: higher education research

Mwiria, Kilemi
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education
KENYA
kilemi@aol.com
Thematic expertise: Governance, management, state relation

Namuddu, Katherine
Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation
U.S.A.
Thematic expertise: higher education research, teacher training, gender issues

Ndiaye, Falilou
Faculté des Lettres, Université Cheikh Anta Diop
Dakar, SENEGAL
fndiaye@mail.ucad.sn
Thematic expertise: Academic community, HE student and staff unionism and politics (Senegal)

Ndulu, Benno
World Bank
U.S.A.
Geographical expertise: Africa
Thematic expertise: capacity building, education finance, brain drain

Ngethe, Njuguna
University of Nairobi
Geographical expertise: east and southern Africa
Research interest: higher education research

N'Guerekata, Gaston
Department of Mathematics, Morgan State University
U.S.A.
gnguerek@morgan.edu
Research interest: Central African Republic

Ngwe, Luc
Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques, University of Douala
CAMEROON
luc.ngwe1@libertysurf.fr
Research interest: Higher education policy, Universities and society (Cameroon)

Niane, Boubacar
Ecole normale supérieure de Dakar
Senegal
bniane@refer.sn
Research interest: sociology of education, higher education policy (Senegal)

Nnazor, Reginald
Department of Education, Kentucky State University
U.S.A.
rnnazor@gwmail.kysu.edu
Geographical expertise: Commonwealth African countries
Thematic expertise: Quality assurance and ICTs

Nur-Awaleh, Mohamed A.
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations
U.S.A.
Manuraw@ilstu.edu
Research interest: Somalia

Nwauwa, Apollos O.
Department of History/Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University
U.S.A.
nwauwa@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Geographical Expertise: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria
Thematic expertise: History of higher education in Africa; External Influences; Comparative higher education; and Intellectual Dependency

Nyaigotti-Chacha, Chacha
Executive director, Inter-University Council East Africa
Geographical expertise: east Africa
Thematic expertise: higher education management

Odero, Jared
Institute of International Education, Stockholm University-Sweden
jared.onyango.odero@interped.su.se
Geographical expertise: South Africa
Current research: ICT, distance and HE education in South African universities

Odhiambo, Atieno
History Department, Rice University
U.S.A.
odhiambo@rice.edu
Research interest: African higher education and development in Eastern and Southern Africa
Thematic expertise: 20th century Africa history

Oliver, Daniel
Department of Human Development, The Ohio State University
U.S.A.
oliver.114@osu.edu
Geographical expertise: Southern Africa
Thematic expertise: Comparative higher education, university outreach and engagement, HIV/AIDS in education

Onyeonoru, Ifeanyi P.
Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan
NIGERIA
ifyonyes@yahoo.com
Thematic expertise: Higher Education Governance

Ramphele, Mamphele
The World Bank
U.S.A.
mramphele@worldbank.org
Geographical expertise: South Africa

Rathgeber, Eva
erathgeber@idrc.or.ke
Geographical expertise: Eastern Africa
Thematic expertise: Gender issues in African higher education

Rule, Cheryl Sternman
Project on Faculty Appointments, Harvard Graduate School of Education
U.S.A.
Cheryl_Rule@harvard.edu
Research interest: Eritrea

Sack, Richard
ADEA: Association for the Development of Education in Africa / Association pour le Développement de l'Education en Afrique
FRANCE
r.sack@iiep.unesco.org; http://www.adeanet.org

Saint, William
The World Bank
U.S.A.
wsaint@worldbank.org
Geographical expertise: Overall aspects of African higher education

Salmi, Jamil
The World Bank
U.S.A.
jsalmi@worldbank.org
Thematic expertise: Higher education reforms, financing, strategic planning, student loans, and political economy of reform

Samoff, Joel
Stanford University
U.S.A.
joel.samoff@stanford.edu
Geographical expertise: Burkina Faso, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, most recently, Eritrea

Sawyerr, Akilagpa
Executive director, AAU
Geographical expertise: Africa
Thematic expertise: higher education research, management, finance

Schoenmakers, J. H.
Office for International Cooperation, University of Groningen
THE NETHERLANDS
j.h.schoenmakers@bureau.rug.nl
Geographical expertise: Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa
Thematic expertise: Anthropology, higher education, history, political science

Seath, Malcolm E.
Department for International Development
UNITED KINGDOM
m-seath@dfid.gtnet.gov.uk

Sender, J. B.
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
UNITED KINGDOM
js9@soas.ac.uk
Research interest: Capacity building in Africa

Seyon, Patrick L. N.
U.S.A.
71043.2212@compuserve.com
Geographical expertise: Liberia

Shettima, Kole
MacArthur Foundation, Nigeria Office
NIGERIA
Regional expertise: West Africa

Singh, Mala
Council on Higher Education, South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA
Thematic expertise: higher education mission, philosophy quality assessment

Stanneveld, A. M. H.
Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Royal Tropical Institute
THE NETHERLANDS
a.stanneveld@kit.nl
Geographical expertise: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Thematic expertise: Agricultural economics, development, economics, gender roles, higher education, institution building, management, organizational change, strategic planning

Subotzky, George
Director, center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Western Cape
SOUTH AFRICA
Thematic expertise: higher education management

Teferra, Damtew
Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
U.S.A.
teferra@bc.edu
Research interest: Scientific communication, donor support, endowment, financing, capacity building, academic misconduct
Thematic expertise: Higher education policy and administration

Thulstrup, E.
DENMARK
Ewt@virgil.ruc.dk

Trefon, Theodore
Free University of Brussels
BELGIUM
ttrefon@vub.ac.be
Geographical expertise: DRC, Cameroon, Gabon
Thematic expertise: Capacity building

van Ginkel, Hans
United Nations University
JAPAN
rector@hq.unu.edu

Wabwire-Mangen, Fred
Consultant to Gates Foundation; former director, Institute of Public Health, Makerere University
Thematic interest: higher education mission, health training and research

Wagaw, Teshome
Center/Program for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan
U.S.A.
Geographical expertise: Africa, specially Ethiopia
Research interest: Postsecondary education in developing nations, comparative postsecondary education.

Waite, Jeffrey
The World Bank
U.S.A.
Jwaite@worldbank.org
Research interest: Tunisia

Watson, J. K. P.
Department of Educational Studies and Management, University of Reading
UNITED KINGDOM
j.k.p.watson@reading.ac.uk

Weidman, J. C.
Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, University of Pittsburgh
U.S.A.
weidman@pitt.edu
Geographical expertise: Kenya, Laos, Mongolia, South Africa, South Korea

Wiley, David
Sociology, Core Faculty
East and Southern Africa, Social and economic development and the environment, scholars and foreign policy-making, internationalizing educational curricula, media images of Africa
wiley@msu.edu
http://www.soc.msu.edu/faculty/wiley.htm
Geographical expertise: East Africa, Southern Africa

Wohlgemuth, Lennart
The Nordic Africa Institute
SWEDEN
Lennart.Wohlgemuth@nai.uu.se; http://www.nai.uu.se
Research interest: Many years of research experience on African higher education