Advisory Board

Administration of the Institute


  • Saverio Stranges - Africa Institute Director & Chair of Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry)
  • Mel Katsivo - Africa Institute Associate Director (Partnerships and Programs) & EDID Specialist, Office of EDID and Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry)

Advisory Board


Faculty of Arts & Humanities

  1. Henri Boyi, Professor, Department of French Studies 
  2. Laté Lawson-Hellu, Professor, Department of French Studies
  3. Erica Lawson, Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies & Feminist Research
  4. Chinelo Ezenwa, PhD Candidate, Department of English Studies 
  5. Florence Anfaara, PhD Candidate, Department of Women's Studies & Feminist Research 

Ivey Business School

  1. Nicole Haggerty, Associate Professor, Management Information Systems 
  2. Oana Branzei, Professor, International Business & Strategy
  3. Lameck Osinde, Lecturer, Project Management
  4. Natasha Abayomi, Undergraduate Representative, President of Black Student Association

Faculty of Engineering

  1. Girma Bitsuamlak, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 
  2. Mita Ray, Professor, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

Faculty of Information and Media Studies

  1. Isola Ajiferuke, Associate Professor
  2. Uche Ikenyei, President of the Africa Institute Graduate Student Committee, PhD Candidate
  3. Adaku Ohuruogo, PhD Candidate 

Faculty of Health Sciences

  1. Elysée Nouvet, Assistant Professor, School of Health Studies 
  2. Aimée Josephine Utuza, PhD Candidate, Department of Health Promotion 

Faculty of Science

  1. Bryan Neff, Professor & Associate Dean (Research), Department of Biology 

Faculty of Social Science

  1. Isaac Luginaah, Professor, Department of Geography 
  2. Katherine McKenna, Associate Professor, Department of History, Cross-appointed to Department of Women's Studies & Feminist Research 
  3. Godwin Arku, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
  4. Joanna Quinn, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Cross-appointed to Faculty of Law
  5. Karolina Werner, Post-Doc Research Fellow, Centre for Transitional Justice & Post Conflict Reconstruction 
  6. Carelle Mang-Benza, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography 

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

  1. Eric Arts, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology 
  2. Narinder Paul, Chair, Department of Medical Imaging 
  3. Samuel Asfaha, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  4. Udunna Anazodo, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics 
  5. Mamadou Diop, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics 
  6. Michael Silverman, Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases 
  7. Michael Clarke, Adjunct Professor, Public Health 
  8. Arlene MacDougall, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry 
  9. Francisco Olea-Popelka, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  10. Shehzad Ali, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
  11. Ava John-Baptiste, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 
  12. Jason Were, PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 
  13. Jessica Prodger, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology 
  14. Cynthia Kenyon, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics 
  15. Janet Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Cross-Appointed to Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine 
  16. Abbas Jessani, Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry 
  17. Nitin Mohan, Assistant Professor, Global Health Systems

School of Graduate & Post-Doctoral Studies

  1. Lorraine Davies, Associate Vice-Provost 

Western International

  1. Lise Laporte, Senior Director, Western International
  2. Bob Gough, Director of International Internships and Development 
  3. Charmaine Magumbe, International Student Advisor

Huron University College

  1. Lindsay Scorgie-Porter, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science 

King's University College

  1. Thomas Tieku, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science 

Brescia University College

  1. Marlene Janzen Le Ber, Associate Professor & Chair, Leadership Studies 

External & Honorary Members

  1. Akbar Saeed, Associate Professor, Business Technology Management, Tshepo Institute at Laurier University
  2. Thomas Ndame, Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Education
  3. Nicole Kaniki, Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Research and Innovation, University of Toronto