The Working Group for Sub-Saharan Africa has been formed as a part of the University of Chicago’s expanding commitment to academic engagement with Sub-Saharan Africa and will help determine the direction of that engagement through the selection of awardees for our funding mechanisms, the Provost's Global Faculty Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Zeresenay Alemseged
Donald N. Pritzker Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; Chair, Working Group for Sub-Saharan Africa
Chibueze Amanchukwu
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular EngineeringJoint Appointee, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Marshini Chetty
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Associate Professor of History and The College
Emanuele Colonnelli
Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship
Adom Getachew
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Pedram Hassanzadeh
Associate Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM)
Sandra Laveaux
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
James Robinson
The Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy; Institute Director, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts
Hakizumwami Birali Runesha
Associate Vice President for Research Computing;Director, Research Computing Center
Kathryn Takabvirwa
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College