# Faculty Affiliates ## expand\_more Faculty Affiliates of the Center for African Studies represent the full spectrum of the study of Africa at Harvard University. Affiliates contribute to the formulation of the Center’s academic and intellectual agendas. They also utilize the Center and its resources as a point of convergence, sharing trends, information and teaching resources related to Africa, and collaborating on research. [### Daniel E. Agbiboa ](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/daniel-e-agbiboa) Associate Professor of African and African American Studies Daniel E. Agbiboa is Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Before joining the Harvard faculty, he was Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (2017-2019) at George Mason University’s Jimmy and... ![Daniel E. Agbiboa Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/daniel_agbiboa.jpg?itok=Q88cT4xC) [### Emmanuel Akyeampong ](/people/emmanuel-akyeampong) Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies Professor Akyeampong joined the History faculty at Harvard upon receiving his Ph.D. in African History from the University of Virginia in 1993. He received his master's degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina in 1989, where he concentrated on... ![Prof Akyeampong Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/emmanuel_k._akyeampong.jpg?itok=DkZ4gzGA) [### Matt R. Andrews ](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/matthew-andrews)Senior Lecturer in Public Policy (Harvard Kennedy School) Center for International Development ![Matt R. Andrews](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/9291.jpg?itok=GSGpIFp_) [### Ali Asani ](/people/ali-asani) Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Ali Asani is Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures. He has served as the Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard... ![Ali Asani](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/african-studies/files/ali_asani.png?itok=Y1ZZHmq2) [### Rifat Atun ](/people/rifat-atun)Professor of Global Health Systems Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Dr Rifat Atun is Professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University and the Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program. Professor Atun’s research has two major strands. The first research strand examines health systems performance... ![Rifat Atun Profile Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/rifat-atun_profile_photo.jpg?itok=yapvaoKM) [### Demba Ba ](https://seas.harvard.edu/person/demba-ba)Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering Demba Ba is Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Ba directs the Computation, Representation, and Inference in Signal Processing Group at SEAS. His lab’s recent... ![Demba Ba Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Demba%20Ba.png?itok=C1p68gJO) [### Jane Barrow ](/people/jane-barrow)Associate Dean for Global and Community Health Executive Director, HSDM Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health As Associate Dean for the Office of Global and Community Health, Jane Barrow directs School-wide efforts in education, research, and clinical services that further the School’s strategic goals for oral public health and the integration of oral health and... ![Jane barrow Profile Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/jane_barrow.jpg?itok=A5PfYXL9) ### Hakeem Belo-Osagie Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer of Business Administration ![hakeem_belo-osagie](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/hakeem_belo-osagie.jpg?itok=VCSGXKnq) [### Jacqueline Bhabha ](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/jacqueline-bhabha)Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Director, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer on Law (Harvard Law School) Research Interests: Human Rights, childhood, and globalization. Download CV ![Jacqueline Bhabha](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/url.jpg?itok=sBTGrRdI) [### Agnes Binagwaho ](/people/agnes-binagwaho)Senior Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity ![Agnes Binagwaho Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/agnes_binagwaho_01.jpeg?itok=tEC8lY0V) [### Suzanne Blier ](http://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/suzanne-p-blier)Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) Professor of African and African American Studies (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) Department History of Art and Architecture, African and African American Studies Research Interests: West African art, Yoruba art, African architecture, Picasso and African societies. Download CV ![Suzanne Blier Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/suzanne_blier.jpg?itok=iXux7FWN) [### David Bloom ](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/david-bloom/) Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Department Global Health and Population Research Interests: Health, economics, demography, HIV/AIDS. Download CV ![David Bloom](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/bloom-david-300x199.jpg?itok=JZJXh9Oe) [### Lawrence D. Bobo ](http://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/lawrence-d-bobo)W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) Dean of the Division of Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) Research Interests: Race; ethnicity; politics; social inequality. Lawrence D. Bobo is the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University where he holds appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Department of African and... ![Lawrence D. Bobo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9081/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/african-studies/files/aaas_bobo_0.jpg?itok=oSXvyOtE) [### Matthew Bonds ](/people/matthew-bonds)Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Matthew Bonds has a PhD in economics and a PhD in (disease) ecology from the University of Georgia. He is an associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-founder & scientific director of PIVOT. 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