Our People
Harvard Center for African Studies Staff
CAS staff operate both in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Zoe Marks
Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies
Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
Zoe Marks is the Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard Center for African Studies and a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research and teaching interests focus on the intersections of conflict and political violence; race...
Shawn Lee
Interim Executive Director
[The Executive Director of the Harvard Center for African Studies. Also, the Associate Director at Hutchins Center for African and African American Research]
Candace Lowe
clowe01@fas.harvard.eduAdministration and Finance Coordinator
As the Administration and Finance Coordinator , Candace oversees the Center’s financial processing as well as providing essential administrative support to the team. She comes to the Center with 15 years of office management experience in the financial...
Nthatisi Quella
Office Director, Africa Office
Nthatisi Quella is the Office Director, for Harvard University Center for African Studies (CAS) Africa Office in Johannesburg, South Africa. She oversees the day-to-day operations and works closely with the CAS Faculty Director and Executive Director to...
Rosaline Salifu
rosaline_salifu@fas.harvard.eduAssociate Director
Rosaline Salifu serves as the Associate Director for the Center for African Studies. Coming from Ghana, West Africa, Rosaline studied International Development at Brandeis University and has extensive experience in student events programming. Prior to...
Lindsay Moats
lmoats@fas.harvard.eduStudent Support and Outreach Officer
As the Student Support and Outreach Officer, Lindsay oversees student programming and funding opportunities for the Center for African Studies and serves as the liaison between Harvard student organizations focused on Africa and the Center. She also...
Sirak Kurban
sirak_kurban@fas.harvard.eduCommunications & External Relations Officer
Sirak W. Kurban serves as the Communications and External Relations Officer, bringing a background in policy, education, and media to effectively communicate complex initiatives and ideas, as well as advance institutional partnerships across Harvard and...
