Ms. Chidi Blyden (chee-dee, bli-den), is an accomplished executive leader and former U.S. foreign policy advisor whose expertise bridges national security, defense, economic development, and international policy. As Principal of Culturally Bound...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...