Graduate Research Workshop

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Annual KASC Graduate Research Workshop | In-person &Virtual

The 2025 KASC Graduate Research Workshop is scheduled for Thursday, April 24 from 9:00 am-5:00 pm CDT (14:00-22:00 UTC) in Bailey Hall (Rooms 109, 110, and 204) and Online.

9:00-9:15 CT (14:00 to 14:15 UTC) Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Glenn Adams (Director, Kansas African Studies Center)
Bailey 109
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025a

9:15-10:45 CT (14:15 to 15:45 UTC) SESSION 1A – Bailey Hall, Room 109
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025a
Chair: Amal El Haimeur

  1. African Intellectual Women and Their contribution to Modern South Africa: A Case Study of Nokuthela Mdima Dube as a Transitional African Intellectual and Pioneering
    Educationalist. Ntobeka Mngadi (University of South Africa)
  2. Social Determinants of Access to Maternal Health Care Services in Urban Slums in Ibadan Metropolis. Paul Omoniyi (University of Ibadan)
  3. Exploring Online Social Support Among Pregnant Women: A Case Study of Algerian Women’s Engagement in Facebook Communities. Rim Chaif (University of Kansas)
  4. The Role of AmaGgirha (South African, Xhosa Divine Healers) in Advancing an
    Integrative Model of Clinical Practice. Anele Siswana (University of South Africa)
     

9:15-10:45 CT (14:15 to 15:45 UTC) SESSION 1B – Bailey Hall, Room 110
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025b
Chair: Rahina Muazu

  1. Cultural Shifts and Sacred Traditions: West African Funerals through Time. Gideon Asumadu-Boateng (University of Ghana)
  2. “We Set Barricades as They Do”: Religio-Spatial Contest in the City of Jos. Binyamin Abdulgani (Freie Universität, Berlin)
  3. The Evolution and Socio-Cultural Impact of Yoruba Names: A Comparative Study of Lagos and Ketou. Anuoluwapo Adetomiwa (University of Ghana)
  4. Child Exploitation and Abuse in Nigeria’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Campus.
    Raphael Taiwo (University of Ibadan)
     

10:45-11:00 CT (15:45 to 16:00 UTC) Break


11:00am to 12:30pm CT (16:00 to 17:30 UTC) SESSION 2A- Bailey Hall, Room 109
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025a
Chair: Chibuzor Azubuike

  1. From Traditional to Transformation: The Colonial Influence on Gender Roles and Sexuality in Yoruba Beliefs. Adedolapo Adewuyi (University of Kansas)
  2. Beyond the Womb- The Mothers We Inherit. Plank Lesego (University of Johannesburg)
  3. Negotiating Feminist Identity: A Phenomenological Study of Young Nigerian Women.
    Esther Akheituame (University of Missouri)

11:00am to 12:30pm CT (16:00 to 17:30 UTC) SESSION 2B- Bailey Hall, Room 110
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025b
Chair: James Yeku

  1. Media Representation of African Traditional Religion in Salvador and Ille-Ife: A Comparative Analysis. Emmanuel Ofon- Ikot (University of Kansas)
  2. Hauza and Dz@: The Case of an Exotic Invasive Species. Peace Benson (University of Kansas)
  3. Towards a Communitarian Framework for AI Development in Africa. Oluwakorede Ajibona (University of Kansas)
  4. Reading the Fang Woman in the Equatorial Guinean Novel La Bastarda: An Intersectional Approach. Claudia Salas-Forero (University of Kansas)

12:30pm to 1:15pm CT (17:30 to 18:15 UTC) Lunch Break- Bailey Hall, Room 109

1:15pm to 2:45pm CT (18:15 to 19:45 UTC) SESSION 3A- Bailey Hall, Room 109
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025a
Chair: Asmaa Benbaba

  1. The Experiences of Women in Egypt Who Have Faced Intimate Partner Violence. Aya Fahed (University of Kansas)
  2. “…just not enough Women”: A Study of Robert Mugabe’s Gender Marginalization Tactics in Zimbabwe, 1980 – 2017. Emmanuel Sithole (University of Kansas)
  3. Invisible Chains, Visible Grace: Faith- Based Support for Wellbeing and Stigma
    Management Among Nigerian Muslims Experiencing Jinn Possession. Umar Ajetunmobi (University of Kansas)
  4. Unpacking the Archives: Exploring Black Cultural Nationalism in the Negro
    Digest/Black World in the 1960s and 1970s. Elizabeth Chunda (University of Kansas)

1:15pm to 2:45pm CT (18:15 to 19:45 UTC) SESSION 3B- Bailey Hall, Room 204
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025b
Chair: Julie Morris

  1. African States, Regional Organizations and Economic Integration. Eric Splavec (University of Kansas)
  2. Trade Barriers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Harrison Polen (University of Kansas)
  3. How Afro-Brazilian Culture Combats Anti-Blackness in the Brazilian Heathcare System and Beyond. Rachel Lawler (University of Kansas)
  4. Sourcing Silver Objects from the “Royal” Burials of Burbi Takusheyi, North-Central Nigeria. Abiodun Ganiyu (University of Oklahoma)

2:45pm to 3:00pm CT (19:45 to 20:00 UTC) Break

3:00pm to 4:30pm CT (20:00 to 21:30 UTC) SESSION 4A - Bailey Hall, Room 109
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/grw2025a
Chair: Peter Ojiambo

  • Panel on Academic Journeys. Agnes Phoebe Muyanga, Ogochukwu Ngwudike, Ousmane Diop, Christabel Tsoto, Ifeloju Olusanya, Brigid Enchill

5:00pm CT (22:00 UTC) Reception Bailey 110