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I am a Professor (Assistant) of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and a Faculty Affiliate with the Center for African Studies at Kent State University. Before joining Kent State, I worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. I also served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Black Studies Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Linguistics from the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana, in 2011. In 2014, I earned my Master of Arts in Applied Politics (Campaigns & Elections) from the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and the Department of Political Science at the University of Akron. In 2019, I earned my doctoral degree in Political Science with a concentration in Public Policy/Administration and American Political Institutions from the University of South Dakota.
My research agenda broadly looks at social justice and public inequality, specifically in the global south and sometimes the United States, from three perspectives: (1) public policymaking, (2) public policy administration, and (3) public opinion about public policymaking and administration. I use formal theory, qualitative, and quantitative methods to examine social justice and inequality issues in areas like criminal justice, immigration, healthcare, leadership, elections, and education. My articles have appeared in reputable peer-reviewed journals with interdisciplinary foci, including the International Journal of Public Leadership, the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, the Journal of International Migration and Integration, Deviant Behavior, the Journal of Criminology, Local Development and Society, Migration Letters, and the Journal of Global Health, among others.

Click here to view my faculty page at Kent State University. My curriculum vitae can also be viewed and download here.