2009 Africana Leadership Institute - Institute Personnel

Elizabeth Asiedu, Professor of Economics; visiting scholar at IMF Institute; vice president of African Finance Economic Association; consultant to United nations University/World Institute of Development Economics Research (Helsinki, Finland); consultant to UN Economic Commission for Africa (Ethiopia); consultant to International Labor Organization (Switzerland); consultant to Joint IMF/World Bank African Institute (Cote d’Ivoire)

Barbara Ballard, Kansas State Legislator; Associate Director of the Dole Institute of Politics

Rod Bremby, Kansas State Secretary for Health and Environment

Hannah Britton, Professor of Political Science; specialist on comparative politics and African politics; researches on how South African women have worked individually and collectively to transform laws and institu tions to improve quality of life; also researches on strategies used by women to gain positions in national office and to effect legislative change

Derek Darby, Professor of Philosophy and Law; researches on social and political philosophy; African-American philosophy; reparation; ethics

Richard DeGeorge, University Distinguished Professor; authority on ethics; business ethics; computer ethics

Mohamed El-Hodiri, Professor of Economics and former Economic Advisor to Russia; consultant on Sales Tax Project (Cairo, Egypt); directed Fiscal Management Training Project (NTF/Barents Group) in Moscow (Russia); served as Chief Economist and Senior Resident Advisor (USAID Financial Restructuring Project) to the Russian Federation); Fulbright- Hays senior scholar in Algeria; member of the American Economic Association; researched on applications of Islamic value systems to economics; researched on Islamic morality and economic theory; was director of econometric studies in the Office of the Minister of the Treasury (Egypt)

Charles Epp, Professor of Public Administration; specialist on law and public management, and judicial process

Holly Goerdel, Professor of Public Administration; specialist on public management and governance; comparative public policy

Aminu Gusau, Institute Program Director

Lisa Hall, Institute Staff Administrator

Sonya Johnson, Shawnee County District Court Official; lecturer on legal issues and the African American; former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP, Lawrence)

Gilbert Karunga, Professor of Business; research interest in accounting and information systems; business in Kenya; business in Africa

Jared Llorens, Professor of Public Administration; specialist on human resources management, civil service reform, and public sector compensation

Donald Marquis, Professor of Philosophy; research areas include ethics, and medical ethics

John Nalbandian, Professor of Public Administration and former Mayor of Lawrence; research interests include personnel administration and professionalism in local government

Sanjay Pandey, Professor of Public Administration; specializes in public management and health policy

Omiunota Ukpokodu, Professor of Education; specialist on social justice; citizenship education; multicultural education; global education; Fulbright scholar to South Africa; has done field work in Nigeria and South Africa