Student Research and Award Winners

Recent Student Publications

Rwanda and Ethiopia: Developmental Authoritarianism and the New Politics of African Strong Men
Hilary Matfess

The Islamic State, Boko Haram and the evolution of international jihad
Nathaniel Allen

Beyond Local Content: Catalyzing Job Creation in Ghana’s Oil Sector
Sarah Lawson and Marina Tolchinsky

Paper Award Winners

2009
Sudanese Elites: How the Riverain Groups Achieved Political Dominance and their Impact on the Sudanese State, Jennifer Pekkinen (April 1, 2009).

The Baobab Tree Lives On: Paul Biya and the Logic of Political Survival, Ngwa Anye Kenneth (April 2009).

2008
Democratic Consolidation in Africa’s Two Publics, Christine Arriola.

2007
The Fate of Darfur: Race, Ideology and Conquest, Molly Miller.

2006
Allah N’est Pas Obidge: An Artist’s Rendition of the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers in Liberia and Sierra Leone, Lisa Overbey.

2001
A Dream Deferred? COSATU and the ANC in Power, John-Paul Ferguson.

2000
Rural Transition: Agricultural Development and Tenure Rights A case study in the Senegal River Valley, Jeffrey White.

SAIS Studies on Senegal

The Benefits of Exile: The Case of FLAM, Lance Kinne. (Published in the Journal of Modern African Studies 39, 4, 2001).

African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI): The Case of Senegal, Bjorn Dressel. 2000.

Problems Encountered When Attempting to Change the Status of Women in West Africa, Erin Patric. 2000.

The Reintegration of the Casamance Region into Senegalese Society, Audra Dykman. 2000.