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GW PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
From the Office of International Programs
June 2012
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Contents
A. GW STUDENT AND ALUMNI NUMBERS SUMMARY ................................... 8
A. 1 Number of students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW ......................... 8
A. 2 Number of students studying abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa ........................... 8
A. 3 Number of alumni in Sub-Saharan Africa ..................................................... 8
B. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ................................................. 9
B. 1 ETHIOPIA ............................................................................................. 9
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Ethiopia: Migration, Identity, and
International Business ...................................................................................... 9
B. 2 SENEGAL .............................................................................................. 9
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Meeting EFA: Education as
Transformation ................................................................................................ 9
B. 3 SOUTH AFRICA ..................................................................................... 9
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Programs ................................................... 9
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Art Therapy—International, Social, and Cultural Diversity ......................................... 9
Higher Education in South Africa ......................................................................... 10
Impacts of the 2010 World Cup on South Africa .................................................... 10
South Africa through Culture and Music................................................................ 10
C. INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI PROGRAMS OFFICE....................................... 11
C. 1 GHANA ............................................................................................... 11
Alumni Dinner ................................................................................................ 11
C. 2 SOUTH AFRICA ................................................................................... 11
Alumni Dinner ................................................................................................ 11
D. COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES .................................................. 11
D. 1 CAMEROON ........................................................................................ 11
University of Buea .......................................................................................... 11
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D. 2 TANZANIA .......................................................................................... 12
Legal and Human Rights Centre ....................................................................... 12
E. COLUMBIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ..................................... 13
E. 1
GHANA ............................................................................................... 13
GW Department of Geography/University of Ghana, Accra, Institute for Statistical,
Social and Economic Research (ISSER) ............................................................. 13
E. 2
SOUTH AFRICA .................................................................................. 14
GW Department of Theatre and Dance, Bokamoso Youth Center .......................... 14
Faculty-led Short-Term Study Abroad Programs ................................................. 15
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Art Therapy—International, Social, and Cultural Diversity ....................................... 15
South Africa through Culture and Music................................................................ 15
F. ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS .................................... 16
F. 1 SOUTH AFRICA ................................................................................... 16
University of the Witwatersrand (“Wits”), School of Social Science, Faculty of
Humanities .................................................................................................... 16
F. 2 REGIONAL .......................................................................................... 17
David H. Miller Memorial Endowment for African Studies ..................................... 17
Capstone Projects .......................................................................................... 18
Elliott School faculty with area expertise ........................................................... 18
Roster of Elliott School course offerings with large content on African issues since
spring 2011 ................................................................................................... 21
G. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ......... 22
G. 1 SENEGAL ............................................................................................ 22
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Meeting EFA: Education as
Transformation .............................................................................................. 22
G. 2
SOUTH AFRICA .................................................................................. 23
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Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Higher Education in South Africa .. 23
Global Leadership in Teams and Organizations , Graduate Certificate Program ....... 23
H. GW LAW SCHOOL .................................................................................. 24
H. 1
REGIONAL ......................................................................................... 24
Faculty Research and Collaboration .................................................................. 24
I. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ........................................................................... 25
I. 1 ETHIOPIA ........................................................................................... 25
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Ethiopia: Migration, Identity, and
International Business .................................................................................... 25
I. 2
GHANA .............................................................................................. 26
International Residency Program ...................................................................... 26
I. 3
SOUTH AFRICA .................................................................................. 26
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Impacts of the 2010 World Cup .... 26
I. 4
REGIONAL ......................................................................................... 27
African Diaspora Marketplace Longitudinal Study ................................................ 27
J. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES ..................................... 28
J. 1
ETHIOPIA .......................................................................................... 28
Department of Neurology, SMHS--Office of Medical Faculty Associates/St. Gabriel
General Hospital ............................................................................................ 28
J. 2
SOUTH AFRICA ................................................................................... 28
Health Sciences Programs and Pathology, SMHS/The South African Infectious
Disease Clinical Research Training Program, University of Cape Town (UCT), Aeras
Global TB Vaccine Foundation; Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Health Sciences . 28
K. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE PROGRAMS .............................. 30
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K. 1
ERITREA ............................................................................................ 30
Partnership for Eritrea, Orotta School of Medicine ............................................... 30
K. 2
GHANA .............................................................................................. 31
International Clinical Electives Program, University of Ghana Medical School (in
development) ................................................................................................ 31
K. 3
KENYA ............................................................................................... 31
Nyumbani: Medical Student/Public Health Internship ......................................... 31
L. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES ............................ 32
L. 1 KENYA ................................................................................................ 32
MOI University, Partnership to Advance Global Public Health, Higher Education for
Development ................................................................................................. 32
L. 2 REGIONAL .......................................................................................... 33
Department of Health Policy, SPHHS/The Sub-Saharan African Medical Schools Study
(SAMSS) ....................................................................................................... 33
NIH Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)............................................ 34
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SPHHS, Partnership for Pediatric AIDS
and Public Health/Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) ................. 35
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SPHHS/Association of Public Health
Laboratories (APHL)/Institute of Public Health Laboratory Management ................. 35
N. HIMMELFARB LIBRARY ......................................................................... 36
N. 1
ERITREA ............................................................................................ 36
Information and Library Needs Assessment to Support the Orotta School .............. 36
P. GW LUTHER W. BRADY ART GALLERY .................................................... 36
P. 1 SOUTH AFRICA ................................................................................... 36
South Africa Kicks Exhibit ................................................................................ 36
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Q. UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS ......... 37
Q. 1 BENIN ................................................................................................ 37
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship ......................................................................... 37
Q. 2 GHANA ............................................................................................... 37
2011 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship ............................................ 37
Q. 3 MADAGASCAR .................................................................................... 37
2011 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship ............................................ 37
Q. 4 MAURITIUS ........................................................................................ 37
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship ......................................................................... 37
Q. 5 RWANDA ............................................................................................ 38
2012 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship ............................................ 38
Q. 5
SENEGAL ........................................................................................... 38
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship ......................................................................... 38
Q. 6 SOUTH AFRICA ................................................................................... 38
2010-11 Fulbright Scholarship ......................................................................... 38
Q. 7 SUDAN ............................................................................................... 38
Banaa Scholarship Program ............................................................................. 38
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TANZANIA ......................................................................................... 39
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship ......................................................................... 39
R. GW ATHLETICS ...................................................................................... 39
R. 1 SWAZILAND ........................................................................................ 39
Sports Visitor Program .................................................................................... 39
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S. STUDENT AND ALUMNI NUMBERS ......................................................... 41
S. 1 Number of Students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW, by country and
level –Fall 2011 ............................................................................................. 41
S. 2 Number of Students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW, by country and
level – Spring 2011 ........................................................................................ 42
S. 3: Number of students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW, by country and
level – Fall 2010 ............................................................................................ 43
S. 4: Number of students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW, by country and
level – Fall 2009 ............................................................................................ 44
S. 5 Number of GW students studying abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa* ................. 45
S. 6 Number of GW alumni in Sub-Saharan Africa, Fall 2011 .............................. 46
APPENDIX 1: KEY WORDS ......................................................................... 47
APPENDIX 2: LIST OF COUNTRIES FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA................. 48
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GW STUDENT AND ALUMNI NUMBERS SUMMARY
(See Section S for tables by country.)
A. 1 Number of students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW
Undergraduate
Graduate
Non-degree
Total
Fall 2011
25
64
1
90
Spring 2011
24
65
1
90
Fall 2010
28
68
0
96
Fall 2009
23
53
2
78
[Source: Institutional Research]
A. 2 Number of students studying abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa
Region
Sub-Saharan
Africa
FA04SUM09
FA09SUM10
FA10
SPR11
FA11
279
106
16
80
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[Source: Office for Study Abroad]
A. 3 Number of alumni in Sub-Saharan Africa
203
[source: International Alumni Programs Office, Fall 2011]
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B. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
B. 1 Ethiopia
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Ethiopia: Migration,
Identity, and International Business
Spring 2012
Addis Ababa
Liesl Riddle, associate dean for M.B.A. Programs and associate professor
of International Business and International Affairs
19 students
(Program administered by the School of Business with support from the
Office for Study Abroad; See also GWSB.)
*Business/Management
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
B. 2 Senegal
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Meeting EFA:
Education as Transformation
Spring 2012
Dakar
Laura Engle, assistant professor of International Education and
International Affairs
18 students
(See also GSEHD.)
*Education
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
B. 3 South Africa
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Programs
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Art Therapy—International, Social, and Cultural Diversity
Summer 2011
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Winterveld, and Pretoria
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Heidi Bardot, director of the Art Therapy Program and assistant
professor of Art Therapy, and Leslie Jacobson, director of the Academy
of Classical Acting and professor of Theatre
10 students
(See also CCAS.)
*Arts & Humanities
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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Higher Education in South Africa
January 2011
Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
Rick Jakeman, assistant professor of Higher Education Administration
15 students
(See also GSEHD.)
*Education
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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Impacts of the 2010 World Cup on South Africa
Summer 2010
Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, and Sun City
Lisa Delpy Neirotti, associate professor of Tourism and Sport
Management
15 students
(See also GWSB.)
*Business/Management
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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South Africa through Culture and Music
Summer 2009
Johannesburg, Pretoria, & Cape Town
Gisele Becker, adjunct instructor in Music
39 students
(See also CCAS.)
*Arts & Humanities
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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C. INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI PROGRAMS OFFICE
C. 1 Ghana
Alumni Dinner
GWSB Associate Dean Liesl Riddle and Director of International Programs
Bryan Andriano hosted a dinner with alumni in Accra on May 24, 2011.
Four alumni attended.
C. 2 South Africa
Alumni Dinner
Executive Director of Presidential Communications and Events Robert
Snyder traveled to Johannesburg in late December 2010 as part of the
GSEHD Higher Education Program. While there he hosted a dinner with
students and one local alumna.
D. COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
D. 1 Cameroon
University of Buea
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Location: Buea, South West Region
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Type of agreement: MOU signed 12/28/11 and valid until 12/28/14
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Principal contact at GW:
Frederic Lemieux, Professor, CPS, and Director of Police Science
Tel.: 703-248-6210
E-mail: flemieux@gwu.edu
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Brief description of partnership: Establishes a GW masters’ degree
program at the University of Buea, the Masters of Professional Studies in
Security and Safety Leadership. The degree is issued in Cameroon to
students who successfully complete the 16-month curriculum.
*Professional Studies
*GW certificates & degrees
*Global education
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D. 2 Tanzania
Legal and Human Rights Centre
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Location: Dar es Salaam
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Type of agreement: 2011 MOU signed and valid until 5/31/14
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Principal contact at GW:
Toni Marsh
Director, Paralegal Studies Program and Associate Professor
Tel.: 202-994-2844
E-mail: marsht01@gwu.edu
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Principal contact in Tanzania:
Frances Kiwanga
Advocate and Executive Director, Legal and Human Rights Centre
Tel.: +255 22 2773035
E-mail: lhrc@humanrights.or.tz
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Brief description of partnership: MOU allows GW paralegal studies
master’s candidates to serve in The International Rule of Law Clinic
offered at the Legal and Human Rights Centre. Officially registered in
1995, the Centre began as a human rights project at the University of Dar
es Salaam under the Tanzania Legal Education Trust (TANLET) to facilitate
democratization in Tanzania, provide access to justice, and strengthen
and protect human rights through advocacy campaigns.
Students spend a semester at GW, followed by a semester in rural
villages in Tanzania, where they work alongside Tanzanian paralegals and
legal officers, participate in roundtable discussions and lectures with
Tanzanian legal students, conduct research, and engage in other learning
activities. The goals of the project are to provide paralegal services to
areas in need; to offer a valuable learning opportunity to GW paralegal
students; and to promote the rule of law by increasing access to justice,
especially among rural women. Professor Marsh travelled to Tanzania in
March 2012 to work with the University of Bagamoyo, a new university
that was founded by, among others, the Legal and Human Rights Centre.
*Law
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Service
*Women’s issues
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E. COLUMBIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
E. 1
Ghana
GW Department of Geography/University of Ghana, Accra, Institute
for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
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Location: Accra
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Type of agreement: MOU/subcontract through Harvard University;
one of three research partners on this grant
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Principal contacts at GW:
Ryan Engstrom
Assistant Professor of Geography
Tel.: 202-994-7979
E-mail: rengstro@gwu.edu
David Rain
Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs
Tel.: 202-994-8523
E-mail: drain@gwu.edu
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Principal contact in Ghana:
Professor John Anarfi
Principal Researcher, ISSER
Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research
University of Ghana - Legon
Tel.: 233-21-512502/ 512503
Fax.: 233-21-512504 / 500937
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Brief description of partnership: The research team, including GW,
Harvard, and San Diego State University, has a long-term contractual
relationship with ISSER to provide logistical and statistical support for
ongoing surveys related to the “Wealth, Poverty and Place” NIH project,
which has sought to further understanding of the spatial dimensions of
women’s health in Accra, Ghana. Project achievements have included the
training of five GW master’s in Geography students and two participating
faculty.
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Source of funding: The National Institutes of Health, Grant number
RO1 HD054906.
*Social Sciences
*Research & collaboration
*Women’s issues
E. 2
South Africa
GW Department of Theatre and Dance, Bokamoso Youth Center
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Location: Winterveldt
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Type of agreement: No formal agreement
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Principal contact at GW:
Leslie Jacobson
Director of the Academy of Classical Acting
Professor of Theatre
Tel.: 202-994-7072
E-mail: lesliej@gwu.edu
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Brief description of work: Since summer 2003, Professor Jacobson has
traveled to the rural township of Winterveldt with colleague Roy Barber
from St. Andrews Episcopal School to work with young men and women
at the Bokamoso Youth Center, using theatre, music, and dance to
address challenging issues, including poverty, lack of education and
employment opportunities, teenage pregnancy, rape and other violent
crime, and the HIV/AIDS crisis. The Bokamoso Youth Center works with
at-risk youth to bring focus and hope to their lives and to get them into
school and training programs. Each summer, Jacobson and Barber, often
accompanied by GW students funded by undergraduate research
fellowships, collaborate with the youth at Bokamoso, developing plays and
songs that address community social problems. Every January since
2004, a dozen of the Center’s program participants have traveled to GW,
where they stay with GW students for a week, attend classes, and
participate in university life. This deeply meaningful cultural exchange
culminates in a performance at GW’s Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre to
benefit the Center’s Scholarship Fund. In winter 2011, twelve South
African youth visited GW, and performed at the end of their stay. The
program took place again during winter 2012. A program documentary
created by Caroline O’Grady, a theatre major who accompanied Jacobson
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to Winterveldt in 2009, was funded by a Gamow Undergraduate Research
Fellowship (see
http://theatredance.gwu.edu/Prospective%20Students/bokamoso.html).
*Arts & Humanities
*Service
*Research & collaboration
*Publication/film/performance/other media
*Global education
Faculty-led Short-Term Study Abroad Programs

Art Therapy—International, Social, and Cultural Diversity
Summer 2011
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Winterveld, and Pretoria
Heidi Bardot, director of the Art Therapy Program and assistant
professor of Art Therapy, and Leslie Jacobson, director of the Academy
of Classical Acting and professor of Theatre
10 students
(See also Office of International Programs.)
*Arts & Humanities
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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South Africa through Culture and Music
Summer 2009
Johannesburg, Pretoria, & Cape Town
Gisele Becker, adjunct instructor in Music
39 students
(See also Office of International Programs.)
*Arts & Humanities
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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F. ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
F. 1 South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand (“Wits”), School of Social Science,
Faculty of Humanities
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Location: Johannesburg
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Type of agreement: Signed 2008 MOU expired December 2010; MOU
renewal under review
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Principal contact at GW:
Caroline Donovan White
Director, International Programs & Education, Elliott School
Tel.: 202-994-0953
Fax.: 202-994-0335
E-mail: cdonovan@gwu.edu
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Principal contact in South Africa:
Mrs. Samia CHASI (M.A., M.Phil.)
Manager International Partnerships
Wits International Office (WIO)
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Tel.: +27 11 717 1052
Fax.: +27 11 717 1059
E-mail: samia.chasi@wits.ac.za/Website: www.wits.ac.za
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Brief description of partnership: Establishes an exchange of M.A.
students and creates a linkage to the Elliott School’s Master of
International Studies degree program (M.I.S.). The M.I.S. is open only to
applicants who are alumni of Elliott School international partners,
including Wits. Since 2008, five students (Elliott and Wits) have
participated in this exchange program.
In April 2010, Caroline Donovan White and Paul Williams (assistant
professor of International Affairs) visited Wits, where Williams lectured on
peacekeeping in Africa, and Donovan White recruited for the exchange
and M.I.S. programs.
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Sources of funding: The Elliott School is using funds from its Miller
Endowment for the Study of Africa to provide stipend support to the
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visiting exchange students. Two students have received funding of
$10,000 each to support their studies at GW.
*International Affairs
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
F. 2 Regional
David H. Miller Memorial Endowment for African Studies
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Type of activity: Memorial endowment established in November 2004
and supported by fundraising efforts of the Miller Foundation
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Principal contact at GW:
Khadijah Al-Amin-El
Director of Development, Elliott School
Tel.: 202-994-9490
Fax.: 202-994-0335
E-mail: alaminel@gwu.edu
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Brief description: The David H. Miller Memorial Endowment for African
Studies is supported by family and friends of the late David H. Miller (B.A.
Political Science, 1986) in support of Miller’s lifelong efforts in advancing
U.S.-African relations. The endowment is dedicated to closing the current
gap in funding for African Studies programs at the Elliott School with a
future goal of establishing a chair in African Studies. Each year, a portion
of the endowment sponsors an annual lecture, part-time faculty, and
African students who wish to study at the Elliott School. During the
spring 2012 semester, the fund provided a stipend to a visiting exchange
student from South Africa.
The David H. Miller lecture for 2012 was held on April 16 and addressed
security, development, and governance in Africa. The panel included Mimi
Alemayehou, executive vice president of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC), William Bellamy, director of the Africa Center for
Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, and Tebelelo
Seretse, ambassador of Botswana to the United States. Past lecturers
have included Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Service Professor,
Department of Social and Decision Sciences and the H. John Heinz III
College’s School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon
University, and former U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs
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(2011); Johnnie Carson, assistant secretary for African Affairs, U.S.
Department of State (2010); and Joaquim Chissano, former prime
minister of Mozambique (2009).
*International Affairs
*Endowment/other gift
*Conference/meeting/workshop/seminar
*Global education
Capstone Projects
Under the Elliott School’s International Development Studies (IDS)
program, students traveled to Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, and Kenya in
spring 2012 to conduct their Capstone Research Projects, an integral
component of their studies designed to give students practical experience
in the field. In Nairobi, Kenya, for example, four students undertook
research aimed at helping female workers become more proactive in their
health care. The students collaborated with HERproject, a nonprofit,
workplace-based women’s health organization. Under the guidance of
Professor Christina Falk, the students worked with 89 participants, spoke
to farm management and workers, local healthcare providers, and NGO
representatives.
*International Affairs
Elliott School faculty with area expertise
Full-time:
o Nemata Blyden, associate professor of History and International
Affairs; expertise in African and African Diaspora history with strengths
in the history of Sierra Leone and Liberia
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Alison S. Brooks, professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
and director, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology;
expertise in Paleolithic archaeology; physical anthropology;
paleoanthropology; ethnoarchaeology; geochronology; human
evolution; politics of cultural heritage; central, southern, and
northeastern Africa; northern China.
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Yvonne Captain, associate professor of Spanish (CCAS/Elliott); Africa
and its Diaspora; Latin America; the film industries of Latin America
and Africa; south-south relations, especially between Latin America
and Africa
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William Cummings, professor of International Education and
International Affairs (GSEHD/Elliott); International education and
development, models of socioeconomic development, Asia, Africa
o
Gina Lambright, assistant professor of Political Science and
International Affairs (Elliott/Political Science); African politics and
public policy; comparative politics; democratization
o
Stephen Lubkemann, associate professor of Anthropology and
International Affairs (CCAS/Elliott); Southern and Lusophone Africa
(Angola, Mozambique); Liberia; Portuguese and African Diasporas
o
David Rickter Rain, associate professor of Geography (CCAS/ Elliott);
Urban geography, Africa
o
Joanna Spear, associate professor of International Affairs (Elliott);
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration & Sierra Leone
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James Williams, associate professor of International Education and
International Affairs (GSEHD/Elliott); International education and
development, educational planning and policy, education in SubSaharan Africa
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Paul Williams, associate professor of International Affairs (Elliott);
Conflict resolution, international peace operations, Africa's
international relations, theories of international security, British foreign
policy. His forthcoming book is Conflict in Africa.
Part-time:
o Brook Hailu Beshahn (professorial lecturer (Elliott) – East Africa and
the Horn of Africa; Darfur; Sudan; Ethiopia; International Relations;
UN. Beshahn most recently worked as the deputy permanent
representative of Ethiopia to the U.N. (UNESCO). He served as the
deputy ambassador of Ethiopia to the U.S. from 2001 to 2004,
representing Ethiopia by promoting its national interest in the bilateral
relations with the U.S. government and directing public diplomacy
activities of the Ethiopian Embassy. Beshahn taught international
relations, political science and media courses at Addis Ababa
University, Ethiopia. He was also the head of the External Relations
Office of Addis Ababa University, promoting academic and research
collaborations with U.S., European and African universities, research
institutions and supervising international student exchange programs.
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Kamal Beyoghlow, professorial lecturer (Elliott)-- Dr. Beyoghlow is
professor of Strategic Studies, International Politics, the Middle East,
North Africa, and Islamic Studies at the National War College (NWC).
He is also the coordinator of the Arabic Cultural Literacy Program at
NWC. Previously he served as academic chair and professor of
Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CT) at the Africa Center for Strategic
Studies (ACSS) at the National Defense University. Beyoghlow was
professor of International Relations and National Security at the Marine
Corps Command and Staff College from 1992 to 2004, where he also
taught and directed courses on Islam and the Middle East and North
Africa (including Southwest Asia), International Relations, WMD
proliferation and counterproliferation, and terrorism and
counterterrorism. His research interests focus on Political Islam and
International Terrorism strategy and policy.
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Scott Edwards, professorial lecturer (Elliott)—Dr. Edwards is director of
International Advocacy for Africa and director of the Science for
Human Rights program at Amnesty International, USA. He completed
his doctoral work in International Relations at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, with a focus on causes and consequences of
violent political conflict. Recent publications include a book
manuscript, "The Chaos of Forced Displacement," which advances a
computational model of forced migration for use in operational
planning. Current professional activity focuses on the development of
early warning models of humanitarian crises, as well as the practical
use of geospatial technologies for human rights compliance monitoring
and research.
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Audra Grant, professional lecturer (Elliott) – Dr. Grant is a political
scientist at The RAND Corporation, where she is responsible for
managing projects and conducting analysis and research on Middle
East politics and issues related to democracy, governance and reform
in Africa and the Middle East.
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Zachary Kaufman, professorial lecturer (Elliott) - An attorney,
professor, writer, speaker, and social entrepreneur, Zachary Kaufman
is a graduate of Yale University, Oxford University (where he was a
Marshall Scholar), and Yale Law School. He teaches on transitional
justice in Africa.
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Ambassador George E. Moose, professorial lecturer (Elliott)--Moose
had a 30-plus year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. From 19982011, he was ambassador and permanent representative to the
European Office of the United Nations in Geneva. His diplomatic
service has included assignments as assistant secretary of state for
African Affairs, alternate representative to the United Nations Security
Council, and ambassador to both the Republic of Senegal and the
Republic of Benin.
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Richard Seifman, professorial lecturer (Elliott)--Seifman is a senior
advisor to the World Bank's AIDS Campaign Team for Africa
(ACTafrica), and has worked with ACTafrica since 2002 on all aspects
of the Multi-Country Program for Africa. His World Bank experience
over 13 years includes serving as senior nutrition advisor for the Africa
Region, and task management and design of various health, nutrition
and population projects.
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Ambassador David Shinn, professional lecturer (Elliott) – in May 2009,
Ambassador Shinn delivered remakes on the U.S. and China in Africa
at a session of the Fourth Dialogue on U.S.-China Relations in a Global
Context, co-sponsored by the Elliott School’s China Policy Program.
He received his B.A.(1963), M.A.(1964), and Ph.D. (1980) from GW
and served for 37 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, with assignments
at embassies in Lebanon, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Cameroon,
Sudan and as ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. Shinn has
been a part-time faculty member in the Elliott School since 2001. An
expert on the Horn of Africa, he speaks at events around the world, is
co-author of An Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, and has authored
numerous articles and book chapters. His research interests include
China-Africa relations, East Africa and the Horn, terrorism, Islamic
fundamentalism, conflict situations, U.S. policy in Africa, and the
African brain drain.
Roster of Elliott School course offerings with large content on African
issues since spring 2011
o
o
IAFF 6186. 21, War & Conflict in Africa with Paul Williams, scheduled
for summer 2012; offered summer 2011 and enrolled at capacity
IAFF 2093.10, Africa: Problems and Prospects, with Ambassador
David Shinn, spring 2012 and 2011; enrolled at capacity both
semesters
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o
o
o
o
o
IAFF 6138.12, Development in Africa with Professor S. Edwards, fall
2011
IAFF 2190W.10, North Africa & the World with Professor K. Beyoghlow,
fall 2011 and spring 2011; enrolled at capacity both semesters
IAFF 6378. 13, Politics of North Africa with Professor A. Grant, fall
2011
IAFF 2190W.11, U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa with Ambassador D.
Shinn, fall 2011; enrolled at capacity
IAFF 3189. 10, Transitional Justice in Africa with Z. Kaufman, spring
2011; enrolled at capacity
G. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
G. 1 Senegal
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Meeting EFA:
Education as Transformation

Location: Dakar

Principal contact at GW:
Laura Engel
Assistant Professor of International Education and International Affairs
Tel.: 202-994-8263
E-mail: lce@gwu.edu

Brief description of program: Using the Education for All (EFA) policy
initiative as a central lens, students will examine the Senegalese
education system and society to better understand the Education for All
(EFA) international mandate. By looking at educational change across
local, national, and global scales, students will study the role of education
in fostering and inhibiting social change in Senegal. This course, which
consists of pre-travel sessions, travel to Senegal from March 9-18, 2012,
and an in-depth research project, also explores topics related to study
abroad and international exchange. Eighteen students enrolled. (See also
Office of International Programs, above.)
*Education
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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G. 2
South Africa
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Higher Education in
South Africa

Location: Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg

Principal contact at GW:
Rick Jakeman
Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration
Tel.: 703-726-8254
E-mail: rjakeman@gwu.edu

Brief description of program: This course examined current issues of
contemporary South Africa, with specific emphasis on 1) student
experiences in a post-Apartheid society and 2) practitioner experiences in
higher education administration. Fifteen students engaged in a two-week
experiential study tour of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban in
January 2011. To learn more about the student and practitioner
experiences of South African citizens, the class interacted with key
stakeholders via panel discussions, guided tours, informal gatherings, and
a service project. Fifteen students participated. (See also Office of
International Programs.)
*Education
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
Global Leadership in Teams and Organizations , Graduate Certificate
Program

Location: Ruslamere, Durbanville-Cape Town

Type of agreement: No formal agreement

Principal contact at GW:
Susan Simmons
Fiscal Operation Manager ELP/Global Leadership Certificate
Tel.: 703-726-3760
Fax.: 703-726-3760
E-mail: ssimmons@gwu.edu
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
Principal contact in South Africa:
Samantha Flugel
Tel.: +27 (0) 21-975-5677
Fax.: +27-(0) 88-021-975-5677
E-mail: events@ruslamere.co.za

Brief description of work: International site visits and cultural
exchanges; world-renowned faculty and local guest speakers; current
graduate students may take individual courses as electives.
*Education
*GW certificates & degrees
*Global education
H. GW LAW SCHOOL
H. 1
Regional
Faculty Research and Collaboration
GW Professor of Clinical Law Susan Jones (susanjones@law.gwu.edu) has
a long-standing interest in Africa and has been engaged in the following
activities:
o Member, Technical Board of GW’s Center for Health and Human
Security, Jan. 2008-Jan. 2009
o Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Africa, 20072009
o Participant, U.S. Africa Partnership for Building Stronger Communities,
an interdisciplinary program of the School of Social Welfare Univ. at
Albany, 2003-2008
o Workshop presenter, Common Curriculum in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa,
2008
o Outside reviewer, Ethiopian Intellectual Property Textbook for the ABA
Rule of Law Initiative, Oct. 2010
o Award recipient - Ethiopian American Constituency Foundation, in
appreciation of many years of legal-related contributions and
unwavering support to the Ethiopian Diaspora in the Washington, D.C.,
area, Feb. 2006
o Book chapter - Implementing the Social and Economic Promise of the
Constitution: The Role of South African Legal Education (with Peggy
Maisel), in Law and Rights: Global Perspectives on Constitutionalism
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and Governance, Penelope E. Andrews and Susan Bazilli, Editors,
Vandeplas Publishing, 2008.
*Law
*Research & collaboration
I. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
I. 1 Ethiopia
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Ethiopia: Migration,
Identity, and International Business

Location: Addis Ababa

Principal contact at GW:
Liesl Riddle
Associate Dean for MBA Programs
Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Tel.: 202-994-1217
E-mail: lriddle@gwu.edu

Brief description of program: This course explored how diaspora
identity can affect international business and examines the roles of public,
private, and non-governmental sector actors in promoting and facilitating
diaspora trade, investment, and entrepreneurial activity. Principle class
concepts were discussed in six on-campus class meetings, beginning in
January 2012, with frequent guest lectures from leaders in the field from
the U.S. State Department, USAID, Western Union, various venture
capital and equity companies, and non-governmental organizations.
Students (19 enrolled) explored how diasporas affect the emerging
economy of Ethiopia during a one-week study tour, March 10-18, 2012.
(Course administered in coordination with the Office for Study Abroad;
See also Office of International Programs.)
*Business/Management
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
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I. 2
Ghana
International Residency Program

Location: Accra

Principal contact at GW:
Jennifer Spencer
Coelho Professorial Fellow, Associate Professor of International Business
and International Affairs, and Director, GW Center for International
Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Tel.: 202-994-9858
E-mail: jspencer@gwu.edu

Brief description of program: All first-year Global M.B.A. students
participate in one of several international consultancy projects. Students
take a three-course sequence during the second half of the spring
semester, which is designed to assist them in preparing and implementing
their projects, so that by the end of the year, they will gain experience
working on a professional consultancy project abroad.
In spring 2011 Dr. Spencer, whose research focuses on multinational
enterprises’ investments in developing countries, firms’ global technology
strategies, and knowledge spillovers between firms, is working with
students on a project with the Ghana Export Promotion Council and the
Ghana Investment Promotion Council to develop export strategies for
Ghanaian firms. During the May residency period in Ghana, in addition to
spending time with clients, students will visit a range of foreign and local
companies that have developed successful, profitable strategies to serve
customers at the base of the economic pyramid.
*Business/Management
*Study abroad/student exchange
*International business
I. 3
South Africa
Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Program: Impacts of the 2010
World Cup

Location: Various locations in South Africa
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
Principal contact at GW:
Lisa Delpy Neirotti
Associate Professor of Tourism and Sport Management
Tel.: 202-994-6623
E-mail: delpy@gwu.edu

Brief description of program: Program enabled graduate students to
learn about the organizational infrastructure, management, integrated
marketing, and socio-economic and environmental impact of the Summer
2010 World Cup. Students worked directly with a World Cup corporate
sponsor (e.g., Visa, Coca Cola, Sony), South Africa tourism, FIFA, and
other clients involved with World Cup to analyze initiatives, measure
success, and develop recommendations; interviewed selected clients, FIFA
and governmental officials, and corporate sponsors on-site; and
conducted on-site market research. Fifteen students enrolled. (See also
Office of International Programs.)
*Business/Management
*Study abroad/student exchange
*International business
I. 4
Regional
African Diaspora Marketplace Longitudinal Study

Principal contact at GW:
Liesl Riddle
Associate Professor, International Business and International Affairs
and Co-Director, GW Diaspora Program
Tel.: 202-994-1217
E-mail: lriddle@gwu.edu

Brief description of work: In 2010, Riddle, a research fellow at GW’s
Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER),
conducted a survey of participants in the African Diaspora Marketplace
(ADM), an entrepreneurial business program supported jointly by USAID
and Western Union. ADM seeks to boost economic opportunity in SubSaharan Africa through sustainable start-up and established enterprises
by U.S.-based African diaspora. More than 700 participants from 19
countries submitted business proposals for grants to match their own
funds to support the execution of their business plans. Fourteen
businesses in seven Sub-Saharan African countries were awarded
matching grants of up to $100,000. Riddle’s survey found that diaspora
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investment motivation is driven by a variety of factors, including
expectations of financial, emotional, social-status and political gains, as
well
as
family
concerns.
See
here
for
full
report:
http://business.gwu.edu/CIBER/research/1011.htm
(Posted by GWSB, 11/12/10 | Filed under: GWSB News).
*Business/Management
*Research & collaboration
*International business
J. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
J. 1
Ethiopia
Department of Neurology, SMHS--Office of Medical Faculty
Associates/St. Gabriel General Hospital

Location: Addis Ababa

Principal contact at GW:
Donald Shields, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Tel.: 202-741-2754

Brief description of partnership: Project involves neurosurgery in
Ethiopia. Dr. Shields traveled to Ethiopia in January 2011 and performed
several spinal surgeries at St. Gabriel General Hospital.
*Health Sciences
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
J. 2
South Africa
Health Sciences Programs and Pathology, SMHS/The South African
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Training Program, University of
Cape Town (UCT), Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation; Stellenbosch
University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Location: Cape Town

Type of agreement: MOU; subcontract to UCT for a NIH/Fogarty grant.
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
Principal contacts at GW:
Sylvia Silver, D.A.
Associate Dean for Health Sciences and Professor of Pathology
Tel.: 202-994-2945
Fax.: 202-994-5056
E-mail: ssilver@gwu.edu

Principal contact in South Africa:
Gregory Hussey, Professor and
Deputy Dean for Research
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
Tel.: 27-21-689-6118
E-mail: Gregory.Hussey@uct.ac.za

Brief description of partnership: Collaborated with UCT on
development of Professional Development Model for building capacity in
clinical research. The model was utilized by Aeras Global TB Vaccine
Foundation (funded by the Gates Foundation at $220 million to develop a
new vaccine for TB) at their clinical sites in the Western Cape, India,
Kenya, Cambodia and Mozambique. GW led collaboration with UCT and
Stellenbosch on successful funding by the NIH/Fogarty – The South
African Global Infectious Disease Clinical Research Training Program, a
five-year grant that is now concluded (G. Hussey, PI). Collaborations with
Stellenbosch University brought about a clinical trial in South Africa with
Prof. Jean Nachega from Stellenbosch and Dr. Gary Simon funded by the
EDCTP; and two applications for an AIDS International Research Training
Program with Stellenbosch and UCT (high impact scores but not funded).
GW will be reapplying (S. Silver, PI). Silver traveled to South Africa in
January 2011 to do work on the NIH/Fogarty project with UCT.

Sources of funding: NIH/Fogarty funding for five years, now concluded;
EDCTP funding of clinical trial (with Stellenbosch).
*Health Sciences
*Science & Technology
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
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K. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE PROGRAMS
K. 1
Eritrea
Partnership for Eritrea, Orotta School of Medicine

Location:
Asmara

Type of agreement: Letter of Agreement

Principal contact at GW:
Huda Ayas
Executive Director, International Medicine Programs
Tel.: 202-994-2796
E-mail: hayas@gwu.edu

Brief description of partnership: GW, Physicians for Peace, and the
Eritrean Ministry of Health joined efforts to create the Partnership for
Eritrea. The Partnership developed and ran a Graduate Medical Education
program at the Orotta School of Medicine. The first stage of the
Partnership’s program established surgical and pediatric residency training
programs for Eritrean physicians. The two-year pediatric and three-year
surgical residency programs began in January 2008, with a class of eight
pediatric and five surgical residents. The first residents were selected
from the existing pool of general practitioners in Eritrea who were trained
elsewhere in Africa and have many years of clinical experience. The
Partnership for Eritrea was officially inaugurated in 2006, and an onsite
leadership team was deployed in October 2007. The Partnership’s second
phase began the summer of 2009 by launching the OB/GYN residency
with a class of six residents, in collaboration with the Department of
Ob/Gyn at Columbia University Medical Center.
*Health Sciences
*Research & collaboration
*Professional training/development
*Global health
*Global education
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K. 2
Ghana
International Clinical Electives Program, University of Ghana Medical
School (in development)

Location: Accra

Principal contact at GW:
Huda Ayas
Executive Director, International Medicine Programs
Tel.: 202-994-2796
E-mail: hayas@gwu.edu

Brief description of partnership: Intended to facilitate medical student
exchange and internships for public health students.
*Health Sciences
*Public Health
*Study abroad/student exchange
*Global education
*Global health
K. 3
Kenya
Nyumbani: Medical Student/Public Health Internship

Location: Nairobi

Principal contact at GW:
Huda Ayas
Executive Director, International Medicine Programs
Tel.: 202-994-2796
E-mail: hayas@gwu.edu

Principal contact in Kenya:
http://www.nyumbani.org/

Brief description of partnership: Establishes internships for first- year
medical students.
*Health Sciences
*Public Health
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*Professional training/development
*Global health
*Global education
L. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
L. 1 Kenya
MOI University, Partnership to Advance Global Public Health, Higher
Education for Development

Location: Eldoret

Type of agreement: Partnership agreement signed 2008

Principal contact at GW:
Ashleigh Black, Associate Director
Center for Global Health
Tel: 202-994-1024
E-mail: Ashblack@gwu.edu

Principal contact at Moi:
Dr. Diana Menya
Dept. of Epidemiology and Nutrition
School of Public Health, Moi University
E-mail: dmenyasph@mu.ac.ke

Brief description of partnership: Seeks to enhance collaboration
between and among higher education institutions to contribute more
effectively to strengthening global public health education, research, and
scholarly service.
*Public Health
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
*Global education
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L. 2 Regional
Department of Health Policy, SPHHS/The Sub-Saharan African
Medical Schools Study (SAMSS)

Location: Walter Sisulu University, School of Medicine (South Africa),
The Catholic University of Mozambique, Faculty of Medicine, Jimma
University, School of Medicine (Ethiopia), Gezira University, Faculty of
Medicine (Sudan), University of Mali, Faculty of Medicine, College of
Medicine at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), College of Medicine at the
University of Malawi, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (Tanzania),
Makerere University School of Medicine (Uganda), University of Cocody
School of Medicine (Cote d’Ivoire), and University of Pretoria (South
Africa)

Principal contact at GW:
Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D.
Professor of Health Policy
Tel.: 202-994-4312
E-mail: fmullan@gwu.edu

Brief description of the partnership: SAMSS has been funded by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, housed within SPHHS, and guided by
an advisory committee made up of African medical educators, public
officials and experts in medical education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal
of SAMSS is to increase the level of practical knowledge about medical
education in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to inform educators, policy
makers, and international donors about the challenges and opportunities
for increasing the capacity of African medical schools and the retention of
their graduates. In order to achieve this aim, SAMSS has taken a twofold
approach. First, SAMSS has completed ten site visits to African medical
schools that are leaders and pioneers in various aspects of medical
education. Each site visit team included two professors from GW and two
professors from other African universities. In addition to the site visits,
SAMSS has designed and launched a survey of all medical schools in SubSaharan Africa. The survey covers fairly extensive institutional
demographics as well as perceived barriers to expansion and quality
improvement. The survey is being administered in partnership with the
University of Pretoria, and data collection is still continuing, with a
response rate currently approaching 70%. (Source: GWUMC Database)
*Public Health
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*Health Sciences
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
*Global education
NIH Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)

Location: Sub-Saharan Africa/Regional

Principal contact at GW:
Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D.
Professor of Health Policy
Tel.: 202-994-4312
E-mail: fmullan@gwu.edu

Brief description of activity: In fall 2010, GW Medical Center was
tapped to serve as the Coordinating Center for multiple NIH Medical
Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs and linked grantees that
are focused on improving medical education and research in Sub-Saharan
Africa. The five-year, $12.5 million grant awarded to GW will fund the
Coordinating Center that will oversee the $130 million U.S. commitment
to the program. The intent of this collaborative program is to transform
African medical education and dramatically increase the number of African
health care workers. MEPI will award grants directly to African
institutions in a dozen countries. These schools will work in partnership
with other institutions, including about 30 African and 20 U.S. medical
schools. GW faculty members, Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., Murdock Head
Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, and Seble Frehywot, M.D.,
M.H.S.A. assistant research professor of health policy and of global
health, will serve as principal investigators on this project. Basic funding
for MEPI will come from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) and will be supplemented with NIH funds. The Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA) will manage the implementation of
MEPI in coordination with NIH. Dr. Mullan’s research created the
foundation for this project. (Source: SPHHS release-news, Oct. 2010)

Funding for this work: Funding from the President’s Emergency Plan
for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), supplemented by NIH funds.
*Health Sciences
*Public Health
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
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*Global education
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SPHHS, Partnership
for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health/Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation (EGPAF)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Principal contact at GW:
Allan E. Greenberg
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and
Professor, Department of Medicine, SPHHS
Tel.: 202-994-0612
Fax.: 202-994-0082
E-mail: aeg1@gwu.edu

Brief Description of Partnership: Technical assistance on pediatric HIV
issues both in the U.S. and in multiple site visits to African countries
where EGPAF works.
*Health Sciences
*Science & Technology
*Public Health
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SPHHS/Association of
Public Health Laboratories (APHL)/Institute of Public Health
Laboratory Management

Location: Washington, D.C.

Principal contact at GW:
Allan E. Greenberg
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor, Department of Medicine, SPHHS
Tel.: 202-994-0612
Fax.: 202-994-0082
E-mail: aeg1@gwu.edu

Brief description of partnership: Ongoing program for annual twoweek seminar at GW for 25-30 senior laboratory personnel from
developing countries.
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*Health Sciences
*Science & Technology
*Public Health
*Research & collaboration
*Professional training/development
*Global health
*Global education
N. HIMMELFARB LIBRARY
N. 1 Eritrea
Information and Library Needs Assessment to Support the Orotta
School

Location: Asmara

Principal contact at GW:
Anne Linton
Librarian, Himmelfarb Library
Tel.: 202-994-1826
E-mail: alinton@gwu.edu

Brief description of partnership: Conducted a health information
needs assessment of health care professionals, providers, and students in
Eritrea. Assessment included a print needs survey and an on-site visit.
*Health Sciences
*Public Health
*Research & collaboration
*Global health
*Global education
P. GW LUTHER W. BRADY ART GALLERY
P. 1 South Africa
South Africa Kicks Exhibit
In November--December 2010, GW’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
presented “South Africa Kicks,” an exhibition of former GW student
photographs and video documenting travels within South Africa during the
recent FIFA World Cup. Ryder Haske, Gabriel Seder, and Tyler C. Perry
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chronicled stories of fellow travelers and locals from across South Africa,
the first African country to host the World Cup. The Brady Gallery
showcased these photographs and video features, along with writing
about the project. Dr. Brady (B.A. '46, M.D. '48) provided partial financial
support for the students' travels (Source: Brady Gallery home page:
http://www.gwu.edu/~bradyart/brady/exhibitions.html. For more about
Haske and friends, see:
http://blogs.columbian.gwu.edu/smpa/2010/05/24/recent-grad-departsfor-south-africa-to-cover-the-world-cup/)
*Arts & Humanities
*Publication/film/recording/exhibit/other media
Q. UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Q. 1 Benin
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship
Amanda Eller, B.A. ’10, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to research
the relationships between mainline Protestant missionaries, Africaninitiated Christian churches, and Vodou practitioners in Benin.
Q. 2 Ghana
2011 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Undergraduate Kathryn Bradley was awarded a Gilman Scholarship for
study in Ghana.
Q. 3 Madagascar
2011 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Undergraduate Natasha Dupee was awarded a Gilman Scholarship for
study in Madagascar.
Q. 4 Mauritius
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship
Harry Wodehouse, B.A. ’10, is researching the effectiveness of English in
Mauritius as the language of instruction and assessment in Mauritian
primary education.
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Q. 5 Rwanda
2012 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Undergraduate Sunny Park was awarded a Gilman Scholarship to study in
Rwanda.
Q. 5
Senegal
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship
Caitlin Loehr, B.A. ’10, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to examine
how community radio could be used to promote sustainable development
in rural and poverty-stricken communities in Senegal.
Q. 6 South Africa
2010-11 Fulbright Scholarship
Kathy Reilly, M.Ed.’10, was awarded a Fulbright in 2010 to help train
teachers at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.
Q. 7 Sudan
Banaa Scholarship Program

Principal contact at GW:
Kelsey Lax
Intern | Banaa: The Sudan Student Educational Empowerment Network
E-mail: klax@gwu.edu

Brief description of program: In 2008, GW welcomed a Sudanese
refugee on a full undergraduate scholarship as an experiment to test the
viability of the Banaa Scholarship Program, which was designed and
operated by GW students (for more information see: www.banaa.org).
The scholarship covers travel, tuition, housing (including three summers),
health and dental insurance, room, board, and a living stipend. The
Banaa program’s initial success secured its place at GW and encouraged
other colleges and universities to duplicate it on their campuses. In 2010,
GW recognized the Banaa scholarship as a full, four-year undergraduate
scholarship for a “full-need” student from Sudan and established a goal of
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awarding at least one Banaa scholarship every four years and up to one
every year. The intent was for half of the funding for the scholarship to
come from the Power and Promise Fund and the other half to be raised by
the Office of Development. The program has been administered by GW
Financial Aid, with additional support from student organizers and several
university administrative offices. Banaa Scholars commit to returning to
Sudan upon graduation to work in public service for a minimum of seven
years. To date, GW has hosted one Banaa scholar; he graduated in
spring 2012. Discussion is underway regarding future scholars and
funding to support them.
*Endowment/other gift
*Global education
Q. 8
Tanzania
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship
Emma Morse, B.A. ’11, was awarded a Fulbright to research breast cancer
awareness and prevention strategies in Tanzania among women in urban
and rural communities.
R. GW ATHLETICS
R. 1 Swaziland
Sports Visitor Program
In May 2011 GW women’s soccer staff hosted twelve coaches from
Swaziland who participated in a soccer clinic at the Mount Vernon Athletic
Complex led by GW women’s soccer head coach Tanya Vogel, B.S. ’96,
M.S. ’99, M.B.A. ’06.
The clinic was part of a 10-day Sports Visitor Program organized through
the U.S. Department of State’s SportsUnited, an international sports
initiative that brings athletes, managers and coaches from overseas to the
U.S. for training in technical sports, youth development, sports
management and conflict resolution as well as exposure to U.S. sports
contacts. http://exchanges.state.gov/sports/visitors.html
The coaches, who were selected by the U.S. Embassy in Swaziland,
visited local schools, participated in coaching clinics and took in a D.C.
United game. At GW, the coaches participated in soccer drills, including a
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warmup, shooting session and a “mini” soccer game, led by Ms. Vogel and
women’s soccer assistant coach Lane Davis. The coaches then toured
GW’s athletic facilities and learned about different workouts with strength
and conditioning coach Alex Parr and about Title IX during a lecture with
Ms. Vogel.
Since 2009, Ms. Vogel and SportsUnited Program Manager Kelli Davis
have partnered every few months to hold youth and adult clinics with
athletes from a number of countries, including Nigeria, Uganda, Panama,
Pakistan and Venezuela.
http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-soccer/gewa-w-soccer-body.html
[Source: GW Today]
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S. STUDENT AND ALUMNI NUMBERS
S. 1 Number of Students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW, by
country and level –Fall 2011
[source: Institutional Research]
Country
Undergraduate
Graduate
Total
1
Non
Degree
0
Cameroon
1
Cote D’Ivoire
(Ivory
Coast)
Ethiopia
0
2
0
2
1
11
1
13
Gabon
1
0
0
1
Ghana
1
6
0
7
Kenya
2
5
0
7
Liberia
0
1
0
1
Madagascar
0
1
0
1
Malawi
0
2
0
2
Mali
0
1
0
1
Mauritius
2
0
0
2
Nigeria
11
24
0
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Senegal
1
0
0
1
South Africa
3
6
0
9
Sudan
1
2
0
3
Uganda
0
2
0
2
Zimbabwe
1
0
0
1
25
64
1
90
Total
2
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S. 2 Number of Students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW, by
country and level – Spring 2011
[source: Institutional Research]
Country
Undergraduate
Graduate
Total
0
Non
Degree
0
Angola
1
Cameroon
0
1
0
1
Cote D’Ivoire
(Ivory
Coast)
Ethiopia
0
2
0
2
1
8
0
9
Ghana
0
6
0
6
Kenya
2
7
0
9
Madagascar
0
2
0
2
Malawi
0
1
0
1
Mali
1
2
0
3
Mauritius
2
0
0
2
Nigeria
12
26
0
38
Rwanda
0
2
0
2
Senegal
1
0
0
1
South Africa
3
5
1
9
Sudan
1
1
0
2
Togo
0
1
0
1
Uganda
0
1
0
1
24
65
1
90
Total
1
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S. 3: Number of students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW,
by country and level – Fall 2010
[source: Institutional Research]
Country
Undergraduate
Graduate
Total
0
Non
Degree
0
Angola
1
Cameroon
1
1
0
2
Cote D’Ivoire
(Ivory
Coast)
Ethiopia
0
3
0
3
1
8
0
9
Gabon
1
0
0
1
Ghana
0
7
0
7
Kenya
2
8
0
10
Madagascar
0
2
0
2
Malawi
0
1
0
1
Mali
2
2
0
4
Mauritius
2
0
0
2
Nigeria
12
24
0
36
Rwanda
0
2
0
2
Senegal
1
0
0
1
South Africa
3
4
0
7
Sudan
1
1
0
2
Tanzania
1
0
0
1
Togo
0
3
0
3
Uganda
0
2
0
2
28
68
0
96
Total
1
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S. 4: Number of students from Sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at GW,
by country and level – Fall 2009
[source: Institutional Research]
Country
Undergraduate
Graduate
Other
Total
Angola
1
0
0
1
Cameroon
1
1
0
2
Cote D’Ivoire
(Ivory
Coast)
Ethiopia
0
2
0
2
1
5
0
6
Gabon
1
0
0
1
Ghana
0
6
0
6
Kenya
1
8
0
9
Madagascar
0
1
0
1
Mali
2
1
0
3
Mauritius
1
0
1
2
Nigeria
10
17
1
28
Rwanda
0
1
0
1
South Africa
2
5
0
7
Sudan
1
1
0
2
Tanzania
1
0
0
1
Togo
0
3
0
3
Uganda
1
2
0
3
23
53
2
78
Total
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S. 5 Number of GW students studying abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa*
[source: Office for Study Abroad]
Country
South Africa
Senegal
Ghana
Kenya
Uganda
Mali
Rwanda
Madagascar
Tanzania
Botswana
Cameroon
Equatorial
Guinea
Zimbabwe
TOTAL
Students
Abroad
FA04—
SUM09
129
49
34
31
15
6
6
4
2
0
1
1
1
279
Students
Abroad
FA09-SUM10
55
6
5
17
10
4
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
106
Students
Abroad
FA10
Students
Abroad
SPR11
Students
Abroad
FA11
3
3
2
2
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
25
18
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
11
3
2
0
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
16
0
80
0
23
*Fall 2004-Summer 2009 Data pulled from Open Doors
(G:\Numbers&Stats\ MASTER COUNT_OPEN DOORS). Fall 2009-Summer
2010 Data pulled from StudioAbroad (outgoing applicants that have applied
for the terms Academic Year 2009 or Fall 2009 or Fall Short Term 2009 or
January Term 2010 or Spring 2010 or Spring Short Term 2010 or Summer
2010 or Winter 2010, that have a status of committed (and all aliases), that
are located within the region of 'Africa'. Fall 2010 Data pulled from
StudioAbroad (outgoing applicants that have applied for the terms Academic
Year 2010 or Fall 2010, that have a status of committed (and all aliases),
that are located within the region of 'Africa'.)
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S. 6 Number of GW alumni in Sub-Saharan Africa, Fall 2011
[source: International Alumni Programs Office]
Country
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the (DRC)
Cote d’Ivoire
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
TOTAL
# of Alumni
5
1
4
1
4
9
2
1
1
3
12
18
2
1
1
2
3
1
2
49
2
7
6
17
14
3
13
1
5
11
2
203
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APPENDIX 1: KEY WORDS
Academic Disciplines (blue)
Arts & Humanities
Business/Management
Disability Studies
Education
Engineering
Environmental Studies
Forensic Sciences
Health Sciences
International Affairs
Law
Mathematics
Media/Communications
Museum Studies
Political Management
Professional Studies
Public Affairs & Policy
Public Health
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Sport Sciences
International Themes (orange)
Climate change/environment
Democracy & human rights
Energy & natural resources
Global economics/poverty
Global education
Global health
Global security
Governance/strong states
International business
International law
Science & technology
Women’s issues
Type of Activity (Green)
Conference/meeting/workshop
Endowment/other gift
Research & collaboration
GW certificates & degrees
Professional training/development
Publication/film/performance/other
Service
Study abroad/student exchange
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APPENDIX 2: LIST OF COUNTRIES for SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the (DRC)
Congo, Republic of the
Cote d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
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Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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