Center for Africa Studies Staff

Paul de Morais

Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for African Studies

Paul de Morais (they/them) studies and teaches literature and culture of the Romantic period (French, German, British, Anglo-American, Spanish, and Portuguese), focusing especially on prose and the novel. In their dissertation they analyzed the fiction of George Sand, Honoré de Balzac, and...Read more about Paul de Morais

Tami Driver

Special Projects Officer
Center for African Studies

Tami Driver is the Special Projects Officer at the Center for Africa Studies where she oversees fellowships, grants, communications and events, and facilitates many aspects of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.Read more about Tami Driver

Bruce Hall

Interim Director, Center for African Studies, Associate Professor, History
History
Center for African Studies

Professor Hall's research is focused on the intellectual and social history of a region of West Africa called the Sahel, which straddles the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. It encompasses the modern countries of Mauritania, Mali and Niger. Most of the research that he has carried out has...Read more about Bruce Hall

Martha Saavedra

Associate Director
Center for African Studies

Martha Saavedra has been with the Center for African Studies since 1993. She received a PhD and MA in a Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA in International Studies from ...Read more about Martha Saavedra

Meron Semedar

Student Services Advisor, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Center for African Studies

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