Abiol Lual Deng serves as the Communication and Policy Specialist for the Center for African Studies and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UC Berkeley. In this capacity, she spearheads digital strategy and dynamic storytelling initiatives designed to elevate the Center’s profile as a premier hub for African Affairs in the Bay Area and beyond, as well as showcase the achievements of the Scholars.
With over 15 years of experience in global public policy across Africa, Europe, and North America, Ms. Deng offers a unique, multicultural, and multilingual perspective on the...
I carry out documentary linguistic work, which is informed by and contributes to linguistic theory. Specifically, I investigate phonological processes and the interfaces of phonology with syntax and morphology.
I am continuing linguistic research and documentation of the Atchan language. Atchan is a Kwa language spoken by the Tchaman people in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire. I will be joining graduate students Katie Russell and Becky Jarvis for four weeks as we stay in Abidjan. We will be going into Tchaman villages everyday to collect language data with different native speakers. This will be a continuation of the research that I have been doing in the most recent school year. This past semester I was in the Linguistics Research Apprentice Practicum. I helped with audio segmentation, translation, and...
Beginning in 2019, the Center for African Studies and Le Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix (CERAP) at Universite Jesuite in Abidjan have partnered on a Carnegie-funded project in Côte d’Ivoire, Documenting Violence and Promoting Peace in Africa: A Pilot Study for Data Collection in a Conflict-Affected Country. Led by CAS Director, Leo Arriola and CERAP Research Director,...
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