Professional Activities

Grant Reviewer for
Undergraduate International Studies Foreign Language Program
Association of American Geographers (AAG): Research Grants Committee (2006-2009) *Note: I serve as the chair of this committee*
National Science Foundation—Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad and Faculty Research Abroad Programs
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
Jacob Javits Fellowship Program

Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Geography

Manuscript Reviewer for
African Affair; African Studies Review; Gender, Place, and Culture; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; Journal of Women’s Studies; Maritime Studies (MAST); Society and Natural Resources; Studies in New England Geography; World Development

Papers Recently Presented

1. “Development through Civic Service: the Peace Corps and National Service Programs in Ghana” presented at the Association of American Geographers conference in Las Vegas, March 2009
   
   
2.  “Media Image and Social Integration of Togolese and Liberian Refugees in Ghana” presented at the African Studies Association conference in New York, October 18-21, 2007.

2. “The Developed—Developing Divide: Marine Park Management in Kenya” an invited talk presented at the University of Notre Dame, March 23, 2007.

3. “Ideologies of Land and Place: Memories from Zimbabwe’s War of Liberation, presented at the African Studies Association conference in San Francisco, CA, November 16-19, 2006.

   Note: I chaired the panel on Land and the Inscription of Memory of which the paper was a part and chaired the Urban Areas section of the entire 2006 African Studies Association conference.

4.  “Ideologies of Land and Place: Settler Colonist and Gikuyu Women in Central Kenya” presented (with Rachel Rebecca Hewitt) at the Association of American Geographers conference in Chicago, March 7-11, 2006.

5. “Participatory Management Strategies in Marine Protected Areas: Case Studies from the USA and Kenya” presented at the Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, Jan. 25, 2006.

In addition I have presented another 15 papers professionally from 1986-2005 at the University of North Carolina—Greensboro, the African Studies Association annual conference, the Association of American Geographers annual conference, the Enhancing Natural Resources and Livelihoods through Community Management conference at Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, the Putting Fishers' Knowledge to Work Conference at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, the Geography Colloquium at University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, the University of Wisconsin African Studies Program lecture series, a School for International Training program in Kenya, the North American Symposium on Society and Resource Management, and the Chi Psi Honor Society lecture series at Cornell University.

Professional Memberships
African Studies Association
Association of American Geographers
Ghana Studies Council