Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead
Dr. Nwankwor serves as a Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead (SWL). Her primary areas of specialization are Comparative Politics with a focus on African politics, and Women and Gender Studies. Within women and gender studies, her research and teaching interests include women’s political participation with an emphasis on ministerial level politics in Africa, women’s health and health policy, feminist international relations, and the political economy of gender in Africa.
As Director of SAIS Women Lead, Dr. Nwankwor develops and teaches SWL’s practicum courses; facilitates collaboration with SAIS Women’s Alumni Network (SWAN), SWL’s Women Who Inspire Lecture Series, and Global Women in Leadership to co-sponsor programming; strengthens alumni mentoring activities affiliated with SWL; and advises students.
Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Africa News, 02/14
Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Business Day, 12/05
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Brookings, 02/23
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Nigerian Tribune, 07/08
Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Nigerian Tribune, 06/12
Chiedo Nwankwor quoted on Voice of America, 12/02
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Premium Times, 11/05
Chiedo Nwankwor as an Analysis in The Washington Post, 11/04
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in The Washington Post, 11/04
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Premium Times, 10/26
Chiedo Nwankwor quoted in the Hub, 09/17