Chiedo Nwankwor
Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead
About
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.
In the News
Breaking barriers: Women in Nigeria defy odds to contest in elections, but face uphill battle
Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Africa News, 02/14
2023: How drop in female candidates slows gender inclusion in politics
Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Business Day, 12/05
Priorities for advancing women’s equal political leadership in the coming year
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Brookings, 02/23
Gender matter: Prominent activists to speak on women and Nigerian politics.
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Nigerian Tribune, 07/08
Thirty-nine Nigerian professors to federal government: You have failed to protect Nigerians’ lives and freedoms.
Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Nigerian Tribune, 06/12
After outcry over abuse, Nigeria’s police reform efforts under scrutiny.
Chiedo Nwankwor quoted on Voice of America, 12/02
Is the U.S. emboldening authoritarian behavior In Nigeria?
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Premium Times, 11/05
How women helped rally mass protests against Nigeria’s police corruption
Chiedo Nwankwor as an Analysis in The Washington Post, 11/04
How women helped rally mass protests against Nigeria’s police corruption?
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in The Washington Post, 11/04
Africa’s hidden crisis: Women as the real victims of the COVID-19 pandemic
Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Premium Times, 10/26
Johns Hopkins hosts conversation about how women of color influence public policy
Chiedo Nwankwor quoted in the Hub, 09/17