The Institute for African Studies
at the Elliott School of International Affairs
The Institute for African Studies is enthused with the arrival of Whitney Grespin as 2020-2021 IAfS Visiting Scholar.
Whitney Grespin is a lecturer for “Security Policy Analysis” and “Defense Contracting in Practice” at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. She is a Ph.D. candidate at King’s College London’s Defence Studies Department at UK JSCSC.
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Name: Marian (Ify) Okpali
Program: M.A.I.A
Concentration: Africa, Global Energy & Environmental Policy
Graduation Year: 2019
The Institute for African Studies (IAFS) bids a fond farewell to Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, and champion for Africa and its people.
Ambassador Brigety has been named vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South, Sewanee, a position he will take up this summer.
The Institute for African Studies is pleased to announce that the Office of the Vice President for Research and Faculty Awards has recognized IAfS faculty affiliate Professor Eric Kramon as an Early Career Scholar during GW’s Annual Faculty Awards. These awards recognize a diverse group of talented GW faculty who have shown extraordinary dedication to teaching, scholarship, and service to the university.
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On March 9, 2020, The Institute for African Studies held a panel discussion to celebrate the public launch of a web resource for students, teachers, and scholars that provides background information and a broad range of primary documents for teaching about the international response to the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-70.