{"id":6655,"date":"2011-08-18T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/?page_id=6655"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:55:59","slug":"researchers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/people\/researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliated Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Studies Center welcomes Visiting Researchers and Research Affiliates\u2014post-doctoral researchers in a wide array of fields and regional specialties within African studies\u2014as part of its scholarly community. Affiliate researchers are often invited to share publications, lectures, and updates with the ASC community and receive access to BU library and archival resources, among other benefits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/research\/research-affiliations\/\" class=\"button\">Guidelines for Research Affiliations<\/a><span class=\"wpview-end\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Current Affiliated Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"mini\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2022\/08\/CCG-pic-800-x-800-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Christopher C.\t\tGraham<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:cgraham2@bu.edu\">cgraham2@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"summary\">Climate adaptation, climate migration, environmental governance, environmental data, green art, sustainability, urban planning &amp; African mega cities.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"100\" height=\"139\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/01\/manfredi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Victor\t\tManfredi<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:manfredi@bu.edu\">manfredi@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"summary\">Igbo, Yoruba, and African Diaspora linguistics<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/01\/ASC-Logo-\u2013-Red-636x636.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Susanne\t\tMueller<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:susannedmueller@gmail.com\">susannedmueller@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"summary\">Democratization, conflict, development; eastern and southern Africa; <a href=\"https:\/\/susannedmueller.wordpress.com\/\">personal website<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/01\/Headshot_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Daivi\t\tRodima-Taylor<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:rodima@bu.edu\">rodima@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"144\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/01\/Sommers-1-650x623.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Marc\t\tSommers<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:msommers@bu.edu\">msommers@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"summary\">Youth, peacebuilding, security, CVE and gender research in 16 war-affected African countries; next book: <i>We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror &amp; War in Sierra Leone<\/i> (2023)<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/06\/Weiskel-Research-Affiliate.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Tim\t\tWeiskel<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:tweiskel@gmail.com\">tweiskel@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"summary\">Cartography, West Africa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecojustice.net\/African-Historical-Graphics-Project\/index.html\">African Historical Graphics Archives<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/01\/ASC-Logo-\u2013-Red-636x636.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">David\t\tWestley<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:dwestley@bu.edu\">dwestley@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"summary\">Oral tradition; Hausa folklore; Retired Bibliographer, African Studies Library<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<h2>Current Visiting Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"mini\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Chiharu\t\tKamimura<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:ckamimur@bu.edu\">ckamimur@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Francis E.\t\tLomami<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Samuel B.\t\tMukasa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Elizabeth\t\tSiwo-Okundi<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:esiwo@bu.edu\">esiwo@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t<p class=\"name\">Noel\t\tTwagiramungu<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Studies Center welcomes Visiting Researchers and Research Affiliates\u2014post-doctoral researchers in a wide array of fields and regional specialties within African studies\u2014as part of its scholarly community. 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