Welcome Kushɛ Kabɔ!

I am a University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of African American Studies at UCLA. Previously, I was a Harvard Kennedy School Women in Public Policy Program Fellow. My research and teaching interests include gender, race and ethnicity, education, development, and politics, with a transnational focus on Africa and the African Diaspora.

Over the years, my work has been generously funded by the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, American Association of University Women, Philanthropic Educational Organization, and the University of Oslo, and by the University of Pennsylvania William Fontaine Doctoral Fellowship, Program on Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, and GAPSA-Provost Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Innovation.

I am always seeking opportunities to bridge research, policy, and practice. I have worked as a practitioner and consultant with education and development organizations in the United States, Jordan, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Additionally, my research and activism led to the creation of The Kwame Nkrumah Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.

I hold a Ph.D. in Education, Culture, and Society with a certificate in Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies and an MS.Ed. in International Educational Development from the University of Pennsylvania. I hold a B.A. in Sociology from the College of William & Mary.

I was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and raised in Pakistan, Kenya, Uganda, and Bangladesh before immigrating to the United States.