This series features the U-M African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.
Free and open to the public.
1010 (10th Floor) Weiser Hall | 3:00 - 6:00 PM
[Friday, October 18] Concussion Management, Green Infrastructure and Aquatic Macrophytes in Cyanobacteria Inhibition
Mooketsi Molefi (Botswana), “Adaptation and Evaluation of a Multisectoral Concussion Management Framework in Diverse African Settings”
Ayisha Baffoe-Ashun (Ghana), “Socio-Spatial Dynamics of Green Infrastructure in Ghanaian Cities Through Precolonial, Colonial, Contemporary Epochs: Based on Case Studies in Accra and Kumasi”
Atilola Abidemi-Iromini (Nigeria), “Allelopathic Potential of Aquatic Macrophytes in Cyanobacteria Inhibition and Ammonium Uptake for Freshwater Purification”
[Tuesday, October 29] Liminal Beings, Machine Learning, Health, and Women’s Electoral Participation
Martin Oswald (South Africa). “Why Do Women Vote Less, and What Influences Their [Non]Voting? An Empirical Examination of Socio-Demographic Predictors of Women’s Electoral Participation in Tanzania’s 2010-2020 Elections”
Faith Benson (Kenya), “Identifying Predictors of Poor Early Childhood Development in Low-Resource Settings of Kenya Using Machine Learning”
Richard Nsengiyumva (Rwanda), “Prevalence & Determinants of Preconception Health and Behavioral Risks Amidst Engaged Couples in Rwanda”
Oluwanifemi Bamidele-Nelly (Nigeria), “Liminal Identities: Biracialism and Female Body Image in Selected Nigerian Novels”
[Friday, November 01] Religiosity, Subalterns, and Mathematical Learning Outcomes
Anatoli Lwassampijja (Uganda), “Faith and Nation Building at Crossroads: The Religio-political Significance of the 1969 Pope Paul VI’s Visit to Uganda”
Stella Antwiwaa (Ghana), “Can the Subaltern Be Heard? Women and Rhetoric in Selected Euripidean and Ghanaian Plays”
Emmanuel Iyamuremye (Rwanda), “Boosting Student Learning Motivation in Mathematics”
Thursdays, 2:00 PM at 1010 Weiser Hall
March 30: Inverse Heat Conduction, Cancer, Cultural Repository and Neonatal Health in Africa
Marissa Balmith (South Africa), “The role of the estrogen receptor in breast cancer dormancy”
Tesfaye Wondyifraw (Ethiopia), “The Newly Discovered Pre-historic Rock Art Paintings along the Valley of the Blue Nile”
James Orwa (Kenya), “Comparison of machine learning and logistic regression as predictive models for adverse maternal outcomes of deliveries: A hospital-based retrospective study”
Jean Pierre Ngendahayo (Rwanda), "Estimation of Surface Temperatures from Nonlinear Heat Conduction Models from Quenching Applications"
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April 06: Theater, Race-Linked Genomics and Consumer Protection in Africa
Jude Okoye (Nigeria), “Signatures of high mortality risk and life-choice practices among patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Nigeria”
Tshepiso Scott (South Africa), “Small enterprises in South Africa: is their protection as consumers warranted?”
Eyerusaleam Kassahun (Ethiopia), “Decolonizing the National Theater of Ethiopia”
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April 13: Cyber Security, Infrastructures of Green Governance and Child Health in Africa
Grace Njoki Maina (Kenya), “Re-thinking Complementarity in Leadership; The Place and Role of Women in Indigenous Systems of Governance”
Daniel Ramotsoela (South Africa), “Verifiable Computation for Data-Oblivious Sequestered Encryption Applications”
Meseret Azene (Ethiopia), “Epidemiology of diarrhea among children with diarrhea aged 6-59 months attending Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”
Bosena Yirga (Ethiopia), “The Governance of Green Infrastructure Planning and Management in Hawassa, Ethiopia”
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