Dr. Fredline M’Cormack-Hale is an Associate Professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey (since 2008), where she teaches the African specialization courses as well as the introduction to international relations courses. Her teaching and research interests include political development, gender, democratization and community, and international aid. […]

Dr. Cheryl Williams is the Gender and Social Development Specialist for the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Liberia. She established and headed the Gender and Social Development Unit at the Ministry for nine years, and contributed to numerous agriculture research projects, policy discussions, and advocacy […]

Dr. Aliou Barry is an experienced international development professional with over 25 years of experience in development work with local and international agencies and the government of Guinea. His career started with the World Bank with the position of national supervisor of surveys on the socio-economic impact of the structural adjustment program (1990-1992) and then, […]

Honourable Dr. Bernadette Lahai is currently a temporary teacher at the Department of Sociology and Agricultural Extension, University of Njala, Sierra Leone. She has been a member of the Parliament of Sierra Leone since 2000 to date and is the immediate past leader of the minority, the first woman to occupy the position. Lahai’s professional […]