Nwando Achebe

East Lansing, MI

Higher Education

Michigan State University
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Social Science
College of William and Mary Aug 2002 - May 2005
Assistant Professor

University of California, Los Angeles 1994 - 2000
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Philosophy, History University of California, Los Angeles 1992 - 1994
Masters University of Massachusetts Amherst 1987 - 1991
Bachelors, Bachelor of Arts, Theater Unn Secondary School

Research
History
Higher Education
University Teaching
Teaching
Qualitative Research
Grants
Books
Grant Writing
Lecturing
Academic Writing
Writing
Editing
Curriculum Design
E Learning
College Teaching
Nonprofits
Africa
Curriculum Development
Student Affairs
Oral History
Program Evaluation
West Africa
Women's Studies
Distance Learning
Program Development
African Studies
Statistics
Policy Analysis
Adult Education
Academia
International Relations
Publishing
Instructional Design
Tutoring
Social Sciences
Biography
Igbo History
Literature
West African History
Educational Leadership
Women and Gender
Nigerian History
Professional Mentoring
Literary Management
Languages
Sexuality
Innovation
Cultural Diplomacy

English
Igbo

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of West African History at Michigan State University, Professor at Michigan State University

Lansing, Michigan Area

Higher Education

Michigan State University since Aug 2012
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of West African History
Michigan State University - History Department, Michigan State University since Jul 2010
Professor
Michigan State University Aug 2005 - Jun 2010
Associate Professor
College of William and Mary Aug 2002 - May 2005
Assistant Professor

University of California, Los Angeles 1994 - 2000
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), History University of California, Los Angeles 1994 - 1998
C. Phil, History Univesity of California, Los Angeles 1992 - 1994
Master's degree, African Area Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1987 - 1991
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Theater

Languages
Igbo, West African Pidgin
West Africa
Oral History
Women's Studies
Women and Gender
Sexuality
African Studies
Africa
Biography
West African History
Igbo History
Nigerian History
Grant Writing
Higher Education
Qualitative Research
University Teaching
Research
Teaching
History
Writing

Winner of the 2012 Gita Chaudhuri Book Prize, The Western Association of Women Historians, for The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe. Winner of the 2012 Babara "Penny" Kanner Book Prize, The Western Association of Women Historians, for The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe. NEH Grant (Summer Institute for High School Teachers) Wenner-Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grant in Women's Studies Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Fellowship (top ranked candidate for Africa)