N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba
Born
Côte d'Ivoire
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Scientific career
InstitutionsCornell University
ThesisEducational selection and social inequality in Africa : the case of the Ivory Coast (1982)

N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba is Ivorian researcher who studies the African diaspora and education. She is a Professor of Africana Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. She also serves as President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies and Chair of UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations Scientific Advisory Committee.

Early life and education

Assié-Lumumba was born and raised in Côte d'Ivoire. She earned her bachelor's degree at the Lumière University Lyon 2, where she studied sociology and history.[1] She moved to the United States for her graduate studies, where she earned her doctoral degree at the University of Chicago in 1982. Her research considered social inequality in Africa.[2] In 1991 Assié-Lumumba moved to the Cornell University as a Fulbright Senior Fellow.[3]

Research and career

Assié-Lumumba studies the African diaspora, social institutions and African social history.[4] She spent 2003 as a Professor in the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education at Hiroshima University.[5]

She works on ways to improve the access of students from underserved communities to college.[6] She has said that it will take more than targeted scholarships; but students must be supported in how to succeed once they get to college.[6]

Assié-Lumumba worked with UNESCO to imagine what life might be like after the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] She serves as Chair of the scientific advisory committee for the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations (MOST) program.[7] As part of her work with UNESCO, Assié-Lumumba coordinates regular visits of Cornell University students to the United Nations, where they work toward projects that reduce gender inequality around the world.[9] In July 2020 Assié-Lumumba was made the Director of the Institute for African Development.[10]

Awards and honours

  • 2006 Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science[11]
  • 2010 New York State African(a) Studies Association Distinguished Africanist Award[12]
  • 2012 Frank Scruggs Faculty Fellow[13]
  • 2017 New York State African(a) Studies Association Ali A. Mazrui Outstanding Publication/Book & Educational Activities Award[14]

Selected publications

  • Tirri, Kirsi (2019-05-02). "The Purposeful Teacher". Teacher Education in the 21st Century. IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.83437. ISBN 978-1-78923-863-1. S2CID 149837923.
  • Takyi-Amoako, Emefa J.; Assié-Lumumba, N’Dri Thérèse (2018). Introduction: Re-visioning Education in Africa—Ubuntu-Inspired Education for Humanity. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–17. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70043-4_1. ISBN 978-3-319-70042-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Assié-Lumumba, N’Dri T. (2015). "Millennium Development in Retrospect: Higher Education and the Gender Factor in Africa's Development Beyond 2015". Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) in Retrospect. Social Indicators Research Series. Vol. 58. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 81–98. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16166-2_6. ISBN 978-3-319-16165-5.
  • Assié-Lumumba, N'Dri T.; Arroyo Macarro, Margarita (2010). Mujeres en África : educación y poder : el acceso a los estudios superiores. Madrid: Iepala. ISBN 978-84-89743-60-1. OCLC 710889055.

References

  1. ↑ "N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba | Africana Studies & Research Center Cornell Arts & Sciences". africana.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  2. ↑ Assié-Lumumba, N'Dri Thérèse (1982). Educational selection and social inequality in Africa: the case of the Ivory Coast (Thesis). OCLC 17103397.
  3. ↑ "Contact - Prof N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba". www.uj.ac.za. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. ↑ "N'Dri Assié-Lumumba: A Faculty Profile". Cornell Research. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Speakers' Biographies | Globalization 2007 | United Nations University". archive.unu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  6. 1 2 "It'll take more than a scholarship to bring underrepresented students to Syracuse University, experts say". The Daily Orange. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  7. 1 2 "Professor joins UNESCO forum on world after COVID-19". Cornell Chronicle. June 11, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  8. ↑ "Coronavirus - Africa: UNESCO puts the spotlight on women's voices in imagining the world to come". CNBC Africa. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  9. ↑ "For two African Cornell undergrads, the UN unveils a world of opportunity". Cornell Chronicle. March 14, 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  10. ↑ "Assié-Lumumba leads Institute for African Development". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  11. ↑ "Assie-Lumumba named to World Academy of Art and Science". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  12. ↑ "The 2010 Distinguished Africanist Awards:Professor N'Dri Assie-Lumumba and Professor Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo / CODESRIA". codesria.org. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  13. ↑ Jones, Chanika; Frimpong, Augustine Adu (2018-08-22). "Black Orwell: Essays on the Scholarship of Ali A. Mazrui, edited by Seifudein Adem & Kimani Njogu". African and Asian Studies. 17 (3): 307–309. doi:10.1163/15692108-12341407. ISSN 1569-2108. S2CID 149498400.
  14. ↑ "NYASA Ali A. Mazrui Outstanding Publication & Educational Activities Award". Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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