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Chiedo Nwankwor

Chiedo Nwankwor

Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Senior Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead

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  • Campus Location: Washington DC
  • Office Location: BOB 715

About

Chiedo Nwankwor is the Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs and a Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC. Nwankwor's research and teaching focus on gender studies, the role of identities in African politics, women's political participation and leadership, policymaking for gender justice, and economic development in Africa. Within women and gender studies, her research and teaching interests include ministerial-level politics in Africa, women's health and health policy, feminist international relations, and the political economy of gender in Africa. She is interested in how identities shape political and social outcomes, especially for populations living at the state's margins. Nwankwor is also the Director of the SAIS Women Lead Initiative (SWL) and supervises the SAIS Women Lead Practicum. In this role, she facilitates collaboration with SAIS Women's Alumni Network (SWAN) and Global Women in Leadership to co-sponsor programming, strengthens alumni mentoring activities affiliated with SWL, and advises students.

She has published her work in the Social Politics Journal, Studia Politica, Democracy in Africa and other media publishing outlets like the Washington Post and Premium Times Nigeria. Nwankwor also co-edited a book on the Nigerian National Assembly and has written several book chapters, including "Transformations and Continuities: Women's Political Participation in Nigeria' in the Global Handbook of Women's Political Rights and "Women's Struggle for Independence" in the Oxford Handbook for Nigerian Politics.

Nwankwor holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware, an MA in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware, and an MSc in Mass Communications and Public Relations from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is a Senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a fellow at the Center for Democracy and Development in Nigeria. She has consulted for the World Bank, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Premium Times Nigeria, the IFC, Co-Impact, WOREC, Women Deliver and others on gender justice matters, women's political participation, and development. Before joining academia, Dr. Nwankwor worked in the corporate and non-governmental sectors for several years.

Expertise

Regions

  • Africa

Topics

  • Feminist International Relations
  • International Relations
  • Identity Politics
  • Women’s Political Participation
  • Development

Languages

  • English
  • Igbo

Additional Resources


In the News

2023: How drop in female candidates slows gender inclusion in politics

Chiedo Nwankwor cited in Business Day, 12/05

After outcry over abuse, Nigeria’s police reform efforts under scrutiny.

Chiedo Nwankwor quoted on Voice of America, 12/02

Is the U.S. emboldening authoritarian behavior In Nigeria?

Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in Premium Times, 11/05

How women helped rally mass protests against Nigeria’s police corruption?

Chiedo Nwankwor wrote in The Washington Post, 11/04

How women helped rally mass protests against Nigeria’s police corruption

Chiedo Nwankwor as an Analysis in The Washington Post, 11/04

Mali military coup: Why the world is watching?

Chiedo Nwankwor quoted in The New York Times, 8/19