Welcome Kushɛ Kabɔ!

I am a University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA. My research and teaching interests include anthropological studies of education and youth, critical gender and development studies, and African Studies and African Diaspora Studies with a focus on Sierra Leone. More specifically, I examine secondary schools as key sites of cultural and political transformation around racial, gender, and development inequalities for African youth in the past and present.

I hold a Ph.D. in Education, Culture, and Society with a certificate in Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies and an MS.Ed. in International Educational Development from the University of Pennsylvania where I was a recipient of multiple awards, including a Harvard Kennedy School Women in Public Policy Program Fellowship, an American Association of University Women International Fellowship, and a Philanthropic Education Organization Peace Fellowship. I hold a B.A. in Sociology from the College of William & Mary.

I was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and raised in Pakistan, Kenya, Uganda, and Bangladesh before immigrating to the United States. I have also worked as a practitioner in the education and development sectors in the United States, Jordan, and Senegal.

Follow me on Twitter @cskallon.