The Institute for the African Child has faculty members in six colleges at Ohio University including: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Communication, College of Education, College of Fine Arts, College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Listed below are IAC faculty and a sampling of their research interests:
College of Arts and Sciences
Arthur Hughes, Street Children: Language Acquisition
Diane Ciekawy, Cultural Anthropology: Health and Healing in Africa, African Children and Human Rights
Hogan Sherrow, Biological Anthropology, Conservation Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
Ghirmai Negesh, Linguistic rights of children, use of mother tongue
Tom Smucker, Geography,
College of Communication
Vibert Cambridge, Telecommunication: Broadcasting for African Child Survival
Stephen Howard, Educational Studies: Participatory Research with Children, The Possibilities of African Childhood
Mandi Chikombero, Health: HIV/AIDS and the African Child
College of Education
Francis Godwyll, Educational Studies
Yegan Pillay, Counseling: Cross Culture, HIV/AIDS counseling, Teacher Education: African Children's Literature
Najee Mohammad, Educational Studies: The Pan-African Child
Sandra Turner, Instructional Technology: Technology in the African Classroom
College of Health and Human Services
David Holben, Human and Consumer Sciences: Nutritional Issues in Zimbabwe
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gillian Ice, Social Medicine: Impact of HIV/AIDS on older adults and orphaned children
William Romoser, Biological Sciences: Vector-borne Disease and Children
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