Assie-Lumumba, N'Dri Therese
Professorresearch
primary investigator of
- WOMEN AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA | Research Grant
international geographic focus
- Africa | continent
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Africana Studies and Research Center (AS&RC) | research and educational resource center
member of graduate field
- African and African-American Studies | graduate field
- International Agriculture and Rural Development | graduate field
- International Development | graduate field
- Public Affairs | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Africana Studies and Research Center (AS&RC) | research and educational resource center
- Cornell Institute of Public Affairs (CIPA) | academic program office
- Learning, Teaching & Social Policy (LTSP) | academic program office
teaching
teaching focus
- Methodology
- Sociology
- Economics
- Education for Francophone Countries
teaches
- ASRC 4900 - Honors Thesis (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ASRC 4902 - Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ASRC 6900 - Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ASRC 8900 - Thesis (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ASRC 4602 - Women and Gender Issues in Africa (M 02:00:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ASRC 4901 - Honors Thesis (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ASRC 4903 - Independent Study (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ASRC 6600 - Education and Development in Africa (T 02:00:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ASRC 6901 - Independent Study (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ASRC 8901 - Graduate Thesis (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EDUC 5020 - Education and Development in Africa (T 02:00:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ASRC 4601 - Educ Innovation Africa&Diasp (T 10:10:AM-12:35:PM) | fall 2008 class
- ASRC 4606 - The Family and Society In Africa (M 10:10:AM-12:35:PM) | fall 2008 class
- EDUC 4590 - Educ Innovation Africa&Diasp (T 10:10:AM-12:35:PM) | fall 2008 class
- SOC 4780 - The Family and Society In Africa (M 10:10:AM-12:35:PM) | fall 2008 class
service
current professional activities
- 2006 | Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science
- 1996-97 | Director, Cornell Program on Gender and Global Change (GGC)
background
educational background
- Ph.D., (Comparative Education, Economics and Sociology of Education), University of Chicago, 1982
- M.A., (Sociology), Université Lyon II, Lyon (France), 1974
- M.A., (History), Université Lyon II, Lyon (France), 1975
- B.A., (Sociology and History), Université Lyon II, Lyon (France), 1972
professional background
- She has worked in, and traveled to, many countries North and South America, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe and throughout the African continent where she is familiar with the complex realities of African social contexts and is involved with institutional building and human resource development. Fluent in several languages, she has adapted herself to every type of circumstance and enjoyed working directly with people in a great variety of social settings.
- 1991 | Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, Cornell University
- 1991 | Ford Foundation/Africana Studies Fellow, Cornell University
- Resident Fellow, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris
- Administrative/Academic Director, Lomé (Togo) CIRSSED Doctoral Program in Education
- Researcher, Planning Unit, Ministry of National Education of Mali, Bamako (Mali)
- Researcher, Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston (Texas, U.S.A.).
awards and distinctions
Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science
featured in
- Einaudi Center invests in junior faculty research | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Students spend day at U.N. learning from officials how body is building 'better world' | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Women and Higher Education in Africa: Reconceptualizing Gender-Based Human Capabilities and Upgrading Human Rights to Knowledge, (Abidjan: CEPARRED Publications, 2006)
- Les femmes et l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Engendrer les capacités humaines et élever le niveau du droit au savoir, (Abidjan: CEPARRED Publications, 2006)
- Technological Transfer and Expansion of Access to Education in Africa: Prospective Reflections on the Educational Television in Côte d'Ivoire (1971-1981)
- Africana Women and Power: from Centrality to Marginality and a Forward-Looking Perspective
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: african and african diaspora education, african history, assie-lumumba, communication technologies, comparative education, educational innovations, education finance, european colonization and expansion in africa, family and social institutions, gender, higher education, human resource development, information technology, international education