The strength and quality of UF African Studies was on full display at the 68th annual meeting of the African Studies Association, held in Atlanta from November 20th-22nd, 2025. Just under 30 University of Florida faculty and graduate students presented at the ASA, disseminating cutting-edge research in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. The Center for African Studies, which happily supported the participation of many UF Africanists in this important conference, celebrates their achievements – Go Gators!
Explore the online gallery and view the list of UF participants below.
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UF Faculty & Graduate Students at ASA 2025
| Name | UF Department | Role(s) | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron King | Department of Geography | Participant | XII-G-11 — Conservancy, Divergency, and Ecotourism in Africa |
| Abdoulaye Kane | Department of Anthropology / Center for African Studies | Participant | III-L-7 — Transversal Persons: Intersecting Notions of Selfhood Across the Geographical, Institutional, and Intellectual Frontiers of African Lives |
| Abigail Ryan | Department of Anthropology (Graduate Student) | Participant | VI-N-10 — Well -Being and Identity in Migrant and Mobile Communities |
| Álvaro Luis Lima | School of Art + Art History (Assistant Professor, African Art) | Participant | VII-O-8 — Cultural Responses to Violence, Trauma, and Memory |
| Baba Adou | Department of Political Science (PhD Candidate) | Participant | I-R-1 — Ethics, Metaphysics, and Religious Encounters in the Secular State |
| Bienvenue Mukungilwa | Department of Anthropology (Graduate Student) | Participant | VI-N-10 — Well -Being and Identity in Migrant and Mobile Communities |
| Brenda Chalfin | Department of Anthropology / Center for African Studies | Participant | VI-T-10 — Film & Media Critic: The Waste Commons |
| Damian Oakes | Department of Anthropology (PhD Student) | Participant | VI-N-10 — Well -Being and Identity in Migrant and Mobile Communities |
| Daniel Acosta | Department of Environmental and Global Health / Center for African Studies | Participant | II-G-2 — Determinants of Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Hazards in the Sahel |
| John Muchira | Center for African Studies (PAL Coordinator)/ Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | Participant | VIII-I-7 Internationalization of Higher Education Through African-Centered Pedagogies |
| Joy Ugwu | Public Relations (College of Journalism and Communications, Student) | Participant | V-B-8 — New Light on Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria |
| Kanayo Nomeh | Department of Political Science (PhD Candidate) | Participant | IV-D-8 — Africa -China Engagements, Part II: Examining |
| Lawrence Fletcher | Department of Anthropology (PhD Student) | Participant | VI-N-10 — Well -Being and Identity in Migrant and Mobile Communities |
| Leonardo Villalón | Center for Latin American Studies (Interim Director) / Department of Political Science / Center for African Studies | Chair, Discussant, Participant | II-G-2 — Determinants of Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Hazards in the Sahel IX-C-8 Living in a Postcolonial Anthropocene IX-D-21 — Informal/Formal Institutions and Institutional Change |
| Macodou Fall | Department of Religion (PhD Student) | Participant | I-R-1 — Ethics, Metaphysics, and Religious Encounters in the Secular State |
| Maha Bouhnin | Department of Anthropology (PhD Student) | Participant | VI-N-10 — Well -Being and Identity in Migrant and Mobile Communities |
| Marcelline Amouzou | Department of Political Science (PhD Student) | Chair, Participant | II-B-3 — Institutions and Memories of Power |
| Miles Larmer | Center for African Studies (CAS Director) / Department of History | Participant | IX-G-8 — Governing Climate Change in Africa, Part I |
| Mosunmola Adeojo | Department of English (PhD Candidate) | Participant | I-Q-1 — The Media Forms and Change: From Cartoons to Telegraph Communications in Anglophone Africa |
| Philip Janzen | Department of History / Center for African Studies | Author, Chair, Participant | III-A-3 — Author Meets Critic: An Unformed Map |
| Rebecca Nagy | School of Art + Art History / Harn Museum of Art | Chair | IX-I-9 — Roundtable: KNUST Alumni: Generative Sparks Across the Atlantic |
| Renata Serra | Center for African Studies (Master of Sustainable Development Practice) | Participant | II-G-2 — Determinants of Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Hazards in the Sahel |
| Richard Kweitsu | Department of Political Science (PhD Candidate) | Participant | IV-D-11 — Trust, Identity, and Political Expectations in African |
| Sarah McKune | Department of Environmental and Global Health / Center for African Studies | Participant | II-G-2 — Determinants of Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Hazards in the Sahel |
| Sebastian Elischer | Department of Political Science (Associate Professor) | Participant | XI-D-26 — The Changing Shape of Foreign Policy Within Within and About Africa |
| Stephen Quansah | Department of Political Science (PhD Student) | Participant | XII-D-30 — The Politics of Resources and Commodities |
| Taryrn Brown | School of Teaching and Learning (College of Education) | Co-Chair, Participant | I-I-1 — Education and Pedagogical Issues in Africa VII-I-6 — Roundtable: Collective Memory Work as a Catalyst: XII-M-13 — Literary and Intellectual Landscapes |
| Todd H. Leedy | Center for African Studies (CAS Associate Director) | Participant | XI-Q-8 — Interregional Conflict and Global Sports Events |
| Victoria Farayola | Department of Political Science (PhD Student) | Participant | X-P-10 — Military Interventions in African Regional Conflicts |