Faculty

Faculty in the African Studies minor at NYU Abu Dhabi come from all over the world with a wide range of teaching and research interests. You will find biographies, course listings, research and publications, and contact information on each faculty member's individual profile.

Awam Amkpa, Dean of Arts and Humanities; Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis; Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: aa67@nyu.edu
Education: BA Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife); MA Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria); PhD Bristol University

Research Interests: modernisms in film and theater, postcolonial film and theater, Black Atlantic films and theater, vis...
Samuel Mark Anderson, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sma326@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Washington; MA New York University; PhD University of California Los Angeles

Research Interests: visual ethnography; aesthetics; politics; performance; media; postcolonial theory; violence; war; hu...
Andrew J. Eisenberg, Program Head, Music; Associate Professor of Music; Global Network Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aje2000@nyu.edu
Education: BMus New York University; MA, PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: anthropology of music; anthropology of sound; African popular music; sound and space; ethnicity and ...
Morgan Hardy, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: morgan.hardy@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia University; PhD Brown University

Research Interests: Development economics; Firms; Labor markets; Social networks
Jonathan Andrew Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jah26@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in Government, Harvard University

Research Interests: Institutions and political behavior in Africa
Martin Klimke, Vice Provost; Associate Professor of History; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: klimke@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD University of Heidelberg

Research Interests: intersections of political and cultural, diplomatic, and transnational history, 20th century US-Euro...
Yaw Nyarko, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: yn1@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Ghana; MA and PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Human capital; Economic growth
Erin Pettigrew, Associate Professor of History and Arab Crossroads Studies; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: erin.pettigrew@nyu.edu
Education: BA Hollins University; MA University of California Los Angeles; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: 19th and 20th century West Africa, histories of Islam, race, and healing
Nathalie Peutz, Associate Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology; Network Associate Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: npeutz@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: forced migration and displacement; mobility and immobility; conservation and development; identity a...
Melina Platas, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mrp335@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Political Science, Stanford University; BA in Human Biology, Stanford University

Research Interests: Comparative political and human development in sub-Saharan Africa
Peter Cornelis van der Windt, Program Head of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: petervanderwindt@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Columbia University; MPhil(cum laude) Tilburg University

Research Interests: Africa; Experiments; Governance; Displacement; Poverty