Africa Research Seminar

This seminar is intended for graduate students who are conducting original research in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Primarily intended for graduate students in the social sciences and relatedhumanistic fields, the seminar will provide students with a framework for engaging recent scholarship, developing their own theoretically informed questions, and proposing rigorous research designs.Students will also discuss the structure and quality of scholarly writing. Students will ultimately produce a research paper that serves as the basis for a prospectus, dissertation chapter, or publishable article.