Obioma Nnaemeka

Obioma Nnaemeka is Professor of French, women’s studies, and African/African Diaspora studies and a former Director of Women’s Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis. She is the President of the Association of African Women Scholars. A former Rockefeller Humanist in Residence (University of Minnesota), Edith Kreeger-Wolf Distinguished Visiting Professor (Northwestern University), and Verne Wagner Distinguished Visiting Professor (University of Kansas), Professor Nnaemeka has taught in several institutions in Africa and the USA. She is the recipient of numerous national and international awards and serves on the Board of Trustees of many international non-governmental organisations and on the editorial board of several scholarly journals. She has published extensively on literature, women’s studies, development, and African/African Diaspora studies.