Women and Power in Africa
Aspiring, Campaigning, and Governing
Edited by Leonardo Arriola, Martha Johnson, and Melanie Phillips
Author Information
Edited by Leonardo Arriola, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Martha Johnson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Science Department Head, Mills College, and Melanie Phillips, PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Leonardo R. Arriola is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research has been published in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and World Politics. He is author of Multiethnic Coalitions in Africa (Cambridge University Press), which received a best book award from APSA's African Politics section and an honorable mention for the Gregory Luebbert Prize from APSA's Comparative Politics section. He is co-editor of Africa Spectrum, an interdisciplinary journal of African studies, and an elected member of the board of directors of the African Studies Association (ASA).
Martha Johnson received her PhD in Political Science from the University of California-Berkeley. She current serves as Department Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Mills College. Her research examines the politics of bureaucratic capacity in Africa, as well as women in politics, with a geographical focus on Francophone states. A former Fulbright scholar, she has conducted research in and written on Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Benin. Her work has been published in American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Africa Today, Journal of Modern African Studies, Development Policy Review, and Development and Change.
Melanie L. Phillips is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on the intra-party dynamics of candidate selection in new democracies where political parties control selection. She holds a Master's in Political Science from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of California, San Diego, where she was a McNair Scholar. Her dissertation research has been funded by the National Science Foundation as well as the Institute of International Studies and the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley.
Contributors:
Leonardo R. Arriola is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Gretchen Bauer is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware.
Amanda Clayton is Assistant Professor in Political Science at Vanderbilt University.
Amanda Coffie is Research Fellow in the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana.
Akosua K. Darkwah is Associate Professor and Department Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Ghana.
Rachel Fischer is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Matthew Gichohi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen.
Martha C. Johnson is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Political Science Department Head at Mills College.
Alice Kang is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Peace A. Medie is Senior Lecturer in Gender and International Politics at the University of Bristol.
Ragnhild Muriaas is Professor and Deputy Dean of Research in the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen.
Melanie L. Phillips is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lise Rakner is Professor in the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen.
Amanda Robinson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University.
