Contributors
- Contributors
Pádraig Carmody is lecturer in human geography at Trinity College, Dublin. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota in 1998. Among his books are Globalization in Africa: Recolonization or Renaissance? (Lynne Rienner, forthcoming) and Neoliberalism, Civil Society and Security in Africa (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). He may be contacted by e-mail at: carmodyp@tcd.ie.
Belinda Dodson is an associate professor of geography at the University of Western Ontario. She received her Ph.D. in geography from Cambridge University in 1990, after which she spent seven years teaching at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She grew up in Swaziland, Zambia, and South Africa, and her academic interests remain focused on the southern African region. Much of her research has been conducted within the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP), where her particular contribution has been on the gender dimensions of cross-border migration. She has published numerous journal articles (including in Africa Today, volume 48, 2001), book chapters, and SAMP policy papers. She may be contacted by e-mail at: bdodson@uwo.ca.
Godfrey Hampwaye is a lecturer of economic geography in the Department of Geography at the University of Zambia and an assistant dean for postgraduate studies in the School of Natural Sciences at the same university. He received his Ph.D. from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is associated with the School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published several papers focusing on decentralization, local economic development, and urban agriculture in Zambia. He may be contacted by e-mail at: hampwaye@yahoo.co.uk.
Francis T. Koti is an assistant professor of geography at the University of North Alabama, Florence. He received his Ph.D. in geography from West Virginia University in 2004. He is coeditor of the Kenya Studies Review (ISSN: 2150-5764) and a member of the editorial board of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. His research focus is the integration of geospatial technologies with community local knowledge for a better understanding of socially and spatially differentiated African urban landscapes. He may be contacted by e-mail at: ftkoti@una.edu.
Sarah L. Smiley is assistant professor of geography at Morgan State University. She received her Ph.D. in geography from The University of Kansas in 2007. Her research interests include segregation, urban life, [End Page 112] transnationalism, and housing and development. She may be contacted by e-mail at: sarah.smiley@morgan.edu.
Muriel Adjubi Yeboah is assistant professor of geography at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in geography from West Virginia University in 2008. Her research interests include gender, development, and urbanization issues. She may be contacted by e-mail at: mayeboah@vuu.edu [End Page 113]
