N’DRI THÉRÈSE ASSIÉ-LUMUMBA

N’DRI THÉRÈSE ASSIÉ-LUMUMBA has been appointed director of the Institute for African Development at Cornell University. A professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center of the College of Arts and Sciences, AssiéLumumba holds two bachelor’s and two master’s from the University of Lyon. She earned a Ph.D. in comparative education from the University of Chicago.