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October 7, 2025

Women in Higher Education: Leveraging Liberatory Practices Globally to Shape the Academy

4-5:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual

Join the University of Maryland, College of Education for the Harold R. W. Benjamin Professorship Lecture on October 7 at 4 p.m. EST via Zoom.

The lecture will feature discussions on women in higher education leadership and how they leverage liberatory practices to help shape education on a global scale. 

Featured Speaker

Prof. Abigail Opoku Mensah

Founding Acting Administrator, Ghana National Research Fund

Director, Research and Consultancy Centre, UPSA-Ghana

Panelists

Ms. Mamosa Makaya
Communications professional in public diplomacy program work and advocate of women empowerment in leadership in South Africa.

Dr. Ummu Markwei
Senior Lecturer in Applied Sociology and Head of Department for Business Administration, UPSA-Ghana.

Dr. Di-Tu Dissassa
Fulbright Scholar and educator focused on occupational wellness, trauma in higher education, professional identity, and healing in communities of color.

 

 

 

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