UMAPS Research Colloquium Series

March 30: Inverse Heat Conduction, Cancer, Cultural Repository and Neonatal Health in Africa

Marissa Balmith (South Africa), “The role of the estrogen receptor in breast cancer dormancy”

Tesfaye Wondyifraw (Ethiopia), “The Newly Discovered Pre-historic Rock Art Paintings along the Valley of the Blue Nile”

James Orwa (Kenya), “Comparison of machine learning and logistic regression as predictive models for adverse maternal outcomes of deliveries: A hospital-based retrospective study”

Jean Pierre Ngendahayo (Rwanda), "Estimation of Surface Temperatures from Nonlinear Heat Conduction Models from Quenching Applications"

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April 06: Theater, Race-Linked Genomics and Consumer Protection in Africa

Jude Okoye (Nigeria), “Signatures of high mortality risk and life-choice practices among patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Nigeria”

Tshepiso Scott (South Africa), “Small enterprises in South Africa: is their protection as consumers warranted?”

Eyerusaleam Kassahun (Ethiopia), “Decolonizing the National Theater of Ethiopia”

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April 13: Cyber Security, Infrastructures of Green Governance and Child Health in Africa

Grace Njoki Maina (Kenya), “Re-thinking Complementarity in Leadership; The Place and Role of  Women in Indigenous Systems of Governance”

Daniel Ramotsoela (South Africa), “Verifiable Computation for Data-Oblivious Sequestered Encryption Applications”

Meseret Azene (Ethiopia), “Epidemiology of diarrhea among children with diarrhea aged  6-59 months attending Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

Bosena Yirga (Ethiopia), “The Governance of Green Infrastructure Planning and Management in Hawassa, Ethiopia”

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Science Policy, Black Feminist Thought and Maternal Health in Africa

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 (2-4:30 PM) – Register in advance »

Joseph M. Sieka (Liberia)
“Addressing the Second and Third Delays: Using a WhatsApp-based Referral & Obstetrics Triage System in Liberia”

Justine Germo Nzweundji (Cameroon)
“Mapping Study of STEM Undergraduate Education in Cameroon”

Ann L. Moagi (South Africa)
“Investigating Intersecting Challenges and Sexual Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers from Lesotho Into South Africa Households”

Energy Practices, Population Dynamics, and Cultures of Resistance in Africa

Tuesday, November 1 (4-6 PM) – Register in advance »

Samuel Boahen (Ghana)
“What If Disaster Strikes the Water-energy-food Nexus System?”

Thembelihle Luthuli (South Africa)
“Factors Associated with Depression in South Africa”

Rodwell Makombe (South Africa)
“Change Without Change: The Specter of Mugabeism in Kapfupi and Marabha’s Comic Videos of the Post-Mugabe Era”

Ritual Dance, Artificial Intelligence, and Multimedia Subjectivities in Africa

Monday, November 7 (2-4:30 PM) – Register in advance »

Narh Hargoe (Ghana)
“Klama Religious Dance in Ghana: Encountering Dangme Culture”

Nancy Judith Awori (Kenya)
“Sexual Minorities Representation in Films”

Ugochi Adaku Okengwu (Nigeria)
“Sentiment Analysis on Climate Change Using Deep Learning”

Thermodynamics, Locality, and Elite Politics in Africa

Monday, November 21 (2-4:30 PM) – Register in advance »

Uwitonze Pierre Celestin (Rwanda)
“Alternative Ideas of African Students in Thermodynamics Concepts”

Anne Jepkemboi (Uganda)
“The Political Economy of Sugar Production and Development: Uganda 1930-2018”

Celso Monjane (Mozambique)
“The Political Economy of Linkages in the Mozambique's Commodity Sector”