Research Fellows, Curators, Outreach, and Other Affiliated Staff

Coit Blacker
Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Research: Soviet/U.S. foreign and security policies; national and international security relations

Byron Bland
Associate Director of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, and Research Associate, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law(CDDRL)

Research: Peace studies; peace building; negotiation; forgiveness; reconciliation; transitional justice

Larry Diamond
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution

Research: Comparative problems of democratic development and consolidation; U.S. and international policies to promote democracy and foster development; Democratic consolidation in Taiwan, in comparative perspective; Democratic transitions and prospects in Africa; Public attitudes and values toward democracy in new democracies
Countries: Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana

Karen Fung
Curator, Africana Collections, Humanities and Area Studies Resource Center, Green Library

Countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Gary Mukai
Program Officer, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)

Eva Prionas
Coordinator of the Special Language Program, Language Center

Regina Roberts
Assistant Curator African Collection, Green Library

Thomas Seligman
Director, Cantor Arts Center

Research: Arts of Africa; Arts and culture of the Tuareg people of West Africa
Countries: Niger, Mali, Liberia, East Africa

Stephen Stedman
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies

Research: Global governance; collective security; United Nations; United States Foreign Policy; conflict resolution and war termination; civil wars; peacekeeping and peacebuilding
Countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia,
Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Algeria

2007-2008 Visiting Scholars

Sindani Kiangu

David Gutelius

Research: North African social history, social networks, and market dynamics; Saharan and West African history; Islamic reformist movements and Muslim organizations in Africa; Islamic law and legal practice in West Africa; Social and cultural contexts for technology development and innovation
Countries: Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan

David Hill

Jessica Piombo

Barry Schutz

Lucy Thairu

Elaine Windrich