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About the Contributors Journal of Global Initiatives Vol. 11, No. 2, 2017, pp. 131-133 About the Contributors Akosua Boatemaa Ameyaw-Akumfi is an MPhil student with the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast. She has interest in urban/rural green spaces and rural transportation. Email: [email protected]. Amidu Owolabi Ayeni teaches at the Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Nigeria. His research focus is on water resources and climate change adaptation. He completed his post-doctoral research at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa and completed various short training programs and workshops on water resource management in various institutions, including the ITC Enschede Netherland (on Environmental Hydrology for water Security, 2015); and ICTP, Trieste, Italy (on Water Resources in Developing Countries: Planning and Management in a Climate Change Scenarios, 2009). In addition, he has completed various environmental impacts assessment (EIA) projects across Nigeria as a socio-economic and environmental hydrology consultant. Email: [email protected]. Yaw Asamoah is a principal research assistant at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning (DGRP) in the University of Cape Coast (UCC) with research interest in environmental and natural resource management, as well as climate change and water-related conflicts. Email: [email protected]. Joshua G. Bagaka’s (PhD) is a professor of educational research design and statistics in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations in the College of Education and Human Services and director of Assessment of Student Learning at Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. Email: [email protected]. Paul Baidoo is a lecturer at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar at the St. Cloud State University, MN, USA. Paul has interest in development and environment, geopolitics, agriculture and food security, and resource management. Email: [email protected]. Komla Dzigbede is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He holds a PhD in public policy from Georgia State University, and has research and teaching 132 Journal of Global Initiatives interests in public finance, quantitative methods, and international development management. Email: [email protected]. Regina J. Giraldo-Garcia is an adjunct instructor of Educational Research and Evaluation in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations, in the College of Education and Human Services at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Giraldo-García’s research interest includes social justice in education, the academic achievement of minority groups, and the use of technology in educational environments. Email: [email protected]. Ngozi Caleb Kamalu is professor of political science in the Department of Government and History at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. Professor Kamalu is the recipient of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors Award for excellence in Teaching. He holds B.A. and M.P.A. degrees from Texas Southern University and a PhD in Political Science from Howard University, Washington, D.C. Kamalu, also, served as Research Assistant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Before joining Fayetteville State University, Dr. Kamalu taught at Howard University, Washington, D.C., and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina. Email: [email protected]. Collins Adjei Mensah is a lecturer at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He earned his PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK. Collins was awarded in 2015 by the International Social Science Council as a World Social Science Fellow in the area of sustainable urbanization. His research interests are in the areas of urban planning, public and green space management, and environmental sustainability. Email: [email protected]. Ishmael Mensah has a PhD in Tourism from the University of Cape Coast. He is senior lecturer in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management of the same university. He earned post-graduate certificates in hospitality administration and event planning & tradeshow management from Georgia State University. His research interests include environmental management in the hospitality industry, service quality management, roots tourism, and tourism marketing. Email: [email protected]. Walter Gam Nkwi holds a Ph.D. in Social History from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. He lectures in the Department of History, University of Buea, Cameroon, and since 2015 has been the Faculty Officer in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Buea, Cameroon. His research interests include migration, conflict, and cultural and technological history of Africa. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Contributors 133 Adams Osman is a senior research assistant in the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests are in areas of spatial planning, coastal management, risk assessment, and cartography. Email: [email protected]. Jusuf Salih is assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton, Ohio. He has taught various courses on religion in different universities prior to joining the University of Dayton. His main area of scholarly interest is Islamic theology, Islam in the West, comparative religions and Ottoman intellectual history. Email: [email protected]. Hope Torkornoo is professor of marketing & international business in the Coles College of Business at KSU. He holds a PhD degree from Georgia State University and teaches MBA, Executive MBA and undergraduate courses in Marketing and International Business. His research interests include sustainability, foreign direct investment, and marketing decisions and performance in emerging economies. Email: [email protected]. .