Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Department:  Department of Development Studies

Position: Lecturer

Email: [email protected]

Academic areas of Interest: Social Development Issues

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Nationality: Ghanaian

Birth Date: 3^rd August 1982

Sex: Female

Marital Status: Married

ACADEMIC DEGREES

August 2008 – June 2012: MSC. Development Policy and Planning, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

August 2002-June 2006: Bsc. (Hons) Planning, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

·   National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Volunteer Service Overseas workshop on Community Engagement with Local Government.

·         Working Together Process for Ghana Citizens and Local Government (GAIT II) Program

·         ASI System Zip Code Street Address House Numbering Project

·         Monitoring and Evaluation Training Workshop on Quality Education

·         Workshop on Preparation of Education Medium Term Plan

·         National Literacy Acceleration Programme (NALAP) Reading Assessment Workshop

·         The Effective way of Teaching Tertiary students held on the 19th of December, 2014.

·         Research and Data Analysis held on the 29th and 30th of July 2015

Courses Taught

Introduction to Development Planning

Theories of Development and Underdevelopment

Social Development

Social Structures and Stratification in Ghana    

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1.      Women  in local governance; the study of female assembly members  in the Volta and Eastern regions of Ghana by Martin Akotey and Adelaide Gyasi  

2.      The role of women in the construction industry: the study of construction companies in Kumasi of Ghana.