Ian yeboah, Ph.D., Professor of geography
My research and teaching focus on three areas. These are globalization and Sub-Saharan African urbanization, globalization and Sub-Saharan African migration, and globalization and Sub-Saharan African poverty. My work is situated within two areas of specialization of the department: global development and politics and, urbanization and mobility. I have supervised a number of graduate students who have gone on to Ph.D. programs all over North America.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Calgary, Canada, 1994;
M.Sc., University of Calgary, Canada, 1988;
B.A. (Hons.), Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology, 1982.
Teaching Responsibilities
Global Forces- Local diversity (GEO 101); Global Change (GEO 211); Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (GE0 301); Global Periphery’s Urbanization (GEO 475/575); and Global Poverty (GEO 476/576).
selected publications
Books:
2008: Black African Neo-Diaspora: Ghanaian Immigrant Experiences in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Lexington Books: Lanham, MD., USA
Read an excerpt of Professor Yeboah’s recent book at this site:
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
2008: Ethnic Emancipation and Urban Land Claims: Disenfranchisement of the Ga of Accra, Ghana. Geographical Research, 46(4): 435-445
2007: HIV/AIDS and the Construction of Africa: Heuristic Lessons from the Social Sciences for Policy. Social Science and Medicine, 64: 1128-1150
2006: Subaltern Strategies and Development Practice: Urban Water Privatization in Ghana. The Geographical Journal, 172(1): 50-65
2005: Housing the Urban Poor in Twenty-first Century Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Mismatch and a Way Forward for Ghana. GeoJournal, 62(1): 147-161
2003: Demographic and Housing Aspects of Structural Adjustment and Emerging Urban Form in Accra, Ghana. Africa Today, 50(1): 106-119
Book Chapters
2010: Historical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Constraints in Sam Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.) Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 93-120, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
2010: Political Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa and Emerging Democratic Trend in Sam Aryeetey-Attoh (ed.) Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 121-150, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
2009: Globalization and Ghanaian Immigrant Trajectories to Cincinnati: Who Benefits? In John Frazier, Joe T. Darden & Norah F. Henry (eds.) The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the dawn of the 21st Century: Global Academic Publishing: Binghamton, New York
Current Research
1. Developmental Impacts of Migration on Ghana funded by The Global Development Network and Institute of Public Policy Research
2. Accra Under Mature Globalization
3. Urban System of Ghana