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Curriculum Vita

Jane Kani Edward, Ph.D. Department of African and African American Studies

Fordham University 441 East Fordham Road, Dealy Hall Room 636

Bronx, NY 10458 Phone: (718) 817-3746; Fax: (718) 817-3385

Email: edward@fordham.edu PRESENT POSITION Associate Clinical Professor and Director of African Immigration Research, the Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP), Department of African and African American Studies, Fordham University, Bronx, New York. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Experience

Human rights and education

Equity and Social Justice Issues

Gender, Race, Class and representation

Gender issues in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations

African Immigration to the United States EDUCATION 2004 Ph.D. in Sociology in Education, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. Thesis: “Understanding Socio-Cultural Change: Transformations and Future Imagining Among Southern Sudanese Women Refugees.” Supervisor: Prof. George Dei 1996 M.A. in Sociology/Anthropology, Department of Sociology/Anthropology the American University in Cairo. Thesis: “Women as Refugees: Change Through Displacement among Southern Sudanese Women in Cairo.” 1986 B.A. in Education (Arts) College of Education, Juba University, Southern Sudan ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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2008 – 2011 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of African and African American Studies, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. 2006-2008 Senior Research Assistant, The Bronx African American History Project, Department of African and African American Studies, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. 2004-2006 External Associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005-2005 Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Community Services and Development, George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS June-August 2013 The Sudd Institute Gender Research Fellowship, funded by the United States Institute of Peace. 2009 - 2010 Grant from the New York Council for Humanities to organize lecture series on “African Immigration to the Bronx”. 2008- 2010 Grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for the project “African Immigrants in the Bronx, New York”. 2001 Grant from the United State Institute of Peace to participate in a workshop on “The Vulnerabilities of Conflict and Conflict Management in Africa” held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. 2000 Grant from the Norwegian Organizing Committee to participate as a presenter, in “The 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences”, University of Oslo, Norway. 1996 Grant from Ford Foundation, Cairo’s Office, for the project “Sudan Cultural Digest Project (SCDP)”. 1996 Fellowship from the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Austria (Department of Development Cooperation) to participate in “The 4th Postgraduate Course on Human Rights of Women, Kampala, Uganda. 1995 Grant from Ford Foundation for “The Fourth World Conference on Women, NGO Forum”, Beijing, China. 1995 Fellowship from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (C O D E S R I A) to participate in seminar organized by the Gender Institute Dakar, Senegal.

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1992-1996 Ford Foundation Fellowship for a Masters Program in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology, the American University in Cairo, Egypt.” PUBLICATIONS BOOKS

Sudanese Women Refugees: Transformations and Future Imaginings. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. BOOK CHAPTERS

“Conflict, Customary Law, Gender, and Women’s rights in South Sudan,” In South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas (ed.) Amir Idris, London and New York: Routlege Tylor & Francis Group, 2018, pp. 57-73. “The Consequences of Sudan’s Civil Wars on the Civilian Population,” In Civilians in Wartime Africa from Slavery Days to the Rwandan Genocide (ed.) John Laband. The Greenwood Press, 2006. “South Sudanese Refugee Women: Questioning the Past, Imagining the Future,” pp. 272-289, In Women’s Rights and Human Rights: International Historical Perspectives, edited by Patricia Grimshaw, Katie Holmes and Marilyn Lake, London: Palgrave, 2001. JOURNAL ARTICLES “Reconfiguring the South Sudanese Women’s Movement,” BRILL: HAAWA – Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, vol. 17, issue 1, (April 2019), pp. 55-84. “Women and Human Rights in South Sudan,” journal of Catholic Social Thought, vol. 10, no. 1, (Winter 2013), pp. 91-115. RESEARCH REPORTS

“Conflict, Customary Law, and Women’s Rights in South Sudan,” Sudan Institute for Research and Policy, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. 2016, http://www.sudaninstitute.org “A Strategy for Achieving Gender Equality in South Sudan,” The Sudd Institute, Juba, South Sudan, funded by the United State Institute for Peace (USIP), January 2014, www.suddinstitute.org

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“White Paper on African Immigration to the Bronx,” The Bronx African American History Project of Fordham University, funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, August 2010. OPINION ARTICLES “What is the Status of Women in South Sudan after Beijing Plus?” April 6, 2015, www.sudantribune.com “Offsetting Misconceptions of African Women in Diaspora,” February 25, 2015, http://muslimcommunityreport.com “South Sudan Needs Caring and Credible Political Leadership,” March 1, 2014, www.sudantribune.com “Can Women in South Sudan Make National Decisions?” April 14, 2013, www.sudantribune.com “The Challenges Women Face in Politics.” FOFCOD: Forum for Community Change and Development Newsletter, April 2013, www.fofcod.org “More Thank Hair Braiding.” African Trumpet: The Voices of African in America, Edition 25, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 26, 2012), p. 10, http://www.africantrunpet.com “Women and Political Participation in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities.” September 7, 2011, www.sudantribune.com “Why South Sudan History Project?” African Trumpet: The Voices of African in America, Edition 17, Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 2011), p. 8, http://www.africantrumpet.com “The Urgency of Implementing the South Sudan Research Council Act.”March 13, 2011, www.sudantribune.com “Reflecting on Untold Stories of Southern Sudanese Women.” March 5, 2011, www.sudantribune.com “Shortcoming of the 25% Affirmative Action for Women in Southern Sudan.” March 11, 2009, www.sudantribune.com “Women and Customary Law in Southern Sudan.” March 8, 2007, www.sudantribune.com “Southern Sudanese Women’s Achievement.” March 8, 2006. www.sudantribune.com

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“Are There no Women in the Southern Sudan?” January 22, 2006. www.sudantribune.com PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES May 23, 2018 participant at Faculty Technology Day, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. May 24, 2016 Participant at Faculty Technology Day, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. February –December 2016 Member of the Inaugural Faculty Pedagogy Seminar, Fordham University. March – September 2016 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 4th United States Conference on African Immigrant and Refugee Health, queens, NY. June-August, 2013 Gender Research Fellow, the Sudd Institute, Juba South Sudan. April 2013 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP) 10th Anniversary Conference and Concert, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. 2005 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Sudan Studies Association hosted by the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2005 Associate Faculty, Course on Refugee Issues, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1997 Fieldwork research among Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. 1996-1997 Research Fellow, “Sudan Cultural Digest Project”, Cairo, Egypt. 1995 A consultant for the Ford Foundation, Cairo, Egypt. 1991-1992 Director of Women Section, Department of Community Development, Juba, Southern Sudan. 1990 Team Leader of Community Development Officers, Lologo Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) camp, Juba, Southern Sudan.

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1989-1990 Team Leader of Community Development Officers, Jebel Kujur Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) camp Juba, Southern Sudan. 1987-1988 Assistant Coordinator for Community Development and Research, Support Unit Office, Juba, Southern Sudan 1987 Assistant Inspector for Community Development, Development Office, Juba, Southern Sudan.” CONFERENCE AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS November 27, 2018 “Recognizing the Diversity and Influence of Africans in America” Presentation during African Diaspora Extravaganza, Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York.

January 11, 2018 “Researching African Immigrant Communities in the Bronx, presentation at the City University of New York (CUNY’s) Graduate Center, New York, NY. November 1, 2017 “African Immigration Research,” presentation at the City University of New York (CUNY’s) Graduate Center, New York, NY. May 24, 2017 “My Contribution to the Bronx African America History Project,” Presentation at the Qualitative inquiry in Psychology, Annual Conference, at Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, NY (May 24-25, 2017). May 6, 2017 “Identity Formation among African Immigrant Youth,” presentation at the Yankasa Masjid (Mosque), 1707 Townsend Avenue, Bronx, NY. 10453. October 21, 2016 “How can UNSCR 1325 & 2304 be used in the Current Situation to Achieve Peace and Political Stability in South Sudan” paper presented during the High Level Panel on South Sudan, the United Nations, New York, NY. September 17, 2016 “What Challenges Imped African Immigrants’ Health and Integration,” paper presented at the 4th United States Conference on African immigrant and Refugee health, Queens, New York (September 16-18, 2016). September 4, 2016 Panel Discussion on “Women’s Perspective on Security and Economic Situation in South Sudan,” The 16th Annual Conference of Equatoria South Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA), Minneapolis, Minnesota, (September 3rd – 4th, 2016.

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July 2, 2016 “Belief Systems and Change among the Nyagwara of South Sudan,” presentation during the second Annual Conference of the Nyangwara Development Organization International, Lincoln, Nebraska (July 2-3, 2016). April 13, 2016 “Conflict, Customary Law, and Women’s Rights in South Sudan,” paper presented during a public lecture at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. February 11, 2016 “Africans in the Bronx: Developing Communities Abroad and in Africa,” paper presented during Black History Month Celebration, Hostos Community college, Bronx, New York. November 8, 2015 “Women and War in South Sudan,” paper presented at a conference organized by the SPLM US Chapter, Humphry School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (November 6-8, 2015). July 3, 2015 “The Nyangwara of South Sudan,” paper presented at the 1st Annual Conference of the Nyangwara Development Organization International, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (July 3-4, 2015). March 31, 2015 “Education is Key to Overcome Challenges Facing African Women in Diaspora,” Public event organized, by African Life Center, Lincoln Medical Center Auditorium, Bronx, New York. September 19, 2014 “Africans in the Bronx: Building Communities Abroad and at Home,” paper presented at the 2nd United States Conference on African Immigrant and Refugee Health, Pittsburgh, PA. (September 19-21, 2014). August 30, 2014 “Present but Overlooked: Equatorians and South Sudan Liberation Struggles – 1955-2005,” The 14th Annual Conference of Equatoria South Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA), Des Moines, Iowa, (August 30-September 1, 2014). April 3, 2014 “Changing the Image of African Diaspora Women,” Public event organized by Ntumba.Ntumba Apparel for the Soul, Columbia University. March 20, 2014 “Changing the Image of African Diaspora Women,” Public event organized by Fordham University’s School of Continuing Education and Ntumba.Ntumba Apparel for the Soul, Fordham University. August 17, 2013 “Enhancing Women Participation in Leadership through Gender Equality,” Public Lecture organized by the Sudd Institute, Juba South Sudan.

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September 1, 2012 “Strengthening Women’s Collective Action for Better Equatoria.” The 12th Annual Conference of Equatoria South Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA), Greensboro, North Carolina. April 21, 2012 “Importance of Women’s Education.” The first Sudanese Women Conference, Des Moines Iowa. March 20, 2012 “Women and Human Rights in South Sudan.” A Conference on the Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights, Office for Mission and Ministry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. September 1, 2011 “Women and Political Participation in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities.” The 11th Annual Conference of Equatoria Sudanese Community Association Denver (ESSCA-USA), Colorado, USA. June 29, 2011 “Contemporary African Immigration to United States.” A lecture for the City Lore School Program, Schaumburg Center, Harlem, NY. May 24, 2011 “African Immigrant Population in the Bronx.” Workshop on Celebrating Diversity and Unity across the Diaspora, at the Legislative Office Building, Albany, New York. April 15, 2011 “Gender Issues in Conflict and Post-Conflict Sudan.” A Panel on Divided Sudan: Prospects for Peace and Economic Recovery after the South’s Secession,” The Global Studies Program, New School University, New York, NY. July 5, 2010 “African Immigration to the United States.” A lecture for the History Makers Scholars Program, Fordham University, Bronx, New York. September 1, 2010 “The Need to Write Our History in Post-Referendum Era.” The 10th Annual Conference of Equatoria Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA), Washington DC, USA. May 27, 2007 “The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Decision to Return.” Conference of Sudan Studies Association, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. August 8, 2006 “The Ignored History of Women in Sudanese Post-Colonial Scholarship.” The 25th Annual Meeting of the Sudan Studies Association, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA. December 18, 2005 “Women Living Under Customary Law.” Conference of Southern Sudanese Women Empowerment Network, Gate Way College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

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August 18, 2005 “Challenging the Victimized and Dependent Image of African Women Refugees: The Case of Southern Sudanese Women Refugees in Cairo.” The 24th Annual Meeting of the Sudan Studies Association, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 4, 2005 “The Implication of Sudan Peace Agreement on Development.” Conference on the International Development Week, at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. October 6, 2004 “Perspectives on the Recurring Crisis in Sudan,” Workshop on the Global South, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. September 2001 “Vulnerabilities of Conflict and Conflict Management in Africa.” Workshop on Conflict in Africa, the America University in Cairo, Egypt. August 2000 “South Sudanese Refugee Women: Questioning the Past, Imagining the Future.” The 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway. June 1997 “Redefining Gender Relations among Displaced Sudanese Women in Cairo.” The fourth Sudan Studies International conference, the American University in Cairo, Egypt. July 1996 “The Situation of Southern Sudanese Women in Light of International Human Rights Conventions.” The fourth Postgraduate Course on Human Rights of Women, Kampala, Uganda. September 1995 “Civil War, Government Policies and the Position of Southern Sudanese Women.” NGO Forum on women at the Fourth World Conference of Women, Beijing, China. April 1995 “Problems of Female Heads of Household: A Study of Three Southern Sudanese Households in Cairo.” Symposium on cultural diversity and nation building in Sudan, Sudanese Studies Center Cairo, Egypt. INVITED SEMINARS, WORSHOPS AND CONFERENCE October 26, 2018 Participated in “A Nation of Immigrants? 50 Years of the New Immigration” Conference, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. September 1995 participated in the NGO Forum, the fourth Beijing International Women’s Conference, Huairou City, China July 1995 Participated in Gender Institute 1995, Dakar, Senegal, organized by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, C O D E S R I A.

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September 1994 Participated in the NGO Forum, International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Cairo, Egypt. July 1994 Participated in a Sensitization workshop on “The Problem of Sudanese Displaced Women in Egypt”. Sudanese Women Forum Cairo, Egypt. February 1994 Participated in a workshop on “the Egyptian Women and Democratic Transformation in Egypt”. The Ibn Khaldun Center for Research and Development Cairo, Egypt. October 1989 Attended a Workshop on “AIDS in Juba, Southern Sudan”. The Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Health, Juba, Southern Sudan. July 1988 Attended a Seminar on “Self-help Projects for Displaced Women in Juba”. Sudan Council of Churches, Juba, Southern Sudan.

PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) – Initiative on Migration and Refugee Research, 2017 – Present. https://migrationdirectory.ajcunet.edu/usa/bronx/faculty/prof-jane-kani-edward Member of US. South Sudanese Academics and Professionals (USSSAP), a non-profit association, 2014 – Present. Board Member, My Sister’s Keeper, a women-led and women-focused organization, 2010– 2017. Research Associate of Sudan Institute for Research and Policy, a non-profit organization focused on Sudan and South Sudan, since 2009 to present. COMMUNITY SERVICE 2017-Present President, Equatorian South Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA). January – September 2017 Acting president, Equatorian South Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA). 2011-2017 Secretary of Women Affairs, Equatorian South Sudanese Community Association (ESSCA-USA).

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2003-2005 Chairperson of Sudanese Women in Action, a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1998-2000 Member of the Executive Committee of Southern Sudanese Community Organization of Greater Toronto – (SOSCO-GT). 1994-1996 Member of the Executive Committee of Displaced Mothers Hope Society, Cairo, Egypt. MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS November 13, 2019 my comments on the Department of African and African American Studies 50 years Anniversary featured in The Fordham Ram. The Fordham Ram Assistant News Editor interviewed me on November 11, 2019. https://fordhamram.com/72606/news/department-of-african-and-african-american-studies-celebrates-50-years/ November 5, 2019 A “Panel of African Community Leaders in the Bronx,” which I organized and moderated during the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of African and African American Studies, featured in Fordham News. https://news.fordham.edu/university-news/fordhams-department-of-african-and-african-american-studies-celebrates-50-years/ September 15, 2019 “NYC African Diaspora Town Hall: Engaging Communities, Honoring Leaders” in which I participated as a panelists was featured in the African journal Online. ttps://theafricanjournalonline.com/new-york-city-african-diaspora-town-hall-engaging-communities-and-honoring-leadership/ September 4, 2019 Brill Podcast on my article titled “Reconfiguring the Women’s Movement in South Sudan,” BRILL: HAAWA – Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, vol. 17, issue 1, (April 2019), pp. 55-84. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blog.brill.com_humanitiesmatter_women-5Fin-5Fsouth-5Fsudan.html&d=DwMF-g&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=GGtqUA0DnO5Y1PK-r22OX21slRJ5WaqwF9TZZm-L5DE&m=bkqbrYdynKgLn7HPOrgUlF7kLju9StLN1TMib_8rFfA&s=cKIOKAohnAYeHjWtT5_SzcIXWhKwsTmPJ96AosNn_N8&e=

May 2, 2017 “Interview: Discussing South Sudan with Dr. Jane Kani Edward,” by Ariun Enkhsaikhan, conducted on April 25, 2017 as part of the “Crises in Context” educational awareness campaign at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. https://rfkhumanrights.org/news/interview-discussing-south-sudan-with-dr-jane-kani-edward

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April 17, 2016 My lecture on “Conflict, Customary Law, and Women’s Rights in South Sudan, at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA on April 13, 2016, was featured on The College Reporter, a weekly, student-run newspaper of Franklin & Marshall College, http://www.the-college-reporter.com/2016/04/17/dr-jane-kani-edward-talks-gender-issues-in-south-sudan/ May 16, 2015 Interviewed by a Fordham News reporter to comment on the appearance of the First Lady of Ghana to deliver the keynote address during the 170th commencement and its significance for African communities in the United States and for African women in particular http://news.fordham.edu/university-news/170th-commencement-honors-class-of-2015/ August 31, 2014 Guest Speaker on The Eunice Malath Show, to discuss the importance of education for South Sudanese women and their role in the political process in South Sudan; https://youtu.be/tT8QoxGwE-0 April 9, 2014 Guest Speaker Guest Speaker on Voice of America South Sudan in Focus Radio Program commented on sanctions authorized by the US administration against anyone found to be fomenting violence or blocking peace process in South Sudan, https://www.voanews.com/a/blunt-instrument-good-step-south-sudan-comment-us-sanctions/1888225.html January 6, 2013 Guest Speaker on Voice of America South Sudan in Focus Radio Program, discussed my journal article titled “women and Human Rights in South Sudan,” and its implication on policies related to women and gender in South Sudan, https://www.voanews.com/z/1465 May 29, 2012, interviewed by DNAinfo.com, New York neighborhood News reporter on African immigrant businesspersons transnational trade engagements. https://voicesofny.org/2012/06/african-immigrants-shipping-containers-irritate-neighbors/ May 23, 2012 Guest Speaker on Voice of America South Sudan in Focus Radio Program, commented on the role of South Sudanese Women in the agricultural sector of South Sudan, https://www.voanews.com/z/1465 January 30, 2012 Guest Speaker on Bronx Net TV. Commented on the birth of South Sudan (2011) as the newest state in Africa. http://archive.bronxnet.org/publicaccess/africanunion/1338-episode-10-african-union-profile July 12, 2011 interviewed by a New York Times reporter to comment on the secession of South Sudan from the rest of Sudan on July 9, 2011.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/nyregion/for-sudanese-immigrants-in-new-york-area-pride-and-sadness.html March 29, 2011 Guest Speaker on Bronx Net TV: Discussed my research findings on African immigration to the Bronx, the Bronx African America History Project (BAAHP). http://archive.bronxnet.org/publicaccess/africanunion/888-episode-4-african-union-profile LANGUAGES English Arabic Bari

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