Guest researcher: Daphne Ntiri
We are very happy to have welcomed our new guest researcher Daphne Ntiri who will stay with us all of June. Earlier this week Daphne held a short presentation about her research and background.
Name: Daphne W. Ntiri, PhD
Home University: Wayne State University, USA
Disciplinary background: Adult Education, African/African American Studies
Areas of expertise and research areas: Adult literacy, gender, Third World studies
Why did you choose to come to the Centre for Gender Research?
To join a community of active, scholarly researchers involved in productive, cutting edge research on gender in all its manifestations and to which I hope to contribute by way of my research, the intersection of literacy and gender among recent Somali immigrant populations in Sweden.
Shortly describe your current research project:
My research aims to identify and examine literacy proficiencies and educational levels of African female immigrants from Somalia ages 18-64 with an eye to shaping the gender discussion related to status and socio-economic advancement in their host society.