Positions

Presidential Research Professor, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, Illinois, 2022 to present.
Chair, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, Illinois (2023 to present).
Founding Director, Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA) (2023 to presents).
Professor, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, Illinois, 2017 to 2022.
Editor-in-Chief, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review (ACPR), Indiana University Press, 2010 to present.
African Editor, Critical Sociology, Association for Critical Sociology and Sage Publishing, 2018 to present.
Coordinator, Global Connections Pathway, NIU, DeKalb, Illinois, 2016 to 2020.
Program Director, Sierra Leone Study Abroad Program, NIU, 2010 and 2013.
Faculty Associate, Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies, NIU, 2012 to present.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, Illinois, 2009 to August 2017.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, Illinois, 2003 to 2009.
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Hunter College, New York, NY, 1999 to 2003.

Contact

Abu Bakarr Bah, Ph.D.

Department of Sociology
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