PADA's international faculty members have vast experience in graduate teaching and supervision, publishing, research, grant-writing, and project administration. Many also hold or have held roles in university administration as Vice-Chancellors, Deans, Directors, Heads of Department and Program Coordinators.  This combination of expertise makes them excellent guides for PhD students and early career faculty navigating the academic environment in Africa and globally. 

Emeritus Professor Ivan Addae-Mensah is a former Vice-Chancellor and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Ghana. He was educated at the University of Ghana, where he obtained BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry, and Churchill College, University of Cambridge where he obtained a PhD. He was appointed a Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Ghana in October 1970. He has taught and conducted research in universities in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and in Germany where he was a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He became the Dean of the Faculty of Science before being appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (1996-2002). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK); the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences; and the Ghana Chemical Society. He has published a considerable number of books and research papers.
Course: Academic Writing and Communicating Research Results for the Sciences

Mrs. Theodosia Adanu is a Senior Assistant Librarian at the University of Ghana. She heads the Institute of African Studies Library and was formerly Head of Electronic Resources at the University of Ghana. She has as extensive knowledge with e-databases in different subject areas and has supported the university’s School of Graduate Studies in the training of post-graduate students. She has an MPhil in Library Studies.
Course: Managing the PhD Process (including Managing the Literature Review)

Professor Gordon S.K. Adika is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Language Centre, University of Ghana, where he teaches academic writing to undergraduate and graduate students, and acts as consultant on many inter-collegial projects upgrading scholarly work. His research focuses on academic discourse and literacy and English as a medium of instruction in second language contexts.
Course: Academic Writing and Communicating Research Results for the Sciences

Mr. Yusif Amadu is a Principal Information Technology Officer with the University of Ghana Computing Systems, eLearning Unit. He holds a Masters degree in Education Technology from University of Cape Town.  He obtained his first degree from Open University of Malaysia in Information Technology Multimedia Communication. An innovative practitioner in Education Technology and a digital scholar, his technical areas of competency include Emerging Technologies in Education, Online Learning Design, Cloud Computing, Design-based Research and Evaluation, Internet Governance and Standards, Cyber Security Policy Capacity Building, IT Resource Planning and Project Management.
Course: Innovative Thinking in Research, Teaching and Learning

Mr. Gainford Kofi Amponsah has been an Instructional Technologist and Designer in the Department of Distance Education, School of Continuing and Distance Education (SCDE), University of Ghana, since 2015. He works with the academic staff of SCDE, and lecturers from participating academic disciplines in the DE programme to create and customize materials and multimedia for web-enhanced, blended, and online courses at the University.  With an M.Sc. in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology from the State University of New York, Albany.. Mr. Amponsah brings over 15 years of experience working as the Statewide Coordinator, Advanced Technology Training and Information Technology Project, State University of New York Centre for Academic and Workforce Development. 
Course: Innovative Thinking in Research, Teaching and Learning

Dr. Jemima Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Ghana. She holds a PhD and MPhil in English from the University of Ghana and an MA in General Linguistics from Indiana University. She had held a visiting fellowship at Yale University and was a Fulbright Fellow at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is a co-editor of Crossing Linguistic Borders in Post-Colonial Anglophone Africa, and others of her work have been published in the Journal of Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics Studies, and Linguistic Atlantica.
Course: Presentation Skills

Dr. Nana Akua Anyidoho is a researcher at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana. She has an interdisciplinary background, with a foundation in psychology and additional training in sociology, political science, statistics and economics, and in quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Dr. Anyidoho is widely published and has taught and supervised graduate students for twelve years. She is currently the President of the Ghana Studies Association, an affiliate of the African Studies Association. Her research and publications can be found on www.researchgate.com and www.isser.ug.edu.gh
Course: Managing the PhD process and Qualitative Research Methodology & Using Nvivo

Dr. Clement K.I. Appah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from Lancaster University; MPhil. in Linguistics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a B.A. in Linguistic and Kiswahili from the University of Ghana. He was a Commonwealth Scholar in the UK (2008-2012) and he taught at the University of Stockholm, Sweden in 2016 on a staff exchange programme. Dr. Appah has published on issues in Syntactic theory, Linguistic Morphology and Morphological theory, where he has been mainly concerned with how to account for holistic properties of complex linguistic structures that do not come from their constituents. His publications have appeared in reputable journals, including Lexis, Word Structure, Language Sciences, Acta Linguistica Academica, SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics and Journal of West African Languages https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clement_Appah.
Course: Presentation Skills

Professor Lydia Aziato is the Ag. Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana. She has a BA in Nursing and Psychology and an MPhil in Nursing from the University of Ghana, and a PhD from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Her research interests span pain management, surgical nursing, and oncology with a special interest in breast cancer. She has advanced skills in qualitative research and supervises post-graduate students in qualitative research. She has published findings from her qualitative studies in both local and international journals.
Course: Managing the PhD process, Qualitative Research Methodology & Using Nvivo

Prof. Akosua K. Darkwah is an Associate Professor and current Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Ghana. She has advanced skills in qualitative research design, data collection and analysis. Her research interests are primarily in the exploration of the ways in which global economic policies and practices transform the nature and character of Ghanaian women’s work. Her current research project which is multidisciplinary investigates the impact of the surge in interest globally in the creative arts on the changing nature of the creative arts in Ghana.  Her qualitative research studies have been published in both local and international journals including Ghana Studies, Women’s Studies International Forum and the International Development Planning Review.  She serves as a reviewer for a number of journals that specialize in qualitative studies.  She also supervises qualitative research at the doctoral, masters and undergraduate levels.  In addition, she serves as external examiner for qualitative doctoral studies undertaken in a number of South African universities.
Course: Qualitative Research Methodology & Using Nvivo

Dr. Mjiba Frehiwot is a Research Fellow in the History and Politics section of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. She holds a PhD in African Studies from Howard University, a MA in Social Work from California State University Sacramento and a BA in Social Work and African-American Studies from San Jose State University. Dr. Frehiwot’s research primarily focuses on Pan-Africanism, Kwame Nkrumah and Education, and the use of formal and informal education as a vehicle to expose Africans to Pan-African Consciousness as a foundation for development.
Course: Innovative Thinking in  Research, Teaching and Learning

Professor Audrey Gadzekpo is an Associate Professor and the Dean of the School of Communications at the University of Ghana. She has a PhD in African Studies from the University of Birmingham, an MA in Communications from Brigham Young University, and a BA in English from the University of Ghana. Audrey Gadzekpo has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, research and advocacy and more than 25 years’ practical experience as a journalist, working variously as a reporter, editor, contributor, columnist, talk show host, socio-political commentator and magazine publisher/editor. Her research interests and publications reflect the nexus between media and gender; media, politics and democratic governance; media and developmental imperatives and media and conflict.
Course: Academic Writing and Communicating Research Results for the Sciences and Presentation Skills

Professor Christopher Gordon is an Associate Professor and  the current Director of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies at the University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Human Environmental Sciences, King’s College, London, and a BSc (Hons.) and Masters in Zoology from the University of Ghana. In 1999 he was presented with the Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service by the University of Ghana. Prof. Gordon has over 80 scientific publications. Two of his students have won the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Silver Medal for Best Thesis.
Course: Presentation Skills

Dr. Samuel Iddi is a lecturer at the Department of Statistics, University of Ghana. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and an MSc and PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Hasselt and University of Leuven, respectively. His research focucses on hierarchical and marginalized models for correlated, over-dispersed, zero-inflated models for non-Gaussian longitudinal, and repeated measures outcomes with application to life science studies. Dr. Iddi’s work has resulted in a number of scientific publications in international, peer-reviewed statistical and probability journals.
Course: Sampling Techniques and Data Analysis and Data Analysis Using'R'

Dr. Anani Lotsi holds a BA degree in Statistics and Computer Science from the University of Ghana, an MSc in Financial Mathematics from the University of Kaiserslautern, and a PhD in Statistics from the University of Groningen. Dr. Lotsi is a lecturer at the Department of Statistics, University of Ghana and has over ten years of teaching and research experience. His research interests is in network and high-dimensional analysis using penalized maximum likelihood inferences, design and model choice, mixture model, graphical modelling and big data analysis.
Course: Sampling Techniques and Data Analysis, Statistics for Social and Life Sciences and Data Analysis Using'R'

Dr. Adelina Mensah is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana. She is also the coordinator of the forthcoming graduate programme in Sustainability Sciences at the institute, which applies research and innovation in science and technology to promote sustainable futures. Dr. Mensah has an interdisciplinary background in environmental sciences, with a focus on aquatic sciences and the human dimensions that impact on its management and sustainability. She lectured at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences for 10 years before transferring to IESS, where her research activities on the biophysical aspects of inland and coastal aquatic systems include the inter-linkages with the socio-economic drivers of resource use. Dr. Mensah has worked extensively as an academician and consultant with numerous national and international institutions on ecosystem functioning and natural resource management, and more recently on climate adaptation.
Course: Presentation Skills

Professor Joseph Mensah is a Professor of the Department of Geography at York University in Toronto. He completed first degree at the University of Ghana, and his MA and PHD at the Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Alberta, respectively. His research and teaching interests are in research methods, quantitative techniques, and critical development theory. Professor Mensah is a prolific scholar, and a recipient of numerous competitive grants from the likes of the Gates Foundation, ILO, GDN, and SSHRC. For more information on his work, visit www.yorku.ca/jmensah
Course: Quantitative Research Techniques Using SPSS

Dr. Richard Minkah holds a PhD from the University of Ghana, Legon, with specialization in Statistics of Extremes and an MSc in Financial Mathematics from Uppsala University, Sweden. He is a lecturer at the Department of Statistics, University of Ghana. His research interest is in Statistics of Extremes and its applications in solving real life problems. In addition, he has research interest in computational statistics – bootstrap and simulation. He provides consultation for researchers/individuals on simulation studies especially its implementation in the statistical package R. He has published in a number of statistics journals and presented his work at several international conferences.
Course: Data Analysis Using'R'

Professor Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi is a Professor of Sociology and the Founding Dean of the School of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana. He brings over 27 years of experience working at higher educational institutions in the USA and Ghana, with teaching and research interests in educational technology and innovation, critical thinking, contemporary issues in adult education, distance education and e-learning. He holds a PhD from Brigham Young University; an MA from the State University of New York at Albany; and a BA from the University of Ghana. He is a recipient of several grants and awards and has numerous publications to his credit.
Course: Innovative Thinking in Research, Teaching and Learning

Professor Kwamena Sagoe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology of the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana. He is a Molecular and Public Health Virologist, has published in areas including diagnostics, co-infections, and drug resistance, and is an accredited examiner and supervisor for SGS. He has offered Ad-hoc Reviewer services for several journals including the Journal of Medical Virology, PLOS ONE, Indian Journal of Medical Research, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, West African Journal of Medicine and the Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research. He is currently on the editorial board of Journal of Clinical Virology (JCV), and in 2013 was awarded a certificate of excellence for reviewing by Elsevier and JCV for his outstanding contribution to the quality of the journal. He is active in the teaching and supervision of postgraduate students.
Course: Managing the PhD Process (including Managing the Literature Review)