Dr. Gado Alzouma

Gado Alzouma

Associate Professor of Anthropology
School of Arts and Sciences

Email: Galzouma@aaun.edu.ng
Galzouma@yahoo.fr

Educational Background:

  • Ph.D., Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, USA
  • DEA, Science, technology and Society, University of Strasbourg, France
  • Maîtrise (4-year degree), Licence (three-year degree), DEUG (Two-year degree), Sociology and Ethnology, University of Bordeaux II, France.

Dr. Gado Alzouma is associate professor of anthropology at the School of Arts and Science, American University of Nigeria, Yola. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA, and a DEA in Science, Technology and Society from the University of Strasbourg, France. His research and publications focus on information and communication technologies for development, on science, technology and society as well as globalization and identities. Before joining AUN, Dr. Gado Alzouma taught sociology and anthropology courses for twelve years in Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger. He also worked as coordinator, evaluation and learning systems in the Africa and the Information Society Program of the International Development Research Center, (IDRC, Dakar, Senegal), as a teaching assistant in the department of anthropology of Southern Illinois University and later as a research fellow in the Global Media Research Center of the same university. He is fluent in four languages and is the author of many articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Previous Posts:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger
  • Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA
  • Research Fellow, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

Selected Publications:

  • Gado Alzouma. 2008. "Identities in a 'fragmegrated' world: black cyber-communities and the French Integration System'', African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, Vol. 1, N0 2, Routledge, July 2008, 201-214.
  • Gado Alzouma. Forthcoming, 2008. "Everyday Use of Mobile Phones in Niger," Africa Media Review, Vol. 16, N0 2, CODESRIA, Dakar, 2008.
  • Gado Alzouma. 2007. "Myths of Digital Technology in Africa: Leapfrogging Development?" in Media Literacies, edited by Magaret Mackey, Routledge, 2007, 169-184. - Reprinted from Global Media and Communication, Vol. 1, N0 3, 339-356, Sage, (2005).
  • Gado Alzouma and Abdoulaye Niandou Souley. 1996. "Islamic Renewal in Niger: From Monolith to Plurality," Social Compass, 43:2, 249-265, Sage, July 1996.

Research Interests:

  • Information and communication technologies for development
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Globalization
  • Identities

Selected Affiliations:

  • The International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, USA
  • The Nollywood Project, Global Media Research Center, Carbondale, USA
  • The Association of Internet Researchers (AIR)

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