Ph.D. student, 2021
Baba Adou is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Sahel Research Group. Prior to joining UF, Baba worked as an instructor at both the University of Nouakchott and the Higher Institute of English in Mauritania. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Nouakchott and an M.A. in Global and International Studies from the University of Kansas. His research interests include Islam and politics, democratization, state building, and the dynamics of semi-authoritarian regimes in the Sahel.