Marieme Lo (academic)

Marieme Lo
Born	1966
Alma mater	Cheikh Anta Diop University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Cornell University Cornell University
Occupation	Academic, university teacher
Employer	University of Toronto

Marieme Soda Lo (born 1966) is a Senegalese academic who lives in Canada. She founded the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, where she is the Director of African studies, and holds a professorial position in Women and Gender Studies. ^[1]

Early life and education

Marieme Lo was born in 1966 in Senegal. ^[2] Lo earned her licentiate from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, a MA from the University of Dakar and MSc and PhD from Cornell University. ^[3]

Career

From 2018 to 2021, she served as the associate director for Education for the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. ^[3]

Selected papers

• "En route to New York: diasporic networks and the reconfiguration of female entrepreneurship in Senegal" . Gender, Place & Culture . 23 (4) (published 2 April 2016): 503–520. 26 February 2015. doi:10.1080/0966369X.2015.1013444. ISSN   0966-369X.
• "Beyond Instrumentalism: Interrogating the Micro-dynamic and Gendered and Social Impacts of Remittances in Senegal" . Gender, Technology and Development . 12 (3) (published January 2008): 413–437. 25 October 2017. doi:10.1177/097185240901200307. ISSN   0971-8524.
• Oyĕwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́, ed. (2011). "Self-Image and Self-Naming: A Discursive and Social Analysis of Women's Microenterprises in Senegal and Mali" . Gender Epistemologies in Africa: Gendering Traditions, Spaces, Social Institutions, and Identities. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US: 155–178. doi:10.1057/9780230116276_8. ISBN   978-0-230-11627-6 . Retrieved 18 February 2024.
• "Confidant par excellence, advisors and healers: women traders' intersecting identities and roles in Senegal" . Culture, Health & Sexuality. 15 (Supplement 4): S467 –S481. 13 August 2013. doi:10.1080/13691058.2013.793404. ISSN   1369-1058.
• "Revisiting the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Compensation Modality, Local Communities' Discontent, and Accountability Mechanisms" . Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement. 30 (1–2): 153–174. January 2010. doi:10.1080/02255189.2010.9669286.

References

1. "Marieme Lo". School of Cities. 6 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
2. "Understanding and capitalizing on social learning: an asset-based approach to capacity-building and development of women's microenterprises in West Africa". Catalog entry, Cornell University Library. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
3. "Marieme Lo". New College. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

External links

• Marieme Lo biography at New College, University of Toronto