Ousseina Alidou

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Ousseina Alidou
Born (1963-03-29) March 29, 1963 (age 62)
Niamey, Niger
Citizenship Niger
Education Master's degree
Occupation Professor

Ousseina D. Alidou is distinguished professor of humane letters, School of Arts and Sciences-Rutgers University. She teaches in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literature at Rutgers University. [1] She received a Master of Arts degree in linguistics at the Université Abdou Moumouni in Niamey, Niger, and a MA degree in applied linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington where she also obtained a theoretical linguistics PhD. She was a member of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa and the 2022 president of the African Studies Association. [2]

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Her twin sister Hassana Alidou was Niger's ambassador to the United States from 2015 to 2019. [3]

Early life and education

She was born on March 29, 1963, in Niamey, Niger. Following the death of her parents during her childhood, she was raised by her grandmother . She pursued higher education at the Université Abdou Moumouni in Niamey, earning a Master’s degree in linguistics in 1988. [4]

In 1988, Alidou moved to the United States, where she earned both a Master’s in applied linguistics and a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington, completing her doctorate in 1997. [5]

Academic and leadership career

Alidou began teaching in the U.S. during the early 1990s, with appointments at Indiana University Bloomington, followed by roles as a visiting instructor at Université Abdou Moumouni, and as a lecturer at Ohio State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She later joined Rutgers University, where she became distinguished professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures. [6]

Awards

Publications

Alidou published many scholarly articles and books, including: [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Alidou, Ousseina D." womens-studies.rutgers.edu. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "ASA Board of Directors, Ousseina D. Alidou, President serving through 2022". African Studies Association. Archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Straehley, Steve (3 May 2015). "Niger's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Hassana Alidou?". AllGov.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "AFRIQUE". Notre-Dame (in French). 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  5. ↑ "Ousseina D. Alidou". THE AFRICA-AMERICA INSTITUTE. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  6. ↑ "Ousseina D. Alidou". African Studies Association Portal - ASA. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  7. 1 2 "Ousseina Alidou, Recipient, 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award of the Africa-America Institute". Rutgers University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger". BiblioVault.
  9. ↑ Nolan, Robert (11 September 2015). "Giving Back: The African Diaspora and Higher Education". carnegie.org. Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ousseina Alidou". Google Scholar. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  11. ↑ Alidou, Ousseina D. (2006). "Engaging modernity: Muslim women and the politics of agency in postcolonial NigerChoice Reviews Online Volume: 44, Issue: 01, Pages: 44 - 0481 Published: 1 Sep, 2006". Choice Reviews Online. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Mueller, Lisa (2016). "Reviewed Works: Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya: Leadership, Representation and Social Change by Alidou Ousseina D., African Studies Review, Vol. 59, No. 2 (SEPTEMBER 2016), pp. 290-292 (3 pages) Published by: Cambridge University Press". JSTOR. JSTOR   26409069 . Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Protest Arts, Gender, and Social Change.
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