Emmanuel Balogun, PhD
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Emmanuel Balogun, PhD (@EA_Balogun) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Skidmore College. His research focuses on African politics, especially how African countries engage with multilateralism to position themselves in international policy and trade.
Research interests include:
● African agency
● International and regional organizations
● Peace & security
● Global health governance
His book, Region-Building in West Africa: Convergence and Agency in ECOWAS (Routledge 2022), shows how regional organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) influence regional governance. By collaborating with bureaucrats and other regions, practitioners are able to harmonize regional policy while deepening relationships with civilians. His current research project focuses on Africa’s agency in global governance.
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As a scholar-practitioner, Emmanuel brings his research interests to the policy world. He served as a policy advisor with the Department of State on US-African relations. Emmanuel is the inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion fellow for Bridging the Gap, which helps researchers produce policy-relevant work. He was Principal Investigator for Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program grant to help educators develop curriculums about Pan-African culture.
Emmanuel Balogun teaches in the Department of Political Science at Skidmore College. He is an affiliate of the Black Studies program and affiliate researcher at Georgetown University. He received the 2021 Skidmore College President’s Award for Excellence.
Emmanuel is a 1st generation Nigerian-American. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware. He has an M.A. from Western Illinois University and a B.A. from New England College where he was a 1st generation college student.
Emmanuel has published and presented his research internationally. He occasionally writes for The Monkey Cage on The Washington Post. He lives in upstate New York with his family.
“One might assume that because of the coups and economic instability, that ECOWAS would not be as durable as it is. Who are the people that keep ECOWAS together? Region-Building in West Africa: Convergence and Agency in ECOWAS, argues it’s the practitioners and the institutional design of the organization.”
–Emmanuel Balogun