Elizabeth Aliu

Elizabeth O. Aliu

Global Studies Ph.D. Student

Pronouns
She/Her
College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Global Studies
Office
Dugan Hall

Expertise

Mediation (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Women"s Studies (Narrative/Arts of Storytelling)

Research Interests

African feminist theories; Nigerian women leadership; Nigerian women’s narratives of agency and interdependence.

Education

  • MA: Peace and Conflict Studies, Conflict Resolution concentration, UMass Lowell, Massachusetts
  • Certificate Course: Business Organization Administration, Computer Systems Institute, Charlestown, Massachusetts
  • Certificate Course: Arts of Negotiation, Harvard School of Negotiation
  • BA: International Law and Diplomacy, Babcock University, Nigeria

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Honors Society Award, 2021
  • Moloney Award, 2024
  • Educational Pioneers Award, 2025

Selected Publications

  • Rooted and Revolutionary: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
  • The Feminist Vision of Nigerian Women (Journal of African Cinemas, 2025)

Selected Presentations

  • Review Essay,Analysis of African Gender Intersectionality & Feminism in International Relations, NEPSA, 2023
  • Beyond Freedom: A Qualitative Content Analysis Research Examining the Intersectionality of Freedom & Independence, NEPSA, 2025

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Educational Pioneers Fellowship, 2025
  • Civic Action Project Fellowship, 2023
  • The Peace Abbey Foundation Memorial Study guide project, 2022

Research Currently in Progress

  • Survival and Silence: A Nigerian Woman’s Reflection on Òlòturé Amid Rising Migration Despair
  • Baby Farm, Film Review
  • Weaving Interdependence: Nigerian Women Leaders and the Practice of Relational Agency in Corporate Life