Rate My Professor Nkiru Nzegwu

Nkiru Nzegwu is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where she has been a faculty member contributing to Arts and Culture scholarship since 1990. She holds a PhD in Philosophy (Aesthetics) from the University of Ottawa (1989), an MA, and a BA (Honors) from the University of Ife. Nzegwu initially joined Binghamton in the Departments of Philosophy and Art History, transitioning to Africana Studies in 1998. She served as chair of Africana Studies from 2003-2006 and 2007-2010 and as Professor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies from 2011-2019. Her international appointments include Professor Extraordinarius in the School of Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies at the University of South Africa and Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa. Prestigious honors encompass the Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship (1989), Senior Research Grant from The Getty (1993-1994), Society for the Humanities Fellowship at Cornell University (1992-1993), and Senior Humanities Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles (1997-1998). She has also been elected to the SUNY Distinguished Academy Board and served on the 2020-2021 University-wide Advisory Council on Distinguished Professorships.