Centre College Faculty
Lori Hartmann-Mahmud
Assistant Professor of International Studies
Centre Scholar

Telephone: 859-238-5250
E-mail: lori.hartmann-mahmud@centre.edu

Lori Hartmann-Mahmud joined the Centre College faculty in 1999 as visiting assistant professor of government. She is a Centre Scholar and holds the position of assistant professor of international studies. She was awarded the “Rookie of the Year” teaching award in 2000, and a Kirk Teaching Award in 2003. During the CentreTerm of 2004 she took a group of students to Cameroon to study Politics and Civil Society in that Central African country.

Hartmann-Mahmud’s scholarly interests have focused on African politics, Latin American Politics, women and development in West Africa, and democratic transitions in Africa. Recently, her article, “The Rural-Urban dynamic and implications for development: perspectives from Nigerien Women” appeared in the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (spring 2004). She also had a piece entitled, “A Language of their own: Development Discourse in Niger” published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Winter 2004). In 2002 her article “War as Metaphor” appeared in Peace Review: Journal of Social Justice. Other articles and reviews have been published in Development, Fourth World Bulletin, and Africa Today.

Hartmann-Mahmud has also written op-ed pieces for the Lexington Herald -Leader on issues such as the conflict in Liberia and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Hartmann-Mahmud holds a B.A. from Denison University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Denver. She was an Ambassadorial Graduate Rotary Scholar at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal, West Africa, and a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, West Africa. She had prior teaching experience as an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colo., and the University of Denver.

Hartmann-Mahmud is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and is currently the Treasurer of Centre’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter.

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File last updated: 9/6/07