Congratulations, Dr. Wumi Asubiaro Dada!

September 30, 2024 by Patricia Doherty

Congratulations to Dr. Wumi Asubiaro Dada, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis “Mai Kariya (Female Protectors): The Evolving Role of Women in Conflict in Kaduna State, Nigeria," on September 27, 2024. 

Wumi wrote a stellar dissertation that explores the role of women in preventing conflict in Kaduna State, Nigeria.  By examining the ongoing conflict in the region, it explores how they renegotiated and redefined gendered roles and how the evolving dynamics around violence enabled them to engage in innovative modes of protection.  Using a range of observational, archival, interview and focus group techniques, the dissertation masterfully introduces a framework known as “circumstance-cial construction” that provides an analytic tool for making sense of how changing conflict dynamics create opportunities for women engaged in early warning and response forums. This framework describes how gender identities are always in flux – including contexts involving female vigilantism -- and how the roles of protectors are fluid and adaptable, especially offering a lens into how they play out in situations of extreme and protracted conflict. - Professor Kamari Clarke

As supervisor, Professor Kamari Clarke would like to thank the members of the examining committee, including  Professor Obiora Chinedu Okafor (External Examiner, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University), Professor Ato Kwamena Onoma (Internal/External Examiner, Political Science), the committee members,  Professor Marieme Lo (Women and Gender Studies), Professor Audrey Macklin (Faculty of Law), Professor Mary Mitchell (New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers Newark), as well as the Defence Chair, Professor Adriano Senatore (Department of Biology).

Please join us in congratulating Wumi Asubiaro Dada on an excellent dissertation and a splendid oral defense!

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