NSU Alumni Spotlight: CAHSS Alum Publishes Article on “Conflict and Crisis in the Cameroon Anglophone Region” and Book Chapter

Michael Fonkem, Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS), has written an article, “Conflict and Crisis in the Cameroon Anglophone Region,” available in E-International Relations available at https://www.e-ir.info/2018/11/11/conflicts-and-crisis-in-the-cameroon-anglophone-region/. He also wrote a book chapter, “Resistance and the Nationalist Pathos: Southern Cameroons’ Exiles Write Bac,” in Post-Colonial Cameroon: Politics, Economy, and Society, Lexington Books, (2018), edited by Joseph Takougang and Julius A. Amin.

Fonkem is an associate professor in the Department of Human Services Leadership in the College of Education & Human Services at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He has authored numerous articles and was a Fulbright scholar in 1995-1996 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Previously he was in the diplomatic service in the Foreign Ministry of Cameroon. His teaching and research interests include refugees, migration, and human services; social issues and solutions; and conflict analysis and resolution. Fonkem is an Executive Council Member of The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.