Dr. Sidonia AnnMarie Alenuma is an academic and professor from Ghana. She currently teaches in the Sociology/Anthropology Department at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, where she holds the position of Visiting Associate Professor. She previously taught at Gustavus Adolphus College as a tenured Associate Professor. Dr. Alenuma has a rich international and interdisciplinary background, having studied, lived, and/or worked in the USA, Canada, Ghana, France, and the former Soviet Union. Her academic qualifications include:
A PhD in Cultural Studies in Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A master’s degree in international development studies from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A Bachelor of Arts degree (Honors - Second Class Upper) in Sociology and Russian Language from the University of Ghana. Her research interests and expertise are broad, encompassing:
- Social Justice and Multicultural Education.
- Educational Reform and Sociology of Education
- Cultural Studies
- International Development Studies
- Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Society
She has published book chapters, numerous journal articles, and a book titled "Race and Educational Reform in America: History, Strategies and Ethnography." Her work often focuses on social justice, multicultural education, educational reform, and the intersection of these topics with issues of social difference.