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Nana-Anna Abaka-Cann
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BIOGRAPHY:
Nana-Anna holds an LLB (Ghana), an MSc in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Ghana) and an LLM (USA). Currently, she is pursuing a doctorate in Education Policy and Leadership with a minor in African Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as a legal officer at University of Cape Coast, Ghana where she gained extensive experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents and policies essential for university operations. and a demonstrable ability to navigate complex regulatory environments.
Nana-Anna’s research interests are in exploring how gender equity considerations are integrated into university governance structures, and examining intersectionality in higher education leadership, particularly at how factors like ethnicity, class, and nationality interact with gender. Her research approach blends rich insights from law, policy implementation, and gender studies, to provide diverse perspectives on the legal challenges and opportunities in higher education leadership.