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Keynote and Panelists

Bagele Chilisa, Ed.D.

Keynote Speaker

Bagele Chilisa, Ed.D. is a renowned post-colonial scholar, researcher, author, educator, and African thought leader. She earned her doctoral degree. in Policy, Planning, and Evaluation at the University of Pittsburgh. As a full professor at the University of Botswana, she has facilitated courses in research design, policy design, and measurement and evaluation. Her interest in community-based research motivated her to write extensively on indigenous knowledge and publish the book Indigenous Research Methodologies, which has sparked international discourse on the importance of indigenous methodologies. The U.S. National Institutes of Health recognized her with the prestigious Research Award on Capacity Building on HIV/AIDS.