Education Policy Speaker Series

Dr. Sally Nuamah
Assistant Professor – Northwestern University

Sally Nuamah is an assistant professor of Urban Politics in Human Development and a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Trained as a political scientist, Dr. Nuamah’s research sits at the intersection of race, gender, education policy, and political behavior.

Her work is focused on using both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the political consequences of public policies for Black people across the United States, as well as in Ghana and South Africa.

Dr. Nuamah’s forthcoming book, Closed for Democracy, investigates the political consequences of mass closures on Black Americans’ relationship with government. Her newest research is focused on the punishment of Black women and girls and its consequences for their participation in American democracy.  

Dr. Nuamah’s first book, How Girls Achieve (2019) highlights how the biased educational experiences of Black girls in the U.S. and Africa limit their ability to achieve democratic equity.