Contact Us

PAIR welcomes researchers of all backgrounds whose work engages with Pan-African, African, and Afro-diasporic contexts. We value interdisciplinary, community-engaged, and critically grounded scholarship.

If your research connects to these spaces, we invite you to contact us at pair@uwaterloo.ca.

Administration

Dr. Adra Raine

Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives

Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor

Founder & Scientific Director
Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor
519-888-4567 x43768
Location: HH 106
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Grace Gomashie

Co-Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Grace Gomashie
Contact for: Strategy, partnerships, opportunities
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Karim Wissa

Faculty of Health
Dr. Karim Wissa
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Pamela Braza Pitman

Communications and Engagement
Pamela Braza Pitman
Contact for: Communications, outreach, website
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Founding Team

Dr. Charity Oga-Omenka

Faculty of Health
Dr. Charity Oga-Omenka
519-888-4567 x41298
Location: BMH 3727
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor

Founder & Scientific Director
Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor
519-888-4567 x43768
Location: HH 106
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Felicitas Egunyu

Faculty of Environment
Dr. Felicitas Egunyu
519-888-4567 x40039
Location: EV2 2036
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Grace Gomashie

Co-Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Grace Gomashie
Contact for: Strategy, partnerships, opportunities
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Helena Shilomboleni

Faculty of Environment 
Dr. Helena Shilomboleni
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Prof. Ian VanderBurgh

Faculty of Math
Dr. Ian VanderBurgh
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Karim Wissa

Faculty of Health
Dr. Karim Wissa
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae

Faculty of Arts
Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae
519-888-4567 x42198
Location: ML 131
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Pamela Braza Pitman

Communications and Engagement
Pamela Braza Pitman
Contact for: Communications, outreach, website
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Paul Ugor

Faculty of Arts
Dr. Paul Ugor
519-888-4567 x40501
Location: HH 154
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Dr. Trevor Charles

Faculty of Science
Dr. Trevor Charles
519-888-4567 x35606
Location: B1 377C
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Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Dr. Yverick Pascal Rangom

Faculty of Engineering
Yverick  Pascal  Rangom
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Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Members

Diana Goncalves

Secretariat Office
519-888-4567 x42749
Location: NH 3060G

Fatima Suleiman

Faculty of Engineering
519-888-4567 x40407
Location: TC 1209
Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Gwendoline Nubila

Cheriton School of Computer Science

Dr. Heather Love

Faculty of Arts
519-888-4567 x42555
Location: HH 347

Isra Saeed

Faculty of Environment

Jennisha Wilson

Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism
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Link to personal webpage: Linkedin Profile

Dr. Onyeka Ezeh

Faculty of Arts
519-888-4567 x40717
Location: ML 221

Silas Ifeanyi

Faculty of Engineering
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Google Scholar

Dr. Tisha King

School of Accounting and Finance
519-888-4567 x41323
Location: HH 290E
Link to profile: Profile
Link to personal webpage: Website