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Marieme Lo
Born	1966
Alma mater	Cheikh Anta Diop University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Cornell University Cornell University
Occupation	Academic, university teacher
Employer	University of Toronto

Marieme Soda Lo (born 1966) is a Senegalese academic who lives in Canada. She founded the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, where she is the Director of African studies, and holds a professorial position in Women and Gender Studies.

Early life and education

Marieme Lo was born in 1966 in Senegal. Lo earned her licentiate from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, a MA from the University of Dakar and MSc and PhD from Cornell University.

Career

From 2018 to 2021, she served as the associate director for Education for the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.

Selected papers

• "En route to New York: diasporic networks and the reconfiguration of female entrepreneurship in Senegal". Gender, Place & Culture. 23 (4) (published 2 April 2016): 503–520. 26 February 2015. doi:10.1080/0966369X.2015.1013444. ISSN 0966-369X.
• "Beyond Instrumentalism: Interrogating the Micro-dynamic and Gendered and Social Impacts of Remittances in Senegal". Gender, Technology and Development. 12 (3) (published January 2008): 413–437. 25 October 2017. doi:10.1177/097185240901200307. ISSN 0971-8524.
• Oyĕwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́, ed. (2011). "Self-Image and Self-Naming: A Discursive and Social Analysis of Women's Microenterprises in Senegal and Mali". Gender Epistemologies in Africa: Gendering Traditions, Spaces, Social Institutions, and Identities. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US: 155–178. doi:10.1057/9780230116276_8. ISBN 978-0-230-11627-6. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
• "Confidant par excellence, advisors and healers: women traders' intersecting identities and roles in Senegal". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 15 (Supplement 4): S467–S481. 13 August 2013. doi:10.1080/13691058.2013.793404. ISSN 1369-1058.
• "Revisiting the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Compensation Modality, Local Communities' Discontent, and Accountability Mechanisms". Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement. 30 (1–2): 153–174. January 2010. doi:10.1080/02255189.2010.9669286.

References

1. "Marieme Lo". School of Cities. 6 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
2. "Understanding and capitalizing on social learning: an asset-based approach to capacity-building and development of women's microenterprises in West Africa". Catalog entry, Cornell University Library. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
3. ^ "Marieme Lo". New College. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

External links

• Marieme Lo biography at New College, University of Toronto

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