Rotimi Suberu

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Rotimi Suberu’s research on Nigerian government and politics and international relations have prompted invitations to consult for the Nigerian government, the World Bank, the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, and the Forum of Federations.

Biography

Suberu currently teaches politics and international relations. Previously, he taught political science at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where he obtained his PhD in 1990. His main research interests are Nigerian government and politics, the management of ethnic and religious conflicts, and federalism and democratization. Suberu’s publications include Federalism and Ethnic in Conflict in Nigeria (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001), numerous book chapters, and several articles in journals such as Publius: The journal of Federalism, African Affairs, Journal of Modern African Studies, Current History, Journal of Democracy, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Ethnopolitics, and the Journal of International Development. Suberu has served as a consultant to the Nigerian government, the World Bank, the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, and the Forum of Federations. He has won fellowships and visiting positions from University of Oxford, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, New Delhi’s Center for the Study of Developing Societies, and from the United States Institute of Peace. Suberu has been a faculty member at Bennington since 2008.

Courses

Fall 2025

CAPA, Environment, Politics
Fall 2025
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2025

Spring 2025

CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2025
CAPA, Black Studies, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2025
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2025

Fall 2024

CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2024
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2024
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2024

Spring 2024

CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2024
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2024

Fall 2023

CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2023
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Advancement of Public Action, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2023
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2023
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2023

Spring 2022

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2022
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2022
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2021
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2021
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2021

Spring 2021

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2021
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2021

Spring 2020

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2020
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2020

Spring 2017

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2017
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2017
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2017

Fall 2016

CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2016
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2016

Spring 2016

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2016
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2016
CAPA, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2016

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