Research Management

ALASSANE FALL, M.A.

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Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121

Phone: 785-***-**** Email: acqu3j@r.postjobfree.com

www. alassanefall.com

Profile

An innovative and visionary international consultant with 15 successful years experience, strong critical thinking and problem solving skills combined with extensive knowledge about the West African Region, the United States, world politics, and human rights. Tri-lingual: speaks Wolof, French, and English. Demonstrated competencies in:

• Consulting • Diplomacy/Geopolitics • Research

• International Law • Public Relations • Leadership

• Grant writing • Language • International Affairs

• Human Rights • Training • Conflict Resolution

• Teaching • Planning & Coordinating • Lecturing QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

CONSULTING

EXPERIENCE:

• African Presidential Papers and Libraries Research Project (OSI- WA) http://www.applproject.com/index.php) November 2014-April 2015: Create rich documentary about governance and leadership in Senegal, Interview top officials and top experts on Senegal, Assemble panel of scholars & experts, Recruit 12th graders (5 classes), college students, and community leaders to participate in symposium, Trans- late 4-hour symposium to English, Write chapter on African leader- ship and governance for publication

• Metzger Law Group, Africa Expert Consultant (Toxic Waste Dump in COTE D’IVOIRE)

- Provide expert, detailed research and analysis of the political, social, and judicial conditions in Cote d’Ivoire in support of ac- tion pending against Shell, Dow Chemical Company, Amvac Corporation, and Dole Food Company.

• Business Plus Corporation, Ft Bragg Office, NC

- Conduct research for Reading Packet on REPUBLIC OF BU- RUNDI for officers

- Research project for Reading Packet on REPUBLIQUE DU

NIGER for officers

RESEARCH

EXPERIENCE:

• Prepare CD Rom for the summer course: http://webiihl.org/iihl/Docu- ments/summer%20course.pdf

• Update research on relationship between North American Countries and Sub Saharan African Francophone

• Assist Omar Sissokho (World Bank Consultant Group in Senegal) conduct research on The Rise of Parliamentary Institutions and Legisla- tive Oversight in Africa

• Present report (Government of Senegal) at meeting to prepare Cana- dian Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s official visit in Senegal

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Phone: 785-***-****

Email: acqu3j@r.postjobfree.com

www. alassanefal.com

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POLITICAL

ANALYST

EXPERIENCE:

• Serve as Senior Political Analyst, Americans for Informed Democracy

(AID) http://www.aidemocracy.org

• Serve as National Elections Observer, Country of Senegal PUBLIC SPEAKING

EXPERIENCE:

• Poverty and Urban Development Issues in Senegal, World View Study Visit to Senegal, Carolina Center for Excellence, Chapel Hill, North Car- olina

• World View Spring Seminar: The Contemporary and Vibrancy of Africa, University of North Carolina

• Time Management, The Groupe d’Etude et de Recherches Genre et Societes, Universite Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis Senegal

• Mid America Alliance for African Studies, Celebration, Reflection, and Visualization: Analysis of Senegal’s Trade Policies Toward the West and the Muslim World – Case Study of France, United States of America, and Dubai, University of Kansas

• African Languages Curriculum Development, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Madison, Wisconsin

• Panelist, United States Army, Commander and General Staff College of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

• State of Kansas – Africa: Geography, History, Economy, Politics and Perspective, Topeka Correctional Facility for Women

• Racism and the Use of the N Word and the Concept of Negre and Negritude, Lansing Correctional Facility

• Culture, Communication, and Business in Senegal, CIBER Business Language Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia TEACHING

EXPERIENCE:

• Teach grades K-8 at French Charter School in Missouri

• Lecturer, African, African Americans, and Diaspora Studies

• Instructor, Teacher Summer Institute, Engaging Youth Culture

• Instructor, Teacher Summer Institute, Africa in the Diaspora: A Par- adigm of Black Connectedness

• Instructor, Teacher Summer Institute, Africa from the Pyramids to Cape

of Good Hope

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP

EXPERIENCE:

• Manage staff of 12 including volunteers

• Effective leadership techniques: Inclusive, lead by example, ongoing evaluation and coaching, team development, proactive problem solver

• Develop and implement programs for studying abroad

• Coach men’s soccer team at Cleveland State University

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Phone: 785-***-****

Email: acqu3j@r.postjobfree.com

www. alassanefal.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Research APPL/OSIWA (November 14-April 15)

Lecturer UNIVERSITY OF NORTH Chapel Hill, NC (Fall11-Summer14) CAROLINA

Athletic ACADEMIE Kansas City, MO (07-11)

Director LAFAYETTE

Outreach KANSAS AFRICAN Lawrence, KS (03-05)

Coordinator STUDY CENTER

Lecturer UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, KS (01-11) Intern UNITED NATIONS Geneva, Switzerland (04)

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE Sanremo, Italy (04)

OF HUMANITARIAN LAW

SENEGAL FOREIN MINISTRY Dakar, SN (99,02)

EDUCATION

MA: International Studies University of Kansas Lawrence, KS MA: Political Science Gaston Berger University de Senegal B.A. Political Science Saint Louis

A. A. Political Science

SPECIAL TRAINING

Measure Evaluation (M&E)-USAID

Fundamentals of Implementation Research

Restoring Family Links Casework, American Red Cross Disaster Services, American Red Cross

NSC Defensive Driving, National Security Council

International Humanitarian Law, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Italy PUBLICATIONS

• Senegal between France and the United States of America: Foreign Policy, Cooperation and Conflict (KU library)

• Cooperation between Senegal and North America: Canada and the United States of America (Universite Gaston Berger library)

• African Leadership and Governance: President Leopold Sedar Senghor, An Exceptional Statesman and Leader (submitted for publication)

• United States and France’s Relationship Toward West African Francophone Countries: Foreign Policy, Cooperation, and Conflicts, Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolu- tion, California State University (December 2006) AFFILIATIONS

Member, Disaster Action Team, American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter Member, International Services, American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter Member, Intellectual Dialogues Committee, University of North Carolina Member, Review Board Committee, Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

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