Professor Lillian Barros will teach quantitative analysis in Ashesi's first term. A British citizen and U.S. permanent resident, Professor Barros has a large amount of international experience in both academia and industry. Professor Barros received her Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979, after which she has worked and taught in the USA, UK and France. During her tenure at Ashesi, Professor Barros hopes to conduct research analyzing the impact of technology on Ghanaian industry.
Mark Poynter, a recent Masters Program graduate from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom, will teach Text & Meaning. Mr. Poynter spent most of his youth in South Africa before returning with his family to England. Until recently, Mr. Poynter served as an assistant in the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Programme at Boston College in England.