Okey Chris Iheduru joined the department in fall 2005. He received his B.Sc. (Honors) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, his M. A. from the University of Akron, and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. Professor Iheduru is the author of The Political Economy of International Shipping in Developing Countries (1996). He has written numerous book chapters, as well as articles in journals such as Journal of Modern African Studies, Journal of Developing Areas, and Journal of Developing Societies. In 2005, he was elected Chair of the Executive Committee of the Southern Interdisciplinary Research on Africa (SIRAS). He was a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Scholar in South Africa in 2000-2001, and has consulted for the World Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency/SPCS Transport Consortium on the maritime policies of African states. His current teaching and research interests are focused on state-mediated capitalism in South Africa; government-business relations; globalization, the New African Diaspora and transformations in government-citizen relations; and cross-border non-state actors and changes in African political economy.