Dr. Warigia Bowman, assistant professor of public policy at the University of Mississippi and visiting assistant professor at American University in Cairo, Egypt, has been named assistant professor at the Clinton School.
Bowman earned her doctorate degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a master’s from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. She received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and her law degree from the University of Texas.
Bowman brings significant international experience to the Clinton School. At American University she is currently researching and writing a book about the effect of technology on four different nations in East Africa, Kenya, Uganda Tanzania and Rwanda. She has also begun work on a project regarding emerging political parties in Egypt.
She has consulted for several African NGOs including the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, the African Technology Policy Studies Network and the New Economic Partnership for African Development.
“During our search for a new assistant professor, Dr. Bowman’s outstanding experience and academic training stood out,” said Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford. “I know that our students will benefit greatly from her teaching and that her research and writing on global events and issues will make a significant contribution to the academic reputation of the Clinton School.”
Bowman also has an array of public sector experience at the federal, state and local levels. She served as an honors trial attorney in the environmental division of the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration and as a briefing attorney for the Texas Supreme Court.
She has focused her research on science, technology and environmental policy in rural areas, with particular focus on East Africa and the South and Southwestern United States.
“The Clinton School presents a unique and special curriculum,” Bowman said. “It has a dynamic and innovative approach to educating people for a career in public service. I am excited about the opportunity that working with the Clinton School presents. I know that this school is going to be an academic force, as well as a force for the public good in the coming years.”
Bowman will join the Clinton School faculty on January 1, 2012.