About the Department
Nahomi Ichino
Nahomi Ichino
Assistant Professor of Government
Comparative
On Leave Academic Year
Nahomi Ichino is an Assistant Professor of Government. She was an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies from 2004 to 2006. Professor Ichino’s research interests include the politics and political economy of sub-Saharan Africa, and political parties and electoral politics in Africa, with a particular focus on fraud and the use and impact of violence in elections in Ghana and Nigeria. Her current research in Ghana is supported by NSF grant SES-0752986. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford Unviersity and her B.A. from Yale University. She will be on leave in AY 2009-10.
Email Address
nichino@gov.harvard.edu
Phone
617-384-7231
Office Location
1737 Cambridge Street, CGIS Knafel Building 206, Cambridge, MA 02138
Office Hours
On leave AY 2009-10
Courses
Gov 2227: Politics and Economics of Africa (grad)
Gov 2010: Design for Political Inquiry (grad)
Gov 1111: Political Institutions in Democracies and Non-Democracies (undergrad lecture)
Gov 90bg: Parties and Elections in Developing Countries (undergrad seminar)