Biography:Abiol Lual Deng

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Short description: Political scientist from the United States
Abiol Lual Deng
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Born (1983-05-15) May 15, 1983 (age 40)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
NationalitySouth Sudanese-American
Alma materUniversity of Virginia (B.A.)
Paris-Sorbonne University (MPhil)
OccupationInternational relations expert

Abiol Lual Deng (born 15 May 1983) is a South Sudanese-American political scientist and international relations expert.

Biography

Deng was born in Madison, Wisconsin on 15 May 1983 and is of South Sudanese heritage.[1] Her father is Lual A. Deng, an economist and advisor to the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement.[1][2] She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she studied for a B.A. in French from 2002 to 2005.[3][4] She studied at the University of Paris-Sorbonne for her MPhil, graduating in 2007.[3][5]

Career

Since graduation, she has worked across three continents in humanitarian assistance and conflict resolution.[6] Her work has often focussed on issues affecting people and countries in east and central Africa and she has worked in Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Sudan.[7]

She has worked in the private sector, as well as for state agencies and non-governmental organisations, such as Médecins Sans Frontières.[7] Deng has a particular interest in the use of social media in conflict situations, where state media may be biased.[8] As of 2021, Deng was working as a Global Mentor for the University of Virginia's new course on French for Global Development.[4]

Selected publications

  • Deng, A. L., 'Facts or Rumors?' Digital Development Debates (2017), 17.[9]
  • Light, E., Bacas, J. L., Dragona, D., Kämpf, K. M., Peirano, M., Pelizzer, Valentina, Rogers, C., Sprenger, F., Rowan, J., & Deng, A. L. (2018). Infrastructures of Dis/Connection: Of Drones, Migration, and Digital Care. Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, 8(2), 56–63.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Deng, Lual A. (2013) (in en). The Power of Creative Reasoning: The Ideas and Vision of John Garang. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4759-6028-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=SldpsL8F1SYC&q=The+Power+of+Creative+Reasoning:+The+Ideas+and+Vision+of+John+Garang. 
  2. "Dr. Lual A. Deng | Wilson Center" (in en). https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/dr-lual-deng. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Abiol Lual Deng | transmediale". https://archive.transmediale.de/content/abiol-lual-deng. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Welcome! Abiol Lual Deng, Global Mentor in French | Department of French". https://french.as.virginia.edu/news/welcome-abiol-lual-deng-global-mentor-french. 
  5. "European Graduates | Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado Area". https://graduates.name/colorado_college-7994-1#id38233767. 
  6. "#DoDevDif - Doing Development Differently" (in en-US). 2015-01-22. https://openculture.agency/dodevdif-doing-development-differently/. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Authors - Digital Development Debates". http://www.digital-development-debates.org/authors.html. 
  8. Thompson, Allan (2019-04-05) (in en). Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 490. ISBN 978-1-928096-75-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=dg6QDwAAQBAJ&q=abiol+lual+deng&pg=PA490. 
  9. "Issue 17 Sharing - Data - Facts or Rumors? - Digital Development Debates". http://www.digital-development-debates.org/issue-17-sharing--data--facts-or-rumors.html. 
  10. Light, Evan; Bacas, Jutta Lauth; Deutch, Jeff; Dragona, Daphne; Kämpf, Katrin M.; Peirano, Marta; Pellizzer, Valentina; Rogers, Christina et al. (2017-09-05). "Infrastructures of Dis/Connection: Of Drones, Migration, and Digital Care" (in en-US). Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies 8 (2). doi:10.17742/image.ld.8.2.6. http://imaginations.glendon.yorku.ca/?p=9960. Retrieved 2021-03-14. 

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