Philip C. Aka (PhD)
Full-time: Political Science
Prof. Aka is a Professor of Political Science at Ashesi University and has been a member of the Illinois Bar since November 4, 2004. He is a legal scholar and former Dean of the Law Faculty at the International University of Sarajevo, among other teaching and administrative positions. He is also the author or coauthor of over 130 published works, including 10 books. He was a Fulbright Specialist Scholar, Fall 2022.
- China-Africa Relations
- ESG: Corporate Ethics in Africa
- Seminar in Computer Ethics
- Application of human rights in domestic and external relations
- Realizing Human Rights in the Second Centenary of Africa’s Political Independence: Besting Our Ancestors (University of Wales Press, forthcoming 2026) (with Obasi Okafor-Obasi)
- Human Rights in Nigeria’s External Relations in the Age of General Muhammadu Buhari and His Successors: Loving the Foreigner as Yourself (Palgrave Macmillan)
- Navigating the Tension Between Sovereignty and Self-Determination in Postcolonial Africa: Blueprints for the Midcentury (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
- Bosnia as Civic State and Global Citizen: Alternative Futures Outside the EU (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
- The Political Economy of Universal Healthcare in Africa: Evidence from Ghana (Routledge, 2022).
- SJD (PhD equivalent) in Law, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- PhD in Political Science, Howard University (best graduating student in Political Science)
- LL.M (summa cum laude), IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- JD, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
- M.A. in Political Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Founding Member, Kappa Chapter, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars).
- B.A. in Political Science (magna cum laude), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Certificate in Conflict Resolution, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Certificate in Social Justice, Justice University (Center for Economic and Social Justice), Washington DC
