Biography
Elisabeth N.M Ayuk-Etang is an Associate Professor of Environmental Humanities at Xavier University of Louisiana. She was an Institute of International Education – Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) fellow at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where she was made the 'Tipson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, in 2022. Before moving to UCSB as an IIE-SRF fellow, she was the Chair of the Department of English at the University of Buea, Cameroon for almost half a decade.
She holds a PhD in Black Women's Writings and Ecofeminism from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon. She is a prominent and established scholar and researcher in her field, with more than twenty publications to her credit.
She is a recipient of several awards, amongst which are the African Women Development Fund (AWDF, 2019), CODESRIA's Higher Education policy Initiative (HEPI 2019), University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar (UMAPS 2015) fellowship, and the 'Janet Hennessey Dilenschneider Scholar Rescue Award in the Arts' (2022).
She is affiliated to the Continental Education Strategy (CESA) for Africa, housed by the African Union (AU), and a founding member of Women of Higher Education Network (WoHEN) in Africa.
Education & Credentials
- PhD in Black Women's Writings and Ecofeminism, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
- Tipson Distinguished Professor, Department of Religious Studies, UCSB (2022)
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