Kefa Otiso

Kefa Otiso is a Professor of Geography at Bowling Green State University, where his research examines urbanization, international migration, globalization, development and governance across Africa and North America.

He is the founding president of the Kenya Scholars and Studies Association and a former Commissioner on Ohio's New African Immigrants Commission. He previously served as an editor of the African Geographical Review and has presented at conferences of the American Association of Geographers, the African Studies Association and others.

Kefa is the author of Culture and Customs of Tanzania and Culture and Customs of Uganda, co-author of Population Geography: Problems, Concepts, and Prospects, and co-editor of African Immigrants and the American Experience and Debating African Issues: Conversations Under the Palaver Tree. He was named an Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear by the Republic of Kenya and a Professor of Service Excellence at Bowling Green State University.

At SPI, Kefa contributes to research on international migration, urbanization and Africa's engagement with global governance and development.