Gloria Donkor wearing a black shirt and white blazer coat and smiling at the camera.

Gloria Donkor

Ph.D. Student, Global Studies Program; Course Instructor, Contemporary African Politics

Pronouns
She/Her
College
Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Department
Global Studies

Research Interests

  • Sanitation and Sustainability, Community Development

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and Sociology - University of Ghana
  • Master of Public Administration - Bowling Green State University, Ohio

Biosketch

I am a current doctoral student and course instructor interested in researching issues within sanitation and sustainability and how community and collaboration can be harnessed to make positive change and lasting impacts to such issues.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • UMass Lowell Student Symposium Award
  • Marion Wooding Prize for Peace & Justice

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Civic Action Project Fellow
  • UMass Lowell Sustainability Engagement & Enrichment Development (S.E.E.D) Fund Grantee

Research Currently in Progress

  • Consumer Perception of the Environmental & Economic Effect of Fast Fashion within the Second Hand Textile Market in Developing Countries