Issues in African Development

Carolyn Logan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University and Deputy Director of the Afrobarometer, a collaborative survey research project that conducts public opinion research on the quality of democracy and governance in 35 African countries. Logan joined the Afrobarometer in 2001, and the Political Science faculty in 2004. She received her Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in 2002. Logan’s research interests are in democratization and political development in Africa, especially in East Africa, the Horn, and Somaliland. She is particularly interested in the role of “traditional” leaders and institutions in democratization, and in “citizen versus subject” attitudes among African publics. Before joining MSU, Logan lived and worked for nearly a decade in Southern and Eastern Africa, in countries including Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Somaliland, and Somalia.