
For the past seven years, Dr. Ensign has served as president of the American University of Nigeria in Yola. Before going to Africa, she served as dean of the School of International Studies and associate provost for international initiatives at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Earlier in her career, Dr. Ensign served on the faculty and directed the international political economy program at Columbia University in New York City and was a professor of international development at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Dr. Ensign is the co-author of Rwanda: History and Hope (University Press of American, 2009) and the author of Behavior of Private Bank Lending to Developing Countries (Routledge, 2011).
Dr. Ensign is a graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida. She earned a Ph.D. in international political economy from the University of Maryland.


