Teachers and Staff (2024-2025)

Teachers and Staff (2024-2025)

Aminkeng Alemanji Atabong (Amin) is the head of the Master’s programme and senior university lecturer. Amin will also be teaching numerous courses across the two years of the studies: Social Exclusion: Key Approaches; Seminar II: Methods for Studies of Social Exclusion; The Geography of Social Exclusion; and Race, Racism and Antiracism.

As stated in the subject perspective section of the blog, SoEx consists of four subject perspectives: history, philosophy, gender studies, and the study of religions (and theology). During the academic year 2024-2025, the teachers and staff are as follows:

    • Professor Holger Weiss is a professor of General History at Åbo Akademi who will be teaching the course Social Exclusion in a Historical Perspective in the first semester.
    • Heidi Jokinen is a University Lecturer in Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion
    • Camilla Kronqvist is a University Lecturer in the Philosophy department who will be teaching the course Social Exclusion in a Philosophical Perspective.
    • Khushal Naik is Doctoral Researcher in Migration Research and Study of Religions, MA in Social Exclusion.
    • Sarah Mattila is a university lecturer at the English Language department in Åbo, who will be teaching Seminar I: English Language and Academic skills for Studies in Social Exclusion, alongside Amin in the first semester.
Some important personnel in the programme to keep in mind and be aware of are:
    • Yasmin Nyqvist will be your Study Adviser through the duration of your studies and will provide study guidance and counseling. She is also the accessibility advisor at the faculty and can assist in matters like the need for individual arrangements because of a disability.
    • Sanna Westerlund is the Academic Affairs Coordinator and will be able to assist with issues related to education and studies, or will be able to direct you to someone who will be able to assist you with your specific issue.
    • Islam Sabry is a Project Cooridnator for the Talent Boost Project and Program Assistant for the Social Exclusion master’s programme.
    • Alice Chunga is a Project Cooridnator for the Talent Boost Project and Program Assistant for the Social Exclusion master’s programme.
Other non-program-specific contacts that are good to know and keep in mind are:
    • Jessica Nylund is the Coordinator at Educational Services
    • ICT service is the general IT support for staff and personnel, which can be reached via contacting the Help Desk email at helpdesk@abo.fi.
    • Klara Schauman-Ahlberg is the Study Psycologist at Åbo Akademi University. Students can reach out to her in relation to stress, loneliness, nervousness, mental health-related complications etc. Students can have 1-5 sessions with the study psychologist and all that is shared is confidentiality.
    • Petra Lindblad works at the Student Union and is the Students’ Rights Expert, meaning that if you feel that you have been unequally treated by staff or students you can contact her.
    • The Student Union also has two Harassment Contact Persons, Petra Lindblad and Sandra Häggkvist, who you can contact if you have been subject to inappropriate behaviour and jargon, bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment or violence. You can reach them via email at trakasseri@studentkaren.fi.