Kwame is from Jamaica and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with a concentration in African Studies from Macalester College, a master’s degree in International Training and Education from American University, a master’s degree in Sociology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Brandeis University and an education specialist (Ed.S.) degree in Secondary Education from Worcester State University.

Kwame was an assistant director of admissions at St. Mark’s School, a private boarding school in Massachusetts, as well as the Manager of Secondary School Admissions Counseling at Due West Education, an education consulting company based in Beijing, China.  He is also TEFL certified and has taught in Japan, South Africa, Botswana, Myanmar, Jamaica and the USA.

Kwame’s research interests (broadly construed) include migration, international student mobility, gender, sexuality and race. He’s particularly interested in global and transnational movements of identity, sexuality and the perpetuation of structural violence through social institutions. He has coined “BlaQueer educational asylum”, i.e. exploring and analyzing Black queer international students using international education as an escape from homophobic realities. Additionally, he aims to document the experiences of Black queer students from homophobic countries in the Global South and analyze the causing factors and implications of queer brain drain from predominantly Black countries in the Global South.

Kwame has been described as a jovial and positive individual who brings a ray of light into any room he enters. He loves traveling, the performing arts, and eating good food.