Gloria Agyemang is an academic, who is the Professor of Accounting and Head of the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London. Agyemang's research interests include accounting in less-developed and emerging economies and the management of educational institutions, non-governmental organisations and public sector organisations.[1] Agyemang was an undergraduate student at the University of Ghana and a postgraduate at McGill University,[2] and worked for accountancy firms in Ghana and the UK.[3] In 2006, Agyemang was awarded her PhD by Royal Holloway[4] and was appointed as a lecturer there.[1] She previously worked in teaching and management roles in several other universities in the UK, Ghana and Zimbabwe, including at University College Worcester and Thames Valley University.[3][1] In 2020, Agyemang was featured in Phenomenal Women, a photographic exhibition about black female professors in the UK.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Gloria Agyemang". Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Gloria Agyemang joins as a UK trustee!". EduSpots. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Milestones". Old Achimotan Association. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ Agyemang, Gloria Mary (2006). Steering education: The case of two local education authorities (PhD). Royal Holloway, University of London.
  5. ^ Knight, Bill (9 March 2020). "Portraits of UK black female professors – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2021.


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