<p style="text-align:justify">Dr. Rikiatu Husseini is a motivated Senior Lecturer in the Department of Forestry and Forest Resources Management, University for Development Studies (UDS). She attained a PhD in Development Studies with a focus on social forestry from the University of Cape coast, Ghana. She has about 18 years of professional working experience in Ghana at the University for Development Studies. She has served in the UDS as a Teaching assistant (National Service) and as a Senior Research Assistant. Her previous studies include BSc. in Agricultural Technology at UDS (1998) and MSc. in Wood Technology from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana (2002).<br />
Her career objectives include improving community-based forest management and forestry-dependent livelihoods in rural communities. She has undertaken research collaborations in with ICRA, CIRCLE and WIENCO Ghana Limited. She is currently the Head of Department of Forestry and Forest Resources Management in the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment at UDS.<br />
Having served on a number of boards and committees in the university, she has a lot of experience in team work and high sense of responsibility. She hounours diversity and differences in team work and upholds honesty, accountability, respect and social justice.<br />
As a developer, she is dedicated to serving people and working for the welfare of humanity without any form of discrimination.</p>
