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Faculty Member

Sandra Ayivor

Education

MA, West Virginia University, 2025

Major: Secondary Education – Teacher Certificate

Graduate Certificate, West Virginia University, 2025

Major: Women and Gender Studies

PhD, West Virginia University, 2025

Major: Higher Administration

EDD, University of West Florida, 2020

Major: Curriculum and Instruction

MA, Ohio University, 2009

Major: International Studies

BA, University of Ghana, 2003

Major: History / Study of Religions

Teaching

SLSS 1120G

Leadership and Civic Engagement, Fall 2026

SLSS 1100

Stress Management, Fall 2026

SLSS 1000

University Student Success, Fall 2026

SLSS 1000

University Student Success, Fall 2026

Presentations

Ayivor, Sandra , Troilo, Jessica (Co-Author), National Council on Family Relations, "Building Addiction Resilience in School Communities", Baltimore, Maryland. ()
Ayivor, Sandra (Author Only), Mid-Western Educational Research Association , "Evaluation of the Country Roads Program in an R1 Institution", Cincinnati, Ohio. ()
Ayivor, Sandra , Mid-Western Educational Research Association, "Diversity, equity, and inclusion experiences’ perceptions of international graduate students in the United States", Cincinnati, OH. ()
Ayivor, Sandra (Presenter & Author), Mid-Western Educational Research Association, "International students and support structures during COVID-19 through the Lens of Organizational Framework_ Literature Review", Cincinnati, OH. ()
Ayivor, Sandra , Comparative and International Education Society, "Postgraduation residency plans of doctoral students from sub-Saharan Africa", Miami, Florida. ()

Scholarly/Creative Works

Nkansah, Joan , Da-Costa Aboagye, Bright , Ayivor, Sandra , (2025) "From many kingdoms, we became one_ The history of Ghana" . Eastern Kentucky University Libraries .
Ottie-Boakye, Doris , Ayivor, Sandra , Appiah, Margaret , Ayivor, Jesse S, (2025) "Predictors of food insecurity among older persons in selected cash-grant communities in Ghana_ Application of socialecological model" (Issue: 1, vol. 25). BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23183-4
Ayivor, Sandra , Mensah, Wisdom , Yang, Patrick , (2022) "An assessment of post-graduation residency plans of international doctoral graduates in the US and economic status of their country of origin_ The case of sub-Saharan Africa" . International Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12382
Memiah, Peter , Cook, Courtney , Kingori, Caroline , Munala, Leso , Howard, Kathryn , Ayivor, Sandra , Bond, Tristi , (2021) "Correlates of intimate partner violence among adolescents in East Africa_ A multi-country analysis. " (Issue: 142, vol. 40). The Pan African Medical Journal . doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.142.23311
Fasanmi, Abidemi , Ayivor, Sandra , (2021) "Widows, Widowhood, and Society in Africa" . Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28099-4_33
Thompson, Carla , Barber, Karen , Nkansah, Joan , Da-Costa Aboagye, Bright , Ayivor, Sandra , Atwood, Kim , Hurst, Candy , (2020) "Connecting STEAM classroom observation data to student achievement data_ An empirical perspective" . Journal of Education and Social Development. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3911972