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

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