Augustina Amponsah

Augustina Amponsah is currently a doctoral student at the Department of Geography and Resource Development at the University of Ghana, Legon. While currently undertaking taught courses in Advanced Qualitative Research, GIS Applications to Spatial Analysis, Rural Development Theories and Practice as well as in Historical & Contemporary Dynamics of the City, her research focus seeks to explore urban mobility issues.

Prior to this, she had obtained an MPhil degree in Sociology, after successfully defending her thesis entitled “Goal Setting as a Motivation to Teachers’ Behavior: A Qualitative Study of Teachers in the New Juaben Municipality in Koforidua.”

Over the past decade, Augustina has worked tirelessly as a Geography Teacher, an Administrator, and a Mentor to several young spatial thinkers at a prestigious second-cycle institution in the national capital. She has gained practical experience in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research. She has excellent application skills in data collection and management toolkits such as Kobo Collect toolbox and scientific analysis tools like SPSS and NVivo.