Dede teaches Global Studies at UNC Charlotte while completing a PhD in public policy. She is the founder and CEO of Language Services & Consulting LLC, a consulting firm that bridges people, policy, and public systems. She is also the chief visionary of Kingdom Women (Femmes du Royaume), a Charlotte based nonprofit empowering girls and women to thrive in dignity, purpose, and economic freedom.
Policy analysis, program design, monitoring, and evaluation across academic and nonprofit settings.
Mixed-methods research, qualitative coding, statistical analysis, and community-based studies.
Global Studies, communication research methods, macroeconomics, and undergraduate research mentorship.
Interpretation, translation, multilingual communication, and language-access systems.
Consulting, nonprofit program design, strategic planning, and cross-sector partnerships.
Sustainable poverty reduction; governance and institutional performance; migration, integration, and conflict; community-based policy research; and nonprofit management.
Africa in the modern global system; communication research methods; public policy; program evaluation; economics; international development; and cross-cultural communication.
