Dr S.N. Nyeck holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles and is a scholar of the political economy of development, governance and public procurement reform with an interest in social justice and gender responsive schemes, queer ethics and politics in comparative perspectives. Her publications include Sexual Diversity in Africa: Politics, Theory and Citizenship (2013), co-edited with Marc Epprecht; Public Procurement and Governance Reform in Africa (2016); the Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies (2019); and Queer African(a) Presence: Ethics and Politics of Negotiation (2021). Dr Nyeck is the book review editor of the Journal of Africana Religions and is currently completing a doctorate in Practical Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary to expand her research and advocacy on issues related to ethics, intercultural and ecumenical inclusive epistemologies and practices.