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Salome Wekisa Fouts

Salome Wekisa Fouts

Salome Wekisa Fouts

Senior Lecturer of Swahili, Director of African Languages

fouts.25@osu.edu

Education

  • M.A., French, Miami University, 1992
  • Ph.D., French, The Ohio State University, 2006
  • B.A., French, The College of Wooster, 1989

Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer, 2018

Dr. Salome Fouts is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director of African Languages in the Department of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University, where she teaches multi-level Swahili language and culture courses. Raised in Kenya, she brings a rich interdisciplinary background in language education, intercultural learning, and African studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Francophone African theater from Ohio State University, with earlier degrees in French and Francophone-African Literature from the College of Wooster and Miami University.


In addition to her academic role, Dr. Fouts has served as Resident Director for the Global May Uganda study abroad program at OSU. Her interest in this program was fueled by a desire to share her country of birth with others and by her commitment to human security and sustainable development in Uganda and globally. In Uganda, she is actively engaged in improving access to quality educational resources in elementary schools within her village community of Bujuuko.


As an educator, Dr. Fouts is passionate about encouraging students from diverse disciplines to reflect on their roles as citizens of their own countries and as intercultural citizens of the world. She speaks four languages and has traveled extensively across Eastern Africa, several European countries, and the United States. Her work continues to advance global citizenship and sustainable development through community-based initiatives and transformative educational experiences.