Rachel Spronk

is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. Her various research projects evidence a concern with the historical trajectories that have shaped the present, the production of knowledge about gender and sexuality and, ultimately, how the lived experiences of people inform our theoretical models. Overall, she investigates the interface between sexuality and the middle classes in Ghana and Kenya, examining problematic assumptions behind both terms. Since 2014 she has been a member of the Ethics Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), at the University of Amsterdam.