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Dr Daniel Fobi

Daniel

Project Officer/ Lecturer, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Email: d.fobi@leeds.ac.uk

Profile

Dani is a lecturer in deaf education and inclusive education and a sign language interpreter, and a project officer for a British Academy Global Challenges Research Funded research on Early education for young deaf children and their caregivers in Ghana which is a collaboration between the University of Leeds, UK and the University of Education, Winneba. Dani is currently working to support scholarship in sub-Saharan African and building the academic capacity of researchers of the region by providing mentorship and developing research capacity.

Research

Publications

  • Fobi, D., Quarshie, E. N. B., Fobi, J., Appau, O., Honu-Mensah, C. M., Acheampong, E. K., & Abu-Sadat, R. (2021). Bullying Victimisation Among Deaf Adolescents: A School-Based Self-Report Survey in Ghana, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2021.1989670
  • Quarshie, E. N. B., Fobi, D., Acheampong, E. K., Honu-Mensah, C. M., Fobi, J., Appau, O., Andoh-Arthur, J., & Asante, K. O. (2021). Suicidal behaviours among deaf adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Public Health. fdab076, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab076
  • Swanwick, R., Oppong, A. M., Offei, Y. N., Fobi, D., Appau, O., Fobi, J., & Mantey, F. (2020). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on deaf people, children, and their families in Ghana. Journal of the British Academy, 8, 141–165. DOI https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/008.141

Expertise

Early education for deaf children, inclusion for special needs individuals in various contexts, and sign language interpreting.
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