Mobility Studies, Global Political Economy, Africana Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Migration, Tourism, Citizenship, Diaspora, International Development, Social Justice, Technology, Health, Human Rights, and Pan-Africanism.

• Ph.D., Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), 2019
• M.A., Pan African Studies, Syracuse University, 2012
• M.B.A., Management and Marketing, Hood College, 2007
• B.S., Sociology and Anthropology, Truman State University, 2003

Graduate Certificates

• Multidisciplinary Research in International Development, Virginia Tech
• Women and Gender Studies, Virginia Tech
• University Teaching, Syracuse University

Current Appointments

• Adjunct Professor, Trinity Washington University (2026–Present)
• Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College (2025–Present)

Previous Appointments

• Lecturer, Montgomery College (2019–2020)
• Lecturer, Virginia Tech (2018–2019)
• Graduate Instructor, Virginia Tech (2014–2018)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech and Syracuse University (2010–2014)

Courses Taught

Introduction to Sociology; Social Problems; Introduction to Women and Gender Studies; Introduction to African American Studies; Introduction to African American Studies (Online).

Book Chapters

• Kachipande, S. (2026, forthcoming). The Material Girl’s Malawian Holiday: A Post-colonial and Black Feminist Analysis of Madonna in Malawi. In Americans in Postcolonial Africa.
• Kachipande, S. (2024). Borders, biopolitics, and travel bans: Surveying Southern Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic. In M. E. Korstanje & V. G. B. Gowreesunkar (Eds.), Anthropology of Tourism: Exploring the Social and Cultural Intersection. Apple Academic Press / Taylor & Francis.
• Kachipande, S. (2023). Citizenship, belonging and the “Stupid Federation”: The colonial roots of contemporary xenophobia and nativism in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In S. O. Abidde, M. R. Hall, & J. A. da Cruz (Eds.), Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Routledge.

Journal Articles

• Kachipande, S. (2023). Sun, sand, sex, and safari: The interplay of sex tourism and global inequalities in Africa’s tourism industry. Journal of Global South Studies.
• Kachipande, S. (2023). “Partying with a Purpose” at Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival: Tourism and the global political economy. Journal of Festive Studies.
• Polanah, P. S., & Kachipande, S. (2023). Mapping reverse colonialism: Notes on the many lives of a post-colonial trope. Alizés: Revue Angliciste de La Réunion.

Selected essays and commentary published in Pambazuka News, Mail & Guardian, Kisima Magazine, Maravi Post, The Guardian, and other public-facing media outlets.

• Kachipande, S. (2015). Rapporteur, African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) Global Africa Diaspora Convention, Baltimore, Maryland. Contributed to the convention report and proceedings.
• Kachipande, S. (2013). Expert witness report on Malawian politics for an asylum case. Prepared for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

• Co-Founder and Board Director, Southern African Community USA
• President, Board Member, and Webmaster, Malawi Washington Association
• Civil Society Organization Representative, U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit (2014)
• Co-Founder and President, African Students Association, Truman State University
• President, International Club, Truman State University

• Research and Communications Fellow, TransAfrica
• Research and Communications Intern, Consultancy Africa Intelligence / In On Africa
• Healthcare Program Specialist, HealthWell Foundation and Covance Health Economics and Outcomes Services
• Human Resources and Administrative Assistant, nonprofit sector

• Panelist, “Tourism in Africa,” Afrique Today Townhall (2019)
• Organizing Committee Member, Moderator, and Panelist, Malawi Diaspora Conference (2018)
• Paper Presenter, National Council for Black Studies (2016)
• Paper Presenter, African Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Laval University (2012)

• “Tourism Development in Africa,” Afrique Today (2019)
• “Kamala Harris and Black Immigrant Identity,” In the Black Podcast (2019)
• “Telling Africa’s Stories: Scholar and Activist Sitinga D. Kachipande,” Afrika Insider (2013)

• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• Laura Taylor Africana Studies Scholarship
• Golden Key International Honor Society
• Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society
• Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society
• International Leadership Excellence Award

American Sociological Association • National Council for Black Studies • African Studies Association • Southern Sociological Society • Sociologists for Women in Society