Education

Ph.D.    Sociology, University of Ghana, 2018

M.Phil. Sociology, University of Ghana, 2010

B.A. (First Class Honours) Sociology with Political Science, University of Ghana, 2006

Research Interest

Sociology of the Body

Sociology of Deviant Behaviour

Courses taught currently

Principles of Social Organization, Diversity of Peoples and Cultures, Sociology of Deviant Behaviour

Publications

• Amoah, S. K., Kumi, E., Smith, B., & Abah, D. (2026). Formal–informal labour regimes and capitalist accumulation in Ghana’s oil palm sector. Journal of Agrarian Change, e70103. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.70103
• Onayemi, O., Ogunyemi, K., & Smith, B. (2025). Gender, precarious employment and coping strategies: Lived experiences of domestic workers in urban Nigeria and Ghana. Journal of the British Academy, 13(3), a35. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/013.a35
• Smith, B. (2024). [Review of the book Fashioning postfeminism: Spectacular femininity and transnational culture, by S. Dosekun]. Feminist Africa, 5(2), 157–162. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48799342