Ebenezer Kobina Mensah is a Ghanaian scholar-practitioner, storyteller, and educator whose work focuses on African Indigenous models, assessment, and social transformation within higher education. He is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy program with a concentration in Student Affairs at the University of Maryland (UMD). He holds a Master of Philosophy in Guidance and Counseling and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, where his early research interests in education, assessment, student affairs, decolonization, critical theories, teaching, and community-driven activities were fostered. Ebenezer is a recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship, Do Good Accelerator, Gold Public Health Innovation Accelerator Fellow, COE SPARC grant, Mac and Lucile McEwen Research Fund, and 2025 UMD Do Good Challenge founders track winner. Currently, he serves as a community coordinator in the UMD’s Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life, where he acts as the liaison between the university, chapter houses, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure the proactive maintenance and improvement of a $5 million university-owned residential building. He is the founding chair of the Black Stars Wellness Initiative, which aims to promote public health literacy and critical lifesaving skills globally, particularly in Ghana.
