BIOGRAPHY

     Dr. Renner is currently an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration in the Department of  Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tenseness State University.   A native of Sierra Leone, she practiced law as an attorney specializing in general legal practice.  Her background, education and experiences affords her the opportunity to consult and advise on  cross-cultural issues relating to international education and study abroad programs, legal aspects of copyright in higher education and sustainable development in third world nations.

    She obtained her first law degree and Bar Final certification from the Council of Legal Education/ Sierra Leone Law School in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  She  subsequently pursued further graduate legal studies and received her  Masters of International Law and Comparative Studies from the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia, USA).   She earned her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio, USA ).  Dr. Renner is  a two-term recipient of  the  PEO International Peace Scholarship award and a recipient of the "Shanklin Excellency Outstanding International Scholar Award" from Bowling Green State University.