Dr. Paa-Kwesi Heto

Paa-Kwesi Heto is a project policy analyst at The Institute of Meaningful Engagement at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He has taught as a visiting professor at the Soka University of America Graduate School. Paa-Kwesi also worked as a fellow at the UCI Ethics Center. Before that, he served as a Vice President at Morgenthau Stirling and Director of Operations at Manchester Trade. In these two roles, Paa-Kwesi served clients such as the World Bank, the World Intellectual Property Organization, USAID, the African Union, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and CARICOM. He is a recipient of the Fulbright scholarship, the International Studies Association (ISA) dissertation completion grant, the 2020 Etel Solingen Outstanding Paper in International Relations Award, the 2020 University of California Irvine Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Award, and the 2018 Global Citizens Award from the Global Connect Program. Paa-Kwesi has five master’s degrees in educational leadership and societal change, behavioral mathematics, demography and social analysis, global studies and international affairs, and political science. His Ph.D. in Political Science is from UCI.