Dorothy Lsoto Wins the 2025 A.C. Jordan Prize

Photo of Dorothy Lsoto (middle) with advisor, Jonathan Patz (right), and mentor, Aleia Mccord (left) during the A.C. Jordan Prize Award Ceremony.

The Archibald Campbell Jordan Prize is awarded annually for the best graduate student paper in African Studies in honor of A.C. Jordan’s trailblazing career in the field. This year, Dorothy Lsoto was selected for her paper titled “The legacy of colonial-era urban planning on present day air quality disparities in Kampala, Uganda”. 

As a recipient of the award Dorothy will present this work at the A.C. Jordan lecture this coming January as part of the Africa at Noon lecture series hosted by the Africa Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 

You can read more about Archibald C. Jordan, the prize, and past winners here. We are so thrilled for Dorothy to have received this award for her hard work looking at health and air quality disparities in Uganda. 

Dorothy Lsoto is a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in Environment and Resources at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Prior to graduate school, Dorothy has been working in East Africa Uganda on several renewable energy research projects like solar, biomass and biogas. She has also done a lot of work with air quality in institutions and schools using biogas versus firewood for cooking. She loves working with communities and introducing them to clean energies.

Dorothy was awarded the Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP) International Student Scholarship in 2018.

Click here to read more about Dorothy’s research, teaching, and other accomplishments.