Ms. Selorm Awiah Dzantor holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences (Geography and Sociology) and an MPhil in Geography from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in 2014 and 2017 respectively. She has expertise in qualitative research and analysis, digital data collection and management, Arc GIS and Map development.

Her principal research area touched on vulnerability and livelihood studies. As such, her MPhil thesis focused on the ‘Assessment of Vulnerability and Coping Livelihood Strategies of Fishermen in Selected Fishing Communities in the Central Region of Ghana’. Also, she has interests in Environmental Conservation, Coastal Geomorphology, Climate Change, Land-use Patterns, as well as Sustainable Development. 

She is currently a Research Assistant at the Africa Center of Excellence in Coastal Resilience, UCC and a PhD Candidate at the University of Cape Coast - Geography and Regional Planning Department, researching on “Assessing The Value of Traditional ‘Protected’ Mangrove Resources; Insights from The Greater Cape Three Points Area, Ghana”.

Selorm is a core member of the Inter-ACE Thematic Network on Marine Litter (MALNET) and the Coastal and Marine Conservation Drive Project (COMADRIP) at the Centre. She held the position of Local NUGS Women’s Commissioner from the University of Cape Coast’s National Union of Ghana Students Chapter. Selorm has six (6) peer-reviewed articles to her credit and enjoys outdoor activities such as jogging, playing basketball, mountain climbing and yoga.