Dr. Francisca Kusi-Appiah is a lecturer at the UPSA Law School and Head of the Public Law Department. She holds a PhD from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK in addition to a Master’s Degree with specialization in Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Law from the University of Houston, Texas.

Before joining academia, Dr. Kusi-Appiah had extensive experience working with law firms in Ghana and the United States as a qualified lawyer and maintains an interest in using the law to advance sustainability and social causes. She maintains an active practice through legal consultancy. Among the range of courses taught over the years, Dr. Kusi-Appiah teaches Energy Law and the Law of Torts. Dr. Kusi-Appiah has written widely on different areas of law such as Escaping The 'Resource Curse': A Decade Of Petroleum Exploration In Ghana and Implication of Competition Law Enforcement in the Electricity Sector: Comparative Analysis of the UK and the US