Yoknyam Dabale is a village woman from Northeastern Nigeria, as well as a scholar, activist, and grassroots organizer. She has contributed to communities in Africa and the United States. She serves as the inaugural coordinator of the USA branch of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and works as an adjunct lecturer. She has completed her doctoral dissertation in Intercultural Studies at the School of Mission and Theology. Her dissertation, Expanding Circle Theology, introduces tuku bini (complementary duality) as an African model of leadership. She has published eight peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, with four forthcoming. In 2025, a California church installed an icon of the Ethiopian Orthodox female saint Walatta Petros following her recommendation.