I have taught, at different levels, in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia. I welcome conversations and collaborations around pedagogy, curriculum and the practice of education.
To me, few places are as exciting as classrooms.
To me, few places are as exciting as classrooms.
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- The Historian's Craft
- Historical Interpretations
- International History of the 20th Century
- Undoing Empire
Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA
- Introduction to African History
- Beyond Françafrique: Franco-African Encounters in Historical Perspective
- On West Africa’s Shores: From the Sahara to the Atlantic c. 800 to 1800
- In Their Own Words: Women in West African History
- Development in Africa: A Critical History (Research Seminar)
SciencesPo, Campus de Reims, France
- A History of Contemporary Worlds: Empires, Nations, Citizenship
- The Long European 19thCentury (1780–1914): Revolutions, Modernity and the Rise to Power
- In Their Own Words: Women in Modern West African History
- Historicizing Françafrique: Franco-African encounters over the longue durée (c. 1700 to present)
As their final project for “Historicizing Françafrique,” SciencesPo students created podcasts that explored the history of Franco-African relations. Despite pandemic conditions, they produced fascinating explorations of topics ranging from fashion to football, from schools to scholars, from Gorée to Rwanda. Click here to listen!
Global History Lab, Princeton University
At Princeton, I worked as the teaching assistant for Professor Jeremy Adelman’s Global History Lab (1300-present) online MOOC for its 2017 and 2018 iterations.
In 2017, I taught refugee students in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. The project (in partnership with InZone at the University of Geneva) delivers higher education in refugee contexts through an online platform.
Twice, I visited the camp to train the students, and “taught” them in weekly sessions via a mix of email, Whatsapp, and Skype calls. This work drew on my previous experiences with Baltimore’s Refugee Youth Project, where I helped tutor African refugee youth in the city’s public schools.
In 2018, we partnered with Kepler in Rwanda. I taught the Global History Lab in Kigali, at Kepler’s campus.
In 2017, I taught refugee students in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. The project (in partnership with InZone at the University of Geneva) delivers higher education in refugee contexts through an online platform.
Twice, I visited the camp to train the students, and “taught” them in weekly sessions via a mix of email, Whatsapp, and Skype calls. This work drew on my previous experiences with Baltimore’s Refugee Youth Project, where I helped tutor African refugee youth in the city’s public schools.
In 2018, we partnered with Kepler in Rwanda. I taught the Global History Lab in Kigali, at Kepler’s campus.
Teaching Middle and High School (2008–2012)
Before being an academic, I was a classroom teacher. I have taught students between the ages of 11 and 18 in Ethiopia, Senegal, Singapore, Baltimore City and Washington D.C. Mostly, I have taught history but I have also worked as an English and Italian teacher. Classrooms remain one of my favorite places to be.
