Rachel Jean-Baptiste Assistant Professor (joint with Department of Africana Studies) Ph.D., Stanford University M.A., Stanford University B.A., Bryn Mawr College 205-2 Ten Broeck Hall Department of History University at Albany, SUNY 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12222 Phone: (518) 442-4806 Fax: (518) 442-3477 rjean-baptiste@albany.edu

Teaching: Undergraduate Courses: His 286: African Civilizations His 287: Africa in the Modern World Graduate Courses: His/Aas: The History of West Africa His/Aas: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Africa His/Aas: Slavery and the Atlantic World Research Interests: Francophone Africa, Central Africa, gender, sexuality, urbanization, customary and modern law, and postcolonial theory. I am currently working on two projects in 20th century colonial Gabon. One examines experiences and discourses of métissage and sexuality in colonial Libreville. The second project reexamines the literature on colonial and customary law in Africa by focusing on debates about the codification of marriage laws in post-World War II Gabon.