 Corrie Decker
Assistant Professor
E: crdecker@ucdavis.edu
T: 530-754-8241
O: 3227 SSH
| Academic Biography | | Corrie Decker received her B.A. in history from Bryn Mawr College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in African history from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to coming to UC Davis, she was an assistant professor at Lehman College, CUNY (2007 to 2009). She is writing a book on the role of Islamic modernism, colonial development, and adolescent culture in the making of modern girls’ education on the Swahili Coast. |
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| Research Interests | | Twentieth-century social and cultural history of East Africa, history of childhood and youth, history of education, gender and sexuality, colonialism, Islam, development |
| Courses Taught |
- HIS115B, History of East and Central Africa
- HIS102O, Girlhood in the Modern World
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