Rachel Jean-Baptiste

rachou@stanford

Personal bio
Rachel Jean-Baptiste is a historian of 20th and 21st century French-speaking Central and West Africa, and the Atlantic World. Her research interests include the histories of: gender, women and sexuality; marriage and family law; race; citizenship; and urbanization. She is the author: Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa: Race, Childhood, and Citizenship and Conjugal Rights: Marriage, Sexuality, and Urban Life in Colonial Libreville, Gabon.

Currently teaching

FEMGEN 299: Graduate Workshop: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Autumn)
FEMGEN 347: Gender and Sexuality in African History (Spring)
HISTORY 247: Gender and Sexuality in African History (Spring)
FEMGEN 247: Gender and Sexuality in African History (Spring)
AFRICAAM 247: Gender and Sexuality in African History (Spring)
TAPS 108: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Spring)
FEMGEN 101: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Spring)
AMSTUD 107: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Spring)
HISTORY 347: Gender and Sexuality in African History (Spring)
CSRE 108: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Spring)