RACHEL KANTROWITZ

Curriculum Vitae





Department of Education
Brown University
Box 1938, 340 Brook Street
Providence, RI 02912

www.rachelkantrowitz.com
184 Bowen Street, Apt. 14
Providence, RI 02906
rachel_kantrowitz@brown.edu
323.350.2941

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2015-present Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities, Department of Education,
Brown University, Providence, RI.

EDUCATION

New York University, New York, NY
Ph.D. History, New York University, New York, NY, 2015.
Dissertation title: So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us: Developing
French-Funded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975.
Committee: Frederick Cooper (chair), Herrick Chapman, Jonathan Zimmerman,
Gregory Mann (Columbia University), and Elizabeth Foster (Tufts University).
cole Normale Suprieure, Paris, France.
Pensionnaire trangre, visiting researcher. Fall 2012-Spring 2013.
Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute. Spring 2013.
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2006.

B.A. History Major, Hispanic Studies Minor.

Phi Beta Kappa.

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Article
Triangulating Between the Church, State, and Postcolony: Cooprants in Independent West
Africa Cahiers dtudes africaines. Forthcoming. March 2016.
Manuscript in Preparation
Education for All: Decolonization, Religion, and Development in Francophone West Africa.

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FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013-2015
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012-2013
2012
2009-2012
2006

Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Humanities. Comparative and

International Education, Department of Education and Cogut Center for the
Humanities. Brown University, Providence, RI.
Bursary, The Association for Computers and Humanities.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for Advanced Yoruba Group Projects Abroad
(YGPA). Ibadan, Nigeria.
Society for the Study of French History (UK) Postgraduate Panel Bursary.
Summer Travel Award. History Department, New York University, New
York, NY.
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY.
Jeanne Marandon Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Socit des
Professeurs Franais et Francophones dAmrique (SPFFA).
Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute at cole Normale Suprieure. Paris,
France.
Pensionnaire trangre, cole Normale Suprieure. Paris, France.
Summer Travel Award, History Department, New York University, New
York, NY.
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY.
Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

INVITED TALKS
2015

Database Management and Digital Workflow. Seminar on Archival and Historical

Research. Center for Jewish History, New York, NY. May 21.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Workshop Organized
2015

Teaching African History. Columbia University. New York, NY. January 30.

Panels Organized
2015

Roundtable: Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication. American

Historical Association. New York, NY. January 2-5.

2014

Chair. Oral History: A Reflection on Interdisciplinary Methods African Studies

Association. Indianapolis, IN. November 20-23.

2014

Exporting French Culture: Diplomacy Through French Institutions in Post-1945

Europe and African Colonies. Society for French Historical Studies. Montreal, QC,
Canada. April 24-27.

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Papers Presented

2015 The Priests Are Also Colonialists: French Catholic Missionary Schools in Senegal,
1946-1960. African Studies Association. San Diego, CA. November 19-22.
2015

Metadata as an Analytical and Writing Tool. Keystone Digital Humanities

Conference. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. July 22-24.

2015

Between Church, State, and the Postcolony: Catholic Education in Senegal and
Benin. Greater New York African History Workshop, New Brunswick, NJ. March
27.

2015

Digital Tools: From the Archive to Publication. Roundtable panelist. American

Historical Association. New York, NY. January 2-5.

2014

Integrating Histories: Methodological Insights from Interviewing Students on

Education in Post-1945 Senegal and Benin. African Studies Association.
Indianapolis, IN. November 20-23.

2014

A French School in Every Village: Postwar French Cultural Politics in West Africa.
Society for French Historical Studies. Montreal, QC, Canada. April 24-27.

2014

Reforming Empire: Promoting Mass Education in Postwar French West Africa.

Symposium: New Perspectives on Postwar Empires in Africa, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. April 10-11.

2013

2012

2011
2011

2011

Developing Education: Goals and Outcomes of French-Funded Catholic Schools

in Benin and Senegal, 1946-1975. African Studies Association. Baltimore, MD.
November 21-24.
Educating the French Citizens of Tomorrow: Frances Post-War Efforts at Mass
Education in West Africa. French Colonial Historical Society. New Orleans, LA.
May 30-June 2.
Transforming Empire: Education in Post-War French West Africa. African
Studies Association. Washington, DC. November 17-19.
Debating French Christian Education in West Africa After World War II. French
Colonial Historical Society. Toronto, ON, Canada. June 2-4.
Post-War Development and Social Politics in French West Africa: Re-examining
Colonial-Metropolitan Relations. Development Winter School of ETH Zurich,
Ascona, Switzerland. January 23-28.

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Discussant
2015

Chair and Discussant. France and Africa in Global Perspective, African Studies
Association. San Diego, CA. November 19-22.

TEACHING

Brown University
Decolonizing African Education: Student Activism and Social Change, 1960present. Spring 2016.
Comparative Education: International Trends and Local Perspectives. Fall 2015.
New York University
Teaching and Learning Certificate 1 and 2. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015.
Aiding the Sick, Poor, and Hungry: African Development in Debate. Summer
2012.
Africa Since 1940. (Teaching Assistant). Professor Frederick Cooper. Fall 2011.
France
English Language Assistant, Lyce Fabre, Carpentras, France. Fall 2007-Spring 2008.

LANGUAGES

Fluent French.
Fluent Spanish.
Intermediate Yoruba.
Beginning Wolof.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
African Studies Association.
French Colonial Historical Society.
American Historical Association.
Phi Beta Kappa.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2015-present Co-creator, Teaching Collaborative. Brown University.
2013- 2015

Creator and co-organizer, Africanist Writing Group. Columbia University.

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REFERENCES

Frederick Cooper
Professor, History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
fred.cooper@nyu.edu

Gregory Mann
Professor, History Department
Columbia University
413 Fayerweather Hall
1180 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
g.mann@columbia.edu
Herrick Chapman
Associate Professor
History Department
and Institute for French Studies
New York University
15 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
herrick.chapman@nyu.edu

Maria Montoya (Teaching Reference)
Associate Professor, History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
maria.montoya@nyu.edu