Rachel Kantrowitz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Education at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. in History from New York University in 2015 with a dissertation titled "'So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us': Developing French-Funded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975." Her research focuses on education, decolonization, religion, and development in Francophone West Africa. She has received several fellowships and awards and has published and presented her work widely at academic conferences.
Rachel Kantrowitz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Education at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. in History from New York University in 2015 with a dissertation titled "'So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us': Developing French-Funded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975." Her research focuses on education, decolonization, religion, and development in Francophone West Africa. She has received several fellowships and awards and has published and presented her work widely at academic conferences.
Rachel Kantrowitz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Education at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. in History from New York University in 2015 with a dissertation titled "'So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us': Developing French-Funded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975." Her research focuses on education, decolonization, religion, and development in Francophone West Africa. She has received several fellowships and awards and has published and presented her work widely at academic conferences.
Rachel Kantrowitz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Education at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. in History from New York University in 2015 with a dissertation titled "'So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us': Developing French-Funded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975." Her research focuses on education, decolonization, religion, and development in Francophone West Africa. She has received several fellowships and awards and has published and presented her work widely at academic conferences.
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RACHEL KANTROWITZ
Curriculum Vitae www.rachelkantrowitz.com Department of Education 14 Brown University Box 1938, 340 Brook Street [email protected] Providence, RI 02912
184 Bowen Street, Apt
Providence, RI 02906 323.350.2941
EDUCATION Ph.D.
History, New York University, New York, NY, 2015.
Dissertation: So That Tomorrow Would Be Better for Us: Developing FrenchFunded Catholic Schools in Dahomey and Senegal, 1946-1975. Committee: Frederick Cooper (chair), Herrick Chapman, Jonathan Zimmerman, Gregory Mann (Columbia University), Elizabeth Foster (Tufts University). B.A. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2006. History Major, Hispanic Studies Minor. Phi Beta Kappa.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities, Department of Education, Brown University, Providence, RI.
PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Article Triangulating Between the Church, State, and Postcolony: Cooprants in Independent West Africa Cahiers dEtudes africaines. Forthcoming. March 2016. Manuscript in Preparation Education for All: Decolonization, Religion, and Development in Francophone West Africa.
FELLOWSHIPS
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AWARDS
Kantrowitz CV
2015 Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Humanities. Comparative and International Education, Department of Education and Cogut Center for the Humanities. Brown University, Providence, RI. 2015 Bursary, The Association for Computers and Humanities. 2014 Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for Advanced Yoruba Group Projects Abroad (YGPA). Ibadan, Nigeria.
FELLOWSHIPS
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AWARDS (continued)
2014 Summer Travel Award. History Department, New York University, New York, NY. 2013-2015 MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY. 2012-2013 Jeanne Marandon Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Socit des Professeurs Franais et Francophones dAmrique (SPFFA). 2012-2013 Doctoral Fellow, Remarque Institute at cole Normale Suprieure. Paris, France. 2012-2013 Pensionnaire trangre, cole Normale Suprieure. Paris, France. 2012 Summer Travel Award, History Department, New York University, New York, NY. 2009-2012 MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY. 2006 Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College, New York, 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.
Kantrowitz CV
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. Panel sponsored by the Society for the Study of French History (UK) Postgraduate Panel Bursary. April 24-27. 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. Accepted. Papers Presented (continued) 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.
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2013 Developing Education: Goals and Outcomes of French-Funded
Catholic Schools in Benin and Senegal, 1946-1975. African Studies Association. Baltimore, MD. November 21-24. 2012 Educating the French Citizens of Tomorrow: Frances PostWar Efforts at Mass Education in West Africa. French Colonial Historical Society. New Orleans, LA. May 30-June 2. 2011 Transforming Empire: Education in Post-War French West Africa. African Studies Association. Washington, DC. November 1719. 2011 Debating French Christian Education in West Africa After World War II. French Colonial Historical Society. Toronto, ON, Canada. June 2-4. 2011 Post-War Development and Social Politics in French West Africa: Reexamining Colonial-Metropolitan Relations. Development Winter School of ETH Zurich, Ascona, Switzerland. January 23-28.
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TEACHING Brown University 2016 Decolonizing African Education. Spring 2016. 2015 Comparative Education: International Trends and Local Perspectives. Fall 2015. New York University 2014-2015 Teaching and Learning Certificate. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. 2012 Instructor. Aiding the Sick, Poor, and Hungry: African Development in Debate. Summer 2012. 2011 Teaching Assistant. Professor Frederick Cooper. Africa Since 1940. Fall 2011. France 2007-2008 English Language Assistant, Lyce Fabre, Carpentras, France. Fall 2007Spring 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 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 Sq. South New York, NY 10012 [email protected] Gregory Mann Professor, History Department Columbia University 413 Fayerweather Hall 1180 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027 [email protected] Herrick Chapman Associate Professor History Department and Institute for French Studies New York University 15 Washington Mews New York, NY 10003 [email protected] Maria Montoya (Teaching Reference) Associate Professor, History Department New York University 53 Washington Sq. South New York, NY 10012 [email protected]
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