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Caitlin Barker

Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, United States

I am a PhD candidate in History at Michigan State University, where I study modern African intellectual history with a particular interest in China-Africa relations during the Cold War. My research investigates how a diverse array of Cameroonians mediated Chinese knowledge of Africa and imperialism during delegation visits to the PRC, and as they hosted Chinese delegates in Cameroon. My dissertation research is supported by a Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) from the Social Science Research Council and the Gliozzo Dissertation Research Scholarship from Michigan State. After graduating from Kenyon College in 2013 with a B.A. in political science, I taught American history for a year at Hefei No. 8 Senior Middle School in Hefei, China. I then served as a Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer in the Eastern Adamawa region of Cameroon, before returning to Hefei to teach English at Anhui Agricultural University for two years. At Michigan State I have worked as an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of West African History, and have served as a research assistant for both Dr. Nwando Achebe and Dr. Jamie Monson.

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