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D.Phil., University of Oxford
Doctor of Philosophy in Modern History/Social History of Medicine, 2004
Thesis: ‘The Psychology of the Tropics: Conceptions of Tropical Danger and Lunacy in British East Africa’

M.Sc., University of Oxford
Master of Science (Distinction), Economic and Social History/Social History of Medicine, 1999
Thesis: ‘Tropical Disease and the Nature of Lunacy in British East Africa, 1910-1960’

M.Sc., Boston University
Master of Science in International Communication, 1994
Thesis: ‘Reality and Perception in South Africa: Essays on Identity, Polarization and Violence’

B.A. Hofstra University
Bachelor of Arts in Dramaturgy and Communications, 1987


Publications

Psychiatry and Empire, co-editor and contributor (with Megan Vaughan), (Palgrave MacMillan, forthcoming).

'The Psychology of Rebellion: Colonial Medical Responses to Dissent in British
East Africa', Journal of African History (forthcoming).

Breastfeeding in a Mother-Friendly Workplace, International Midwife, March 1996


Current Position

University Lecturer, History of Medicine, Oxford University

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