Profile

Agnes Odinga is an interdisciplinary scholar and the Africanist in the History Department. She teaches World History, issues and topics on Sub-Saharan African History, and the History of Medicine in 20th century Africa. Her research focuses on the intersection between gender and medicine in East Africa.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2001

Fields of Study

• African History
• Women and Gender History
• History of Medicine and Diseases

Courses taught

• History 170: World Civilization to 1500
• History 171: World Civilization 1500 to the Present
• History 302:  World History:  An Overview
• History 432: World History: A Social History of African Women
• History 437: African History to 1800
• History 438: Modern Africa
• History 495: Senior Seminar: Disease, Medicine and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa
• History 602:  Reading Seminar
• History 609: Graduate Reading Seminar on Africa