Richard M. Shain

Associate Professor of History and Area Studies

B.A., SUNY Purchase
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

E-mail: ShainR@PhilaU.edu
Phone: 215-951-6279/p>

 

 

Richard Shain’s teaching experience includes being a history professor in Nigeria as well as teaching at Rutgers. Recent writings focus on the history of leisure time in Africa, the historical relationship between religion and cultural identity, and methodological issues in the historical analysis of spatial processes in Africa.

Courses:
AREAST-202, Latin America, AREAST-208, Africa, JSINT-371, African and Caribbean Visual Cultures