About
Jennifer Hart is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University, where she teaches courses in African History, World History, Digital Humanities, Digital History, History Communication, and the History of Technology. Her research explores the intersection of histories of labor, technology, and urban space in Accra, Ghana. She is the North American President of the International Society for the Scholarship on Teaching and Learning and History. Education
B.A. (International Studies, Philosophy) – Denison University (2005)
M.A. (History) – Indiana University (2007)
PhD (African History, African Studies, Comparative Colonial History) – Indiana University (2011) Publications
Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press), 2016
- 2017 Herskovits Award Finalist
Projects
Accra Wala: Mapping Mobility and Urban Life in West Africa (www.accrawala.org) – Twitter @accramobile / Instagram and Facebook @accrawala Memberships
African Studies Association
American Historical Association
International Society for the Scholarship on Teaching and Learning
International Society for the Scholarship on Teaching and Learning in History
Ghana Studies Association
Urban History Association
Society for the History of Technology
