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Regarded as one of the nation’s leading African historians, Professor Jean Allman was presented the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award at Washington University’s Founders Day on November 8, 2022.
Washington University began celebrating Founders Day in 1953 to commemorate the university’s 100th anniversary and serves as an opportunity to reflect upon the university’s many milestones and accomplishments – including its distinguished alumni, outstanding faculty, and most treasured friends.
Allman is the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities and professor of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where she directed the Center for the Humanities from 2014-2022. She concurrently holds the position of Professor of History at The Africa Institute.
Andrew Martin, Chancellor of Washington University presented Allman the award recognizing her passion for the African continent through her teaching, mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, and prolific writing and scholarship. Her research and published work, which focus on West Africa, explore the concepts of national identity, gender and colonialism, fashion and the politics of clothing, and the modernity of indigenous belief systems.
The Africa Institute takes this opportunity to congratulate Professor Allman on this milestone and wishes her the best in future endeavors.
Regarded as one of the nation’s leading African historians, Professor Jean Allman was presented the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award at Washington University’s Founders Day on November 8, 2022.
Regarded as one of the nation’s leading African historians, Professor Jean Allman was presented the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award at Washington University’s Founders Day on November 8, 2022.
Washington University began celebrating Founders Day in 1953 to commemorate the university’s 100th anniversary and serves as an opportunity to reflect upon the university’s many milestones and accomplishments – including its distinguished alumni, outstanding faculty, and most treasured friends.
Allman is the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities and professor of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where she directed the Center for the Humanities from 2014-2022. She concurrently holds the position of Professor of History at The Africa Institute.
Andrew Martin, Chancellor of Washington University presented Allman the award recognizing her passion for the African continent through her teaching, mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, and prolific writing and scholarship. Her research and published work, which focus on West Africa, explore the concepts of national identity, gender and colonialism, fashion and the politics of clothing, and the modernity of indigenous belief systems.
The Africa Institute takes this opportunity to congratulate Professor Allman on this milestone and wishes her the best in future endeavors.
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